Glen Lake Camp

Glen Lake Camp Childhood Obesity Our goal is to promote a healthy lifestyle to children and their families by offering fun, encouraging, and accessible services.

The staff on site is well trained and wants to welcome our clients into a safe environment. We promise to provide our clients with nutritional advice, physical activity, and behavioral changes through education, exercise and goal setting. It's our mission to build healthy lifestyles that will last a a lifetime.

Exercise as a family. Set a good example for your children. It's your turn, go out and play!
11/23/2014

Exercise as a family. Set a good example for your children. It's your turn, go out and play!

Prepare meals with your children. Encourage them to try new foods along with you!
11/23/2014

Prepare meals with your children. Encourage them to try new foods along with you!

Grocery shop with your children. Teach them how to make healthy choices.
11/23/2014

Grocery shop with your children. Teach them how to make healthy choices.

11/23/2014

This week we want to focus on being a healthy role model for our children. Here are ten tips from www.choosemyplate.gov (for more information on heath and nutrition, feel free to browse the website)

Parents are extremely influential to their children when it comes to making good choices. Therefore, here are 10 tips for setting a good example.
10 Tips for Setting a Good Example for Children
1. Be a Good Example: Make healthy choices when eating for your child. Eat vegetables, fruits and whole grains with meals.
2. Grocery Shop Together: Show your child how to make healthy choices at the store. Talk about the importance of vegetables, fruits, grains, dairy and protein in the diet.
3. Add Creativity to the Kitchen: Encourage healthy foods when having snacks and meals. Even allow children to help prepare a food and name the food after the child.
4. Family Meals: Eat as a family and have the child eat the same food as everyone else.
5. Reward Children with Attention: Give children praise for good behavior and not substitute sweets as a reward. Also if child does not finish a meal, do not allow them to eat sweets to replace the meal.
6. Focus on Family at Dinner: Eat meals as a family, free of television and cell phones.
7. Listen to you Child: Give child a healthy snack when they are hungry. Let child make choices between healthy dishes at dinnertime.
8. Limit Screen Time: No more than 2 hours a day of screen time, this includes the television and computer.
9. Encourage Exercise: Include everyone in the family when exercising. Go for a walk, run or play a game. Set an example for your child by showing them the importance of staying physically active.
10. Make Good Food Choices: Try new healthy foods with your child, to encourage them to try different foods. Do not force your child to eat something they don’t like.

(All information from www.choosemyplate.gov)

Ants On a Log! Celery, peanut butter and rasins. A yummy treat your children will love!
11/23/2014

Ants On a Log! Celery, peanut butter and rasins. A yummy treat your children will love!

Look at these delicious fruit kabobs that are so easy to make! Chop up your favorite fruit and add to a skewer. Enjoy!
11/23/2014

Look at these delicious fruit kabobs that are so easy to make! Chop up your favorite fruit and add to a skewer. Enjoy!

Make a fun veggie tray for a snack. Use low-fat plain yogurt and add any seasonings you like (garlic or herbs). Then cho...
11/23/2014

Make a fun veggie tray for a snack. Use low-fat plain yogurt and add any seasonings you like (garlic or herbs). Then chop up your favorite veggies and serve!

Try this fruit smoothie! Add low-fat yogurt with frozen banana, blueberries and strawberries into a blender. Then mix an...
11/23/2014

Try this fruit smoothie! Add low-fat yogurt with frozen banana, blueberries and strawberries into a blender. Then mix and serve!

11/23/2014

This week we want to focus on adding more fruits and vegetables into our children's diets. Here are ten tips from www.choosemyplate.gov (for more information on heath and nutrition, feel free to browse the website)

10 Tips for More Fruits and Vegetables
1. Fruit Smoothie: Freeze fruits and blend with low-fat yogurt. Try using berries, peaches or anything your child would enjoy. You can even add a handful of spinach if your child is not getting enough vegetables per day.
2. Veggies or Fruit with Dip: Make a vegetable dip out of plain yogurt and seasonings (such as herbs or garlic). Then serve with carrots, broccoli and cauliflower. Fruit also tastes good dipped in a vanilla yogurt.
3. Fruit or Veggie Kabobs: Place an assortment of fruit or vegetables on a kabob Fruit example: melon, orange, pear, apple, kiwi, grapes, strawberry and pineapple. Vegetable example: cucumber, peppers, tomatoes, and zucchini.
4. Personal Pizza: Use whole-wheat English muffins as the crust. Add tomato sauce, low-fat cheese and have cut up vegetables for toppings. Allow child to pick what toppings to add. Then bake in the oven.
5. Fruit/Veggie Butterfly: Use carrot sticks as the body. Add apple slices with peanut butter for the wings. Then use grapes to add a design to the wing.
6. Frozen Fruit: Add fruit to the freezer for a tasty treat. Example: grapes, melon, or banana.
7. Ants on a Log: Use celery as the log. Add peanut butter and then top with raisins.
8. Homemade Trail Mix: Add your children’s favorite nuts and dried fruit to make your own trail mix. Example: unsalted peanuts, sunflower seeds, raisins, and dried cherries.
9. Potato Fun: Bake a potato and add cherry tomatoes, peas, and low-fat cheese.
10. Kids’ Choice: Let your kids pick out some fruits or vegetables and create a fun shape or design.

(All information from www.choosemyplate.gov)

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4574 W MacFarlane Road
Glen Arbor, MI
49636

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