Healthy Lifestyles Overview
Building Healthy Habits
At Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Louisiana, we want to teach kids and teens how to live healthier. Our programs focus on helping kids eat a more balanced diet, become more physically fit, and engage in healthy relationships. We hope to build healthy habits now that will last a lifetime.
Kids Face Challenges Every Day
When it comes to healthy habits, many kids in Louisiana are struggling. Often, they do not have access to healthy food and safe spaces to get active. Louisiana ranks 4th in the nation for the prevalence of overweight children. Our state also faces high rates of teen pregnancy, violence, and physical inactivity.
Programs with Impact
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Passport to Manhood
Passport to Manhood teaches responsibility to boys ages 11 to 14 with sessions that focus on a specific aspect of character and manhood through highly interactive activities. It represents a targeted effort to engage young boys in discussions and activities to reinforce character, leadership and positive behavior.
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SMART Moves
SMART Moves is a prevention and education program addressing problems such as drug and alcohol use and premature sexual activity. SMART Moves uses a team approach that involves club staff, peer leaders, parents and community representatives. Young people ages 6-15 engage in discussion and role playing, practicing resilience and refusal skills, developing assertiveness, strengthening decision-making skills and analyzing media and peer influence.
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SMART Girls
SMART Girls provides health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement for girls ages 8 to 18. Through dynamic sessions, participatory activities, field trips and mentoring opportunities with adult women, club girls explore their own and social attitudes and values as they build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, getting good care and developing positive relationships with peers and adults.
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Healthy Habits
Healthy Habits emphasizes good nutrition, regular physical activity and improved overall well-being. It is designed to incorporate healthy living and active learning in every part of the club experience. Healthy Habits emphasizes good nutrition, regular physical activity and improving overall well-being. The program, for ages 6-15 is the Mind component of Triple Play: A Game for the Mind, Body and Soul.
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Triple Play
Triple Play is a comprehensive health and wellness program. It strives to improve the overall health of Club members ages 6-18 by increasing daily physical activity, teaching them about good nutrition and helping them develop healthy relationships. Triple Play is co-sponsored by the Anthem Foundation and founding partner of the Coca-Cola Company.