“NUTRTION
a
success!
[Updated 10/1/2011]
Questions or
Comments? Email uth.nutrition.mission@gmail.com
In Partnership with the Health Museum
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Organizers [return to top]:
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Fall 2010 (lead
organizers of Nutrition Mission) |
TBA |
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Fall 2009 (lead organizers
of Nutrition Mission) |
Ryan Tillman (UTHMS class of 2012) Michelle Scerbo (UTHMS class of 2012) |
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Fall 2008 (lead
organizers of Nutrition Mission) |
William McKee (UTHMS class of 2011) Michelle Tang (UTHMS class of 2011) Kara Keuthan (UTHMS class of 2012) |
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Fall 2007
(creators and lead organizers of Nutrition Mission and recipients of
supplemental $1000 grant funding for Nutrition Mission) |
Joshua Strommen (UTHMS class of 2010) Andrea Elliott
(UTHMS class of 2010) |
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AMA $5000 Ethics in Action
Grant (6/06-5/08) recipients, from which Nutrition Mission spun off |
Gaia Muallem (UTHMS class of 2009) Chirag B. Patel
(UTHMS class of 2012) |
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Faculty Advisor |
Mona Eissa, MD, MPH, PhD |
Overview [return to top]: The goal of this AMA-sponsored community service project is to reach out to 5th graders at an urban elementary school and to educate them about nutritional changes that they can make. We don’t want to just lecture students about what healthy diet and exercise are. Rather, we want to help them see ways they can make changes and give them tools to make those changes. One critical element of impacting youth is leading by example. We feel that the UT-Houston medical students and their colleagues are in a unique position to act as role models by going into a classroom and showing the 5th graders how nutrition and exercise can be fun.
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Logistics [return to top]: Two 5th grade classrooms of ~25 students each, at MacGregor Elementary School, are participating in this pilot program. The duration of the program is 14 weeks, only 8 of which UT-Houston medical students will be teaching the lesson plans in-person. Each lesson will last approximately 45 minutes (1:30-2:15pm) and include a small review of materials from the previous lesson. The finale of the program will be a field day or, in case of rain, a health fair that the entire MacGregor community (students and parents) will be invited to participate in.
Your role as a volunteer [return to top]: You can sign up for any amount of commitment you want; Leading anywhere from 1 to 8 of the classroom sessions, as part of a team that helps write thank-you notes to our sponsors, or act as part of a team that sets up the used sports equipment drive on our UT-Houston campus. All lesson plans have pre-established objectives that the medical students will use to guide their planning, suggested activities to help get these points across, as well as several hands-on props available to use in the presentations. UT-Houston volunteers will need to fill in the “space” creatively (remember these are 5th graders) regarding how they will present to the class, but all the tools are already there. Our goal will be to have several volunteers per classroom so they will be working with their teammates, and supported by the 5th grade students’ teacher. Of course, this depends on the number of volunteers we have.
Driving Directions to MacGregor
Elementary School [return to top]: click here
The Schedule
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- Orientation meeting for volunteers (Noon-1pm, Friday 8/28/09, MSB B.603)
- Week 1 (Friday 9/4/09) Food pyramid, macronutrients, sodium, hidden sugars, body BMI testing
- Week 2 (Wednesday 9/9/09) Balanced meals, cholesterol, define calorie(s), role of macronutrients
- Week 3 (Wednesday 9/16/09) Define screen time (TV, PC), types of fitness, fitness testing, inside games
- Week 4 (Wednesday 9/30/09) Food lab to discuss serving size, good/bad fat & carbs, food labels
- Recipe4Success brings kids from
four HISD elementary schools together with
- MacGregor students in action! Click here
- If you would like to help out in the kitchen with Recipe4Success, please contact Carlos Meltzer.
- Week 5 (Wednesday 10/14/09) Eating out options, Food lab with health snacks, discuss student food log
- Week 6 (Wednesday 10/28/09) Types of fitness, outside games, water, fat & calories related to exercise
- Week 7 (Wednesday 11/11/09) make a cookbook & grocery list for parents, post-fitness testing
- Week 8 (Thursday 11/19/09)*** Field Day or health fair with inside games, and information
Instructions [return to top]: If you would like to volunteer to teach a specific topic, please make a note on the interest form below, after checking with your schedule. Copy and paste the form below into an email, complete it, and send the email to uth.nutrition.mission@gmail.com You should arrive at MacGregor Elementary School by no later than 1:15pm. Your volunteering commitment for the lesson will last from 1:30pm-2:30pm. Wear your white coat (if you have one), scrubs, or casual dress. If you do not have a white coat, please wear professional attire. Consider wearing scrubs or other loose clothing for more active/outdoor lessons.
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Interest form (
Email your completed
form to: uth.nutrition.mission@gmail.com
Your name (first and
last):
Your email address:
Your cell phone
number:
Your
School/Institution:
Year in your
educational program:
Number of days you
would like to volunteer:
Do you want to help
set up the used sports equipment drive in the MSB?
Do you want to help with thank you notes/other clerical jobs?
Rank your top 5 date
preferences (1st = first preference, 2nd = second preference, etc.). We will
make every effort to assign you to your first-preference choice.
Week 1 (9/4/09) Food pyramid, macronutrients, sodium, hidden sugars, body BMI testing
Preference rank for
week 1:
Week 2 (9/9/09) Balanced meals, cholesterol, define calorie(s), role of macronutrients
Preference rank for
week 2:
Week 3 (9/16/09) Define screen time (TV, PC), types of fitness, fitness testing, inside games
Preference rank for week 3:
Week 4 (9/30/09) Food lab to discuss serving size, good/bad fat & carbs, food labels
Preference rank for
week 4:
Week 5 (10/14/09) Eating out options, Food lab with health snacks, discuss student food log
Preference rank for
week 5:
Week 6 (10/28/09) Types of fitness, outside games, water, fat & calories related to exercise
Preference rank for
week 6:
Week 7 (11/11/09) make a cookbook & grocery list for parents, post-fitness testing
Preference rank for
week 7:
Week 8 (11/19/09)*** Field Day or health fair with inside games, and information
Preference rank for
week 8:
*** We will
need many volunteers to help reach our goal. If you are considering
volunteering on multiple days, we strongly encourage you to sign-up for the
field day during Week 8. This will show your 5th graders that you
are still involved.
Email your completed
form to: uth.nutrition.mission@gmail.com
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Pictures!
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Lesson 2 |
Lesson 3 |
Lesson 4 |
Lesson 5 |
Lesson 6 |
Lesson 7 |
Lesson 8 |
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2009 |
8/28/09 |
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10/28/09 |
11/11/09 |
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