C.H.E.F.® Launches the FUEL™ Series to Fight Childhood Obesity
Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (C.H.E.F.®), developer of the most widely-used prevention curricula in the United States, announced the launch of its innovative new FUEL™ series, which is designed to help fight the childhood obesity epidemic. Created as the first youth-inspired educational approach to address this critical health issue, this series profiles what real kids are doing to address obesity and improve their own lives.
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) June 29, 2005 -- Comprehensive Health Education
Foundation (C.H.E.F.®), developer of the most widely-used prevention curricula
in the United States, announced the launch of its innovative new FUEL™ series,
which is designed to help fight the childhood obesity epidemic. Created as the
first youth-inspired educational approach to address this critical health issue,
this series profiles what real kids are doing to address obesity and improve
their own lives.
Designed for kids ages 10-18, FUEL is an edgy, upbeat
and powerful series that empowers youth to take action to improve their own
lives, and gives them the skills, knowledge, and power to radically transform
themselves and their world. The four-part series includes the titles “Skin
Deep,” “Energy for Action,” “The Perfect Machine,” and “Taking on the World,”
and deals with the topics of media literacy, self-esteem, body image, healthy
eating, nutrition, physical activity, and positive activism. Currently available
in a version for the school market, each FUEL Educator’s Kit includes a VHS and
DVD version of the video and an easy-to-use Educator’s Guide with five dynamic
lessons. C.H.E.F. is also exploring entry into the consumer market with a home
version of the FUEL series, and has initiated discussions with several
prospective brand partners.
According to Debra Keene Bergeron, Vice
President of C.H.E.F., “We worked in close collaboration with a distinguished
panel of subject matter experts to develop the FUEL series, including those in
the fields of medicine, academia, health education, fitness and teaching.
Consulting well-known professionals across a variety of relevant and appropriate
disciplines provided the FUEL series with the grounding it needed to reach the
youth market and help change behaviors related to childhood obesity.”
“We
believe the FUEL series will have immediate and far-reaching positive impact on
kids across the country because our approach is so kid-friendly,” said Larry
Clark, President and CEO of C.H.E.F. “Despite the serious and important nature
of the topic, kids don’t want an adult to preach to them or make them feel like
they’re being told what to do. That’s why our kid-inspired FUEL series profiles
what real kids are doing to address obesity and make positive changes in their
lives.”
About Comprehensive Health Education
Foundation
Founded in 1974 and celebrating its 30th
Anniversary year, Seattle-based Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
(C.H.E.F.®) is dedicated to promoting health and quality of life through
education, addressing such important topics as childhood obesity and other
unhealthy behaviors. As a nationally-known nonprofit organization, C.H.E.F.
develops a variety of health promotion and prevention education programs and
products targeted to the early childhood, school-aged youth, and healthy aging
markets. For more information about the new FUEL series, please visit http://fuel.chef.org. For
C.H.E.F.’s other products and programs, please visit www.chef.org or call
1.800.323.2433.
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