KidFIT Standards for Healthy Fitness Zone
KidFIT Active Lifestyle Award: Activity + Nutrition (KALA) Be active. Have fun. Promote physical activity and good nutrition because it takes both to lead a healthy lifestyle. Sign up for the six-week program to help you maintain or improve your health. Anyone age 6 and older can earn their KALA – sign up here
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY A healthy life is an active life. Youth (6-17 years old) need to be active at least 60 minutes a day (or 11,000 steps for girls and 13,000 for boys). Adults 18 and older need to be active for 30 minutes or 8500 steps. So, take a walk with friends, bike ride after dinner, garden, or play a game of basketball at the park. Get your heart pumping and your muscles moving. When you’ve logged six weeks of physical activity, congratulations you’ve started a regular routine for a more active lifestyle
GOOD NUTRITION Start eating healthy. It’s easier than you think! Take it one step at a time. Commit to one new healthy eating goal this week, and circle it on your weekly KALA log. The following week add a different goal – but make sure you continue to maintain your healthy eating goals from the week before. Focus on your healthy eating goals every week and remember, the more often you incorporate them into your lifestyle, the better you will feel. When you’ve achieved six different healthy eating goals, congratulations. You’ve started a routine for a healthier lifestyle.