400 Laughing All the Way: CATCH Healthy Habits Using Entertainment Media

Friday, March 20, 2015: 8:45 AM-9:15 AM
Convention Center: Idea Exchange: Ballroom 6B Foyer #1
Physical Activity: Family and Community Engagement
Intended Audience: Elementary
Speakers: Alice Cahn, Cartoon Network, New York, NY; and Kathy Chichester, Flaghouse, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
The nationally acclaimed CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) physical activity and nutrition program partnered in 2014 with Turner Entertainment's Cartoon Network to ensure that young people were seeing the same health messages out of school that CATCH provided in schools. This session will explore how you can use a range of entertainment media assets to encourage and reinforce healthy habits in and outside of school.
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