Champions for Health Online

What is a Champion for Health? Champions for Health are kids who speak out for healthy eating and active living in their community.

Students: You can become a Champion for Health by completing the 3 online steps below: 

  1. Create Healthy Habits with 12345 Fit-Tastic!
  2. Investigate how your community supports healthy habits
  3. Speak out for healthy kids by telling school and city leaders what changes would make the healthy choice the easy choice in your neighborhood.

Teachers: If you would like to receive student answers from the online activities below, complete this form. All Champions for Health activities align with the Missouri Show Me Standards, Kansas College and Career Readiness Standards as well as the National Health Education Standards. Get more details 

Step 1: 12345 Fit-Tastic! Choose Healthy Habits for a Healthy Future

Check out 5 simple habits Champions for Health can practice everyday to create healthy habits for a healthy future. How healthy are your habits? Take the quiz to find out. There are no right or wrong answers. Just click the answer that best describes a normal day for you. Then, pick one habit to improve upon and set a health goal. Want to learn more about how to practice these healthy habits? Visit fitastic.org

Take the 12345 Fittastic! Quiz

Step 2: How Does Your Community Score?

How does your community or school environment affect your health? Take the quiz to get a healthy community score for your neighborhood.

Take the Healthy Community Quiz

Step 3: Speak Out for Healthy Kids

What is making your community unhealthy? What got low scores in your healthy community investigation? Tell the leaders of your community or school how they can solve the problem. Watch the video to see what other kids are speaking out about.

 

Speak Out! Write Your Letter

What’s Next?

Want to take your community to the next level? Here are two ways you can keep up the good work you’ve already done!

Join the Champions for Health Facebook Group: Join our Facebook group to remotely hang out live with other youth advocates, elected officials, artists, former youth summit presenters and other people from your communities! We will also post fun ways Champions can continue to be leaders while at home. Find the Group  

Submit a project for the Champions for Health Challenge: What would your school do with $1,000? The Champions for Health Challenge gives students the power to make big changes at their school that support health. Classrooms submit health and wellness project proposals designed for kids by kids. Learn more