o To educate children about healthy diets and daily exercise o To evaluate children’s learning progress on health education o According to the CDC, approximately 17% of youth in the US, aged 2- 19 years, are considered to be obese o Research conducted by the Childhood Obesity Center shows that youth health programs decreased childhood obesity rates o Improvements can be made in the current health education system to mitigate childhood obesity rates “Get Moving, Get Healthy” Health Education Program Elana Forgash New Brunswick 4-H I would like to thank my preceptor, Laura Eppinger (Executive Director), and my instructor, Kamila Pavezzi for all their support in my research. Citation https://docs.google.com/document/d/ 1vAa68y0aVAnFn8Y2hqbq7Q4u1w4zfDY75sI3Tz6S2lA/edit OUTCOMES EVALUATION METHODOLOGY PURPOSE SIGNIFICANCE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Assessed class on prior knowledge of topic at start of each lesson Conducted health- educational interactive games and activities Re-assessed class on retained knowledge of topic at end of each lesson Analyzed pre and post assessment scores after each session Monitored for progression or regression in scores Altered subsequent curriculum 0% 50% 100% Class Evaluation by Category 13.4% 86.6% Overall Class Improvement No Improvement Improvement Follow- up Assessme nt Post- Test Pre-Test