The Alliance for a Healthier Generation clearly states, as a matter of policy, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, American Heart Association , William J Clinton Foundation and the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation do not sponsor, endorse or recommend any external products or programs.

“We do however; provide lists of approved, resources solely as a matter of convenience for our member schools to use in their efforts to create healthier environments for their students and staff. Being selected for inclusion in the Resource Database can in no way be inferred to represent an endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation of GoTrybe.com by the Alliance, our parent organizations or partners.”

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Trybers in Action!

Funded by a grant from the Tennessee Department of Health through Project Diabetes, GoTrybe is now available to approximately 175,000 students and faculty in seventeen school districts. These school districts are located in GoTrybe’s home region of East Tennessee.

For those not in the know, GoTrybe is an online, interactive social community dedicated to the health and wellness of our youth. GoTrybe gets young people on the move by developing Active Screen Time™. “Trybers” can interact with fitness, nutrition, motivation and wellness content that supports their journey toward living healthfully. GoTrybe wants to be an inspiring force in the fight to get children and teens active while combating childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes. As a result, GoTrybe’s mission is to change some of the normal sedentary screen time into activity and health education. Gotrybe.com is composed of three Trybes: ZooDoos, up to 5th grade, Trybe180, 6th-9th grade and Nextrybe, 10th-12th grade.

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GoTrybe has lowered annual membership costs from $29.95 to $19.95.  For a limited time, in support of Michelle Obama’s new campaign to combat childhood obesity, you can get a whole year of GoTrybe access for just 99 cents per month or $11.88 per year.  All you need to do is go to GoTrybe’s website and enter promo code: KIDSFITNESS

GoTrybe.com is presenting in the HHS Webinar and would love to invite all Trybers and friends to listen in. GoTrybe.com’s VP of Creative Development and Partnerships, Robert Baggett, will be presenting GoTrybe.com’s ability to provide children and teens with a technology-driven program, based around new and social media.

For more information and to register for the webinar, visit https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/276513114.

GoTrybe encourages everyone to support the Physical Activity Guidelines as set by the Federal Government, and to take part in daily physical activity for your health and your family’s health. According to the Guidelines, “Youth can achieve substantial health benefits by doing moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity for periods of time that add up to 60 minutes (1 hour) or more each day.”

For a complete copy of the Physical Activity Guidelines, visit http://www.health.gov/paguidelines/.

BUIES CREEK, N.C. and JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Campbell University School of Pharmacy’s Wellness Institute recently announced its partnership with Web-based wellness program, GoTrybe.com. The alliance provides participating students in the Wellness Institute’s School Nurse and Pharmacist (SNAP) Diabetes Program with expert, interactive instruction in an area that was not previously offered.

“We are very excited about our affiliation with GoTrybe.com,” says SNAP Director Gilbert A. Steiner. ”It has allowed us to bring a very professional exercise component into our program which was, until now, lacking the expertise necessary to provide competent and effective activities for our participants.”

SNAP participants are chosen from Harnett County Schools, grades 5-9, and have either been diagnosed with or are at risk for developing diabetes. Each student meets weekly with his or her school nurse and monthly with a specially trained community pharmacist to learn about diabetes and how to effectively deal with its consequences.

Parents and other family members participate in these monthly discussions, as well, to learn about their role in supporting life with the disease.

In addition to other essential components of diabetes care, the need for exercise has been incorporated into the SNAP Program through its affiliation with GoTrybe.com. All participants meet twice weekly at Campbell University or at the office of SNAP supporter, ABC Pediatrics in Dunn, N.C. to do group exercises using GoTrybe.com’s online fitness videos.

“We use volunteer pharmacy students to facilitate our group sessions,” says Steiner. “The pharmacy students have been learning a lot because of their interaction with the kids, and our middle school students seem to be learning new exercise habits in a fun and convenient way.”

Developed under the auspices of the exercise physiology department at East Tennessee State University, GoTrybe.com’s innovative exercise modules allow participants to interact with online content and get them moving by changing typical sedentary screen time into GoTrybe’s Active Screen Time^TM.

Workouts provide age-appropriate instruction for three different age groups led by certified personal trainers and group fitness instructors. Allowing its users to access the site at home, in school or at a location specific to a particular program, GoTrybe.com conveniently gives SNAP participants the ability to extend their fitness activities outside of their on-site meetings.

“We are so excited for the opportunity to work with the SNAP Program,” says GoTrybe Vice President of Creative Development and Partnerships Robert Baggett. “To be an integral part of a great program that is encouraging a very special group of young people to get healthy fits directly into what we’re trying to accomplish with GoTrybe.com. We want everyone to get out there and get active.”

For GoTrybe information, please visit the Web site at www.GoTrybe.com. To find out more about the Campbell University School of Pharmacy’s Wellness Institute, go to its site at www.campbellpharmacy.net, keyword: Wellness Institute.

For more information on the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, visit the Department of Health and Human Services Web site.