25 May
Students, Teachers and Coordinated School Health (CSH) Coordinators
Recognized for Their Efforts To Get Healthy and Active.
Funded by a grant from the Tennessee Department of Health through Project Diabetes,
GoTrybe, an online physical activity and health education tool, has been available
to approximately 175,000 students and faculty in seventeen school districts. These
school districts are located in GoTrybe’s home [...]
8 May
GoTrybe participated in Science Day at Town Acres Elementary School in Johnson City, TN on March 28, 2011. One of our very own trainers, Mrs. Sheridan Crockett, presented a class on zumba to small groups of students at the school to encourage them to incorporate physical fitness into their daily routines. By making exercising fun [...]
25 April
The world’s largest food chain, Subway, has modified their menu once again in an attempt to provide healthier food options to their consumers. In 2007, the restaurant began offering a Fresh Fit menu that contains sandwich options with low-fat and low-saturated fat, along with healthy side choices like fruit or baked potato chips, and diet [...]
3 April
The American Chemical Society has announced a new compound, GIV3616, that has the ability to block bitter tastes from your taste buds. This compound could be added to foods, beverages, and even medicines to give them a more pleasant taste. While this compound is not the only one of its kind (artificial sweeteners contain a [...]
28 March
While schools are currently attempting to make lunches in the cafeteria healthier due largely in part to new legislation on childhood obesity, there are still many good reasons to pack your lunch. Even when schools offer healthy food options, there are often temptations on the lunch line that are hard to resist. So, avoiding the [...]
20 March
If you are a frequent visitor to our blog, you know that we focus on childhood fitness as a way to help prevent childhood diabetes and obesity. Our online fitness program, GoTrybe, is just one way to incorporate fitness and nutrition into the lives of your children. While most parents would agree that they want [...]
8 March
March is the month that the American Diabetes Association has chosen to recognize as National Nutrition Month! This year’s theme focuses on eating right by adding color to your plate to include healthier food options. Dieticians around the globe are encouraged to blog about ways to add color to your diet and maintain a healthy lifestyle [...]
24 February
While it is easy to see the health benefits of exercising and living a healthy lifestyle when it comes to losing weight and decreasing the prevalence of obesity and diabetes, a new study shows that exercise actually motivates the brain to help students perform better in school. This study, highlighted in the January edition of [...]
22 February
Dean Karnazes -famous marathon runner, motivational speaker, and world-renowed author- is at it again with his biggest challenge yet! Dean will begin a nearly 3,0000 mile run on February 25th that will kick off at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California and end in the middle of May at the Live with Regis and Kelly studio [...]
20 February
A new study from the Center for Disease Control, which measured the physical activity level of residents by county, showed that the Southern and Appalachian states were less active than all others. While Colorado proved to be one of the most active states in the U.S., Tennessee was one of the least active! This new [...]
