Join us for Fun, Games, Prizes, and Food Samples
CHEW Community Day
May 18, 2012, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Jones Padeia School
1800 9th Ave North
Nashville, TN 37209
CHEW Community Day
May 18, 2012, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Jones Padeia School
1800 9th Ave North
Nashville, TN 37209
Save The Date
2013 Chew Annual Conference
Friday, November 15, 2013
Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University
Look for Registration and Agenda in Late Summer
To access the Nutrition and Physical Activity Tool Kit, click on the link below
http://www.eatwellplaymoretn.org/state-initiatives/grantees.html
Funded by AFRI-USDA
Baqar Husaini, Ph.D., Principal Investigator (Tennessee State University)
Janice Emerson, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator (Tennessee State University)
Pamela Hull, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator (Vanderbilt University)
Robert Levine, M.D. Co-Principal Investigator (Meharry Medical College)
Nashville CHildren Eating Well (CHEW) for Health is a multi-institutional collaboration among the following academic institutions and community stakeholder organizations: (1) TSU Center for Prevention Research; (2) TSU School of Agriculture Human, and Natural Sciences; (3) Meharry Medical College, Department of Family and Community Medicine; (4) Vanderbilt University, Division of Epidemiology; (5) Metropolitan Public Health Department of Nashville/Davidson County; (6) Community Food Advocates; (7) Progreso Community Center; and (7) a Community Advisory Board.
The purpose of Nashville CHEW for Health is to address childhood obesity prevention through research, extension and education. All of the project activities focus on the USDA’s federal WIC (Women, Infants and Children) supplemental nutrition program. The target population is low-income WIC participant families with children ages 2-4, with a particular focus on African American and Hispanic families, and the WIC-authorized grocers that serve this population. The geographic scope of CHEW activities is urban Nashville/Davidson County, with the potential to be extended in the future across Tennessee and in other states. We use a multi-level approach to prevent childhood obesity through informal family-based consumer education, improving the food environment (in WIC stores), and developing human capital through formal education programs.
The purpose of Nashville CHEW for Health is to address childhood obesity prevention through research, extension and education. All of the project activities focus on the USDA’s federal WIC (Women, Infants and Children) supplemental nutrition program. The target population is low-income WIC participant families with children ages 2-4, with a particular focus on African American and Hispanic families, and the WIC-authorized grocers that serve this population. The geographic scope of CHEW activities is urban Nashville/Davidson County, with the potential to be extended in the future across Tennessee and in other states. We use a multi-level approach to prevent childhood obesity through informal family-based consumer education, improving the food environment (in WIC stores), and developing human capital through formal education programs.