The typical content of a MEND programme is shown below but it’s much more than healthy eating and healthy living – it’s also about making friends, boosting confidence and even improving concentration!
A 10 week programme:
- Twice weekly exercise for children managed by Youth Sport Trust trained coaches
- Twice weekly healthy eating and healthy living advice
- Health and Fitness measurements taken in week 1 and 10 (plus questionnaires) so that you can see and note improvements 10 weeks later
You have the opportunity to learn lots of interesting facts about:
- The importance of a healthy diet (at all ages!)
- Good and bad fats and sugars
- Refine and unrefined foods : which fills you for longer
- What makes you eat more or less healthily and how to make simple changes
- Setting your goals
- Reading supermarket food labels
And more great fun:
- You can put this learning into practice at a supermarket store tour – followed by a tasting session and then play in a team quiz to earn extra points for a reward
- Try new recipes at the MEND Food Fest
- Attend a farewell Graduation and finally have great fun at the group reward
