Let’s Move
The City of Fairburn is teaming up with the First Lady Michelle Obama to help fight childhood obesity through Let’s Move. According to the Let’s Move campaign, over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled, and today, nearly one in three children in America are overweight or obese. The numbers are even higher in African American and Hispanic communities, where nearly 40% of the children are overweight or obese. If we don’t solve this problem, one third of all children born in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives. Many others will face chronic obesity-related health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and asthma.
Everyone has a role to play in reducing childhood obesity, including parents, elected officials from all levels of government, schools, health care professionals, faith-based and community-based organizations, and private sector companies. Your involvement is key to ensuring a healthy future for our children. The City of Fairburn is dedicated to shaping the environment of the City to make it healthy.
Everyone has a role to play in reducing childhood obesity, including parents, elected officials from all levels of government, schools, health care professionals, faith-based and community-based organizations, and private sector companies. Your involvement is key to ensuring a healthy future for our children. The City of Fairburn is dedicated to shaping the environment of the City to make it healthy.
City Awards
The City was recently awarded the following medals for our work to achieve all 5 goals of Let’s Move:
Bronze Medal in Goal II: MyPlate, Your Place
For prominently displaying MyPlate in at least 51% of municipally- or county-owned or operated venues that offer or sell food/beverages and for registering as a MyPlate Community Partner.
Bronze Medal in Goal IV: Model Food Service
For identifying all food vendors and contractors for municipally- or county-owned or operated venues that offer or sell food/beverages, along with the dates when their contracts can be amended or renegotiated.
Bronze, Silver and Gold Medals in Goal V: Active Kids at Play
For launching at least 3 recommended policies, programs or initiatives from the action plan to increase access to physical activity; plus meeting Bronze and Silver benchmarks.
For launching at least 3 recommended policies, programs or initiatives from the action plan to increase access to physical activity; plus meeting Bronze and Silver benchmarks.
Let’s Move Fairburn!
To learn more about eating healthy, getting active and the facts please check Let’s Move. The site has great ideas for health snacks and ideas for getting active.
Not sure what to have for dinner? Check out Choose My Plate. They have some great recipes created by kids. Letting you children help in the kitchen is a great way to get them involved in health eating.
Interested in starting a home garden? Take a look at People’s Garden for some great tips on how to start.
Looking for a fun way to develop regular physical activity habits? Go visit Walk Georgia. You can log virtual miles to use to walk across the state.
Have a smart phone or not? My Fitness Pal is also a great way to log food and activity.