Healthy Habits

In partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District, Healthy Habits educators visit schools in the Mid‑City area of Los Angeles for 10 weeks. Second‑grade students take part in fun, interactive classroom activities stressing the importance of physical activity and the need for drinking low-fat or nonfat milk and eating more whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Third- and fourth-grade programs build on the foundation of the second-grade program, emphasizing critical thinking and decision-making to promote healthy eating.

Healthy Habits includes equipping teachers with curricula and activities that reinforce learning. Cedars‑Sinai also offers workshops for teachers and staff to stress the importance of being role models regarding healthy eating and physical activity. The program also supports schoolwide goals for wellness and activity.

Every summer, Healthy Habits brings free exercise classes led by Cedars‑Sinai health educators to local parks in the West Adams district of Los Angeles. Hundreds of people participate in eight weeks of activities that span flexibility, aerobics, strengthening and dance workouts.

Healthy Habits brings camp‑like after-school and summer activities to kids, inspiring their love of nutritious food and physical activity.