| The University Corporation/California State University (CSU), Northridge intends to use its Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC) grant to address the childhood obesity problem confronting the largely Latino, low-income community of Van Nuys, which is located in Los Angeles, California. The project will implement a multi-component, comprehensive intervention at three elementary schools in the Van Nuys community. The three components will improve children’s physical fitness, promote children’s physical activity during recess and lunch, and improve children’s healthy eating behavior. To improve children’s physical fitness, the university intends to: develop and implement physical education training for teachers; develop and facilitate weekly physical education lesson plans; conduct daily, physical activity breaks to get students physically active during class time; and develop and implement twice per month walking program for children and their parents. To promote children’s physical activity during recess and lunch, CSU intends to: develop and facilitate a workshop to train teachers and staff on ways to encourage and motivate children to become physically active during recess and lunch; design the schools’ playground layout with permanent painted game markings to help facilitate physical activity during recess and lunch; furnish schools with playground equipment necessary to implement games during recess and lunch; and teach and encourage children to play games and remain active during recess and lunch. Finally, to improve children’s healthy eating behavior, CSU intends to: promote the value of healthy eating for children and their parents; and implement a school gardening program.
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