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Summer Camps
Monday, July 4th, 2011Summer camp is a great way to give your child an opportunity to develop new skills and to learn new interests. Summer is also a perfect time to get your child playing actively outside! To this end, try choose summer camps that will help inspire your child to live a healthy, active, fun life. Giving your child the choice of a few different camps will ensure they’re motivated and excited to participate! If you’re child/teen feels they are too old for day camps, consider one of BC’s overnight or leadership camps, or encourage them to sign up as a volunteer leader!
Some camps you might want to check are:
In Abbotsford
- City of Abbotsford Summer Camps
- West Abbotsford Community School Camp
- Central Abbotsford Community School Summer Camp
- The School District’s compiled list of camps in the city!
In Prince George
BC Bike to Work Week
Thursday, May 26th, 2011Next week is BC’s Bike to Work Week! Both of SCOPE’s pilot communities, Prince George and Abbotsford, are participating along with other cities and communities across the province.
Biking to work (and school!) is a great way to incorporate physical activity into your daily routine. Biking burns calories not gas, which means biking is both cheaper and healthier than commuting by car. SCOPE’s community coordinators will be out and about next week, manning our SCOPE booths.
It’s not to late to get involved! If you’re interested in participating in the Fraser Valley, Prince George, or elsewhere in the province, visit the Bike to Work website to learn more or to register.
Eating Local
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011Wondering what all the fuss is about?
To follow up our entry about eating in-season from a couple weeks ago, we’d like to feature a clip from CKPG News’ Food for Thought Series. This segment is all about the benefits of eating local food and is filmed at the Prince George Indoor Farmer’s Market. And for those of you with sharp eyes, you’ll see SCOPE in the background, proudly supporting!
Newsletter: 2nd Issue
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
Glenda Newsted from SCOPE on CBC Radio
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Back in December, SCOPE Prince George Coordinator Glenda Newsted spoke to BC Almanac’s Susan MacNamee about SCOPE and community childhood obesity prevention in Prince George. Provincial Medical Health Officer Dr. Perry Kendall also spoke up on SCOPE’s behalf and discussed the problem of childhood obesity in BC.
The podcast of this show is finally available. To listen, click here.
To download the free podcast, find BC Almanac on the iTunes Store.
Download a PDF summary of the interview here.
Prince George Citizen: City targets Childhood Obesity
Friday, December 17th, 2010City targets childhood obesity
Serena Black, Prince George Citizen, Thursday, December 16, 2010
Prince George is one of the first two communities in British Columbia to take part in an innovated program that targets childhood obesity.
SCOPE, or Sustainable Childhood Obesity Prevention through Community Engagement, is an action-orientated prevention and early intervention project with a three year mandate to help communities take action against childhood obesity by leveraging partnerships with stakeholders such as city councils, schools and the corporate sector.
One in four Canadian children and youth are obese or dangerously overweight, and 50 per cent of these youth will become obese adults.
“It is shocking that statistics demonstrate today’s children are at risk of having a shorter lifespan than any previous generation because of lifestyle choices and the rapidly growing problem of childhood obesity,” said Shirley Bond, Prince George-Valemount MLA.
“It is imperative that we provide families with support and resources and the SCOPE program does just that. I am proud that Prince George is one of the only two communities leading this innovative program,” she said.
Community based and early intervention are shown to be the most effective approach to reducing childhood obesity, based on experiences of population health experts in Europe and the United States.
SCOPE shows a commitment to community engagement, leading to a better understanding of community-level needs and the adoption of an evidence-based common guideline that clearly spells out how to promote a healthy lifestyle among children.
The guideline, and other resources, are available on the newly launched website www.scopebc.ca. In short, it is recommended that each day a child should have at least five servings of vegetables and fruits, no more than two hours in front of a television or computer screen, at least an hour of active play and no sugar-sweetened drinks.
“SCOPE is a great example of how we can engage communities to look at new ways to support their citizens in making healthy lifestyle choices,” said Pat Bell, Prince George-Mackenzie MLA.
“The new website complements our existing health prevention strategies and will help to address unique, community specific factors that cause childhood obesity,” he said.
SCOPE is an initiative under the leadership of Child Health BC, which links the province’s health authorities with BC Children’s Hospital.
Download article as PDF or view on PG Citizen website.
