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Eat Well, Be Well
This year, Blythedale is pleased to introduce a new program geared toward bringing important nutrition information to adolescents. This program is funded by a $172,183 grant from Kohl’s Department Stores. Click here to download our Recipe of the Month, healthy eating guidelines, lunchbox packing tips, and ways to make it a healthier Halloween. The Eat Well, Be Well program has been presented in the following schools:
For more information, please contact the Hospital’s Director of Community Relations, Lena Cavanna at (914) 592-7138, x 374 or lenac@blythedale.org.  |
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Blythedale Children’s Hospital, through the generosity of Kohl’s Department Stores, is proud to offer an innovative outreach program designed to bring health and nutrition education to schools throughout Westchester and Putnam counties. Through this program, Blythedale staff members teach healthy eating habits to children by providing curricula, training and educational tools to school districts throughout the area. The program provides general nutrition guidelines to students, parents and school faculty. Blythedale Children's Hospital offers experts in nutrition and health-education to speak with local parenting groups, PTA’s and school personnel.
As diagnosed cases of pediatric obesity soar both nationally and regionally, Blythedale’s new “Eat Well, Be Well” program has become highly sought after in Westchester and Putnam county schools. The program has reached more than 27,000 children, ages 5-11, in public schools throughout Westchester and Putnam counties, as well as hundreds of educators and school nurses for grades K-5.