HES has a long history of work in our local community. Faculty and students have developed creative fitness programs that integrate different types of training and served as student teachers in local schools.
A new area of research focuses on physical activity and its link to long term, sustainable lifestyle and health behavior changes when started in early childhood. Faculty from the School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science recently received funding from Novo Nordisk for a project entitled Smart Nutrition Activity and Conditioning in Kids (SNACK). From the Department of Health and Exercise Science, Dr. Avery Faigenbaum and Dr. Anne Farrell are involved in this exciting research. The primary sites of the project are in the Ewing and Trenton School Districts. This program will build on the strengths of HES and Nursing and their community connections.
The SNACK program will consist of three components:
1.Fitness & health assessment of the children
2. Education about fitness, healthy eating; obesity & risk for diabetes with the children
3. Education & engagement with the teachers & parents
The first phase of the study will be complete by the end of the Spring 2015 semester.