The statistics are staggering: more than 30% of American children are overweight and at risk for obesity or already suffering from its effects. The rates in Texas, where nearly 50% of fourth graders fall into an at-risk weight category, are among our nation’s highest.
Recipe for Success (RfS) believes that children need to learn that food doesn’t grow in drive thru windows and plastic wrapping; that Twinkie is not a vegetable. Founders spent a decade researching best practices around the world before planning and launching programs in Houston in August 2005 with the establishment and initial funding of RfS.
Research shows that food attitudes and weight patterns are set for life by age eleven, and that experiential learning presents the most successful model for changing behavior. RfS determined to put children in touch with whole, healthy food through fun, hands-on activities and thereby increase their intake of fresh fruits and vegetables.
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