Commit 2B Fit receives "Exemplary Practices in Childhood Obesity in Florida Award"

Commit 2B Fit®, a school-based program to promote overall childhood wellness, received Honorable Mention in statewide Exemplary Practices in Childhood Obesity in Florida Award, presented by the Florida Initiative for Children’s HealthCare Quality (FLICHQ). FLICHQ, evaluated programs around the state according to its “five I’s: Impact, Inclusion, Improvability, Implementation and Innovation.”

“It’s heartening that our program is regarded as a front-runner in the state’s efforts to reduce childhood obesity,” said Commit 2B Fit co-founder Michelle Schecht. “We were nominated for this award by a member of the school board, which by itself is a validation of the impact we’re having in schools throughout South Florida.”

Founded in 2005 by Schecht and Elly Zanin, Commit 2B Fit has directly impacted more than 160,000 kids to date, and currently is implemented in 175 schools throughout Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. The Commit 2B Fit initiative is a multi-layered school, home and community program. Commit 2B Fit is integrated into the school day without adding layers and includes: goal setting, nutrition and activity tracking and incentives for personal progress - all intended to create positive behavioral change that will generate a lifetime of improved wellness. The results of a four-year independent evaluation of the Commit 2B Fit program, published in a peer-reviewed article in the 2007 edition of the Florida Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance and Sport Journal, found that “it is possible to create change in our students,” and determined that Commit 2B Fit “may very well be the ‘Solution’ program.”

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