Welcome

Good nutrition and fitness start at an early age and build the path to a long, healthy, active life.

Whether you're a parent, teacher or member of the community, you can guide elementary-age children as they take their first steps toward a healthy life.

One way is to use this website to assist your elementary age children make healthy food choices and be more physically active.

It provides, among other things:

• Fun-filled Activities
• Healthy Recipes
• Lesson Plans
• Useful Nutrition Information

Begin by clicking on the menu above to find your way to kids’ activities and information for parents, teachers and community organizations. Check back regularly, as the website will be frequently updated.

Healthy Kids New Mexico is a project of the New Mexico Interagency for the Prevention of Obesity. Under the leadership of the Department of Health, the Interagency was created in the fall of 2006. It is charged with building a greater alignment across state programs to create sustainable, consistent, and collaborative efforts and messages that increase physical activity, improve nutritional well-being, and treat and prevent obesity. The Interagency works in partnership with the private sector to strengthen and support community obesity prevention programs; and seeks to develop policies for obesity treatment and prevention. Currently, interagency members represent more than 40 state programs across eight state departments.