An Inspiring Health & Nutrition Program for Middle Schools

Empowering Adolescents to Make Healthy Choices!

Combining thought-provoking drama and rib-tickling humor, This Is Your Life! empowers young people to critically evaluate media messages and peer group pressures to make healthy choices regarding nutrition, physical activity, body image, and tobacco-free living.

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This Is Your Life! will long be remembered by thousands of teenagers from Yuma County schools thanks to this innovative program! We brought This Is Your Life! to Yuma, Arizona to present this fantastic performance to almost 3,000 middle school students! This was an incredible way to reach thousands of students with positive nutrition messages in a creative, entertaining way that teenagers can identify with and enjoy. We continue to receive positive comments from teachers and parents to this day (five months later). If you’re looking for the best way to reach a lot of students on a moderate budget, this is the best way to go!”
- Lisa Medrow, RD, Nutrition Program Coordinator, Yuma County Dept. of Public Health, Yuma, AZ

This Is Your Life! helps adolescents:

  • Improve eating and physical activity habits to promote life-long health.
  • Build positive self-esteem and body image from the inside out, and discover that every body is different, and different is a great thing!
  • Develop the critical decision-making skills needed to see through media messages and peer pressures in order to make healthy choices.
  • Make healthy food choices at home, school, and on the run – fuel up with breakfast; increase fruits, vegetables, and calcium-rich foods; cut down on sweets, sugary drinks, and unhealthy fats; and create a balanced diet using MyPlate.
  • Enjoy daily physical activity and understand how exercise helps reduce stress, build strength, and maintain healthy weight.
  • Increase their intake of calcium-rich foods and beverages and maintain an active lifestyle in order to prevent osteoporosis.
  • Resist harmful dieting practices, eating disorders, steroids, and tobacco use.

Comes with Comprehensive Activity Kit:

  • Hands-on Health Teachers Activity Guidebook (130+ pages of fun-filled activities, lesson plans, and background information – helps schools meet state and national health education standards)
  • Health handouts for students and families
  • Follow-up materials for food service, guidance, health staff, and parents
  • Evaluation to assess program impact
  • Press kit and posters to publicize program
  • Web activities and downloads

Evidence Based - Proven Results!

According to CDC-sponsored evaluations:

This Is Your Life! has been found to dramatically improve the nutrition and health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of middle school students, with the majority reporting significant improvements in their eating and exercise habits.

Detailed Results

“We never knew that health could be presented in such a fun way!”

- Debra, 8th grader, CA

“Your group in one hour accomplished all that we have been trying to do the whole year!”

- Esther Riopello, RN, School Nurse, Varnum School, MA

“A wonderful presentation! The troupe was ‘in tune’ with the unique mind set of adolescents.”

- Kathryn E. Tucker, Housemaster, Blackstone-Millville Regional Middle School, MA

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