Response ISUE approached the North Iowa Round Table. For six months the group met on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. They attended city council and airport commission reports. Extension provided answers to technical questions, especially those related to the operations of local government. Problem Good nutrition for children is critical to proper mental and physical development.
Surveys show children are eating too few fruits and vegetables and too much sweets and pop.
Part of the challenge is helping busy parents with young children find an easy, fun way to learn together. The Book Bag project promotes parent child interaction with a focus on learning about a healthy lifestyle. Book bags were assembled and sent home with children from school. The child and parent explored the bag together, did the suggested activities, and finally the child returned the bag and its contents to school for use by another child. A total of 150 book bags were developed, fifty each of three different topics.