Healthy Living

*The Positive Development of Youth: Comprehensive Findings from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, 2013.

4-H Healthy Living encompasses a holistic approach including:

Healthy eating habits
Physical fitness
The capacity to manage emotions
The ability to develop and maintain positive relationships

The University of California 4-H Youth Development Program is focusing efforts on increasing healthy living opportunities and strengthening the presence of healthy living themes throughout existing programs, activities and curriculum.

4-H members and volunteers can incorporate healthy living into all project areas. The diversity of projects range from yoga and surfing to growing a salsa garden and learning CPR.

National 4-H Conference Briefing: Providing the Youth Perspective on Physical Activity Messaging

Every spring, 4-H clubs send delegates to the National 4-H Conference to put their skills into practice by addressing a challenge posed by a federal agency. The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) challenged a group of 4-H members to identify different adolescent ‘activity styles,’ or personas, and to provide the youth perspective for how to communicate the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans to adolescents. Read more on the health.gov News Blog