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Monroe County WIC Program

The goal of the WIC program is to support and educate pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and young children in achieving optimal health and nutrition. Check us out on Facebook to see great recipes, updates on events, nutrition tips and more. You can also follow us on Instagram.

 

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Fit Families Program

Fit Families Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) is a successful behavior change program for eligible families of 2-4 year old children enrolled in WIC at Fit Families projects in Wisconsin.

Fit Families works with community partners and employs three core messages and one over-arching message to combat overweight and obesity:

  1. Move More…Watch Less:
    Encourage Fit Families participants to engage in active play or physical activity for at least 60 minutes every day and to reduce screen time to two hours or less each day.

  2. Make Every Bite Count…More Fruits and Vegetables:
    Encourage children and their parents to eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables each day.

  3. Make Every Sip Count…More Healthy Beverages:
    Encourage families to reduce or eliminate use of sugared beverages.

 

Over-arching message:  Eat Healthy, Be Active: Your Kids are Watching

Encourage parents to be good role models for their children.

  • Families enrolled in the Fit Families Program will make an individual healthy habits goal that they will work on for 12 months.
  • The Fit Families coach follows-up with the family monthly for guidance, support and tools to make the changes.
  • Participants receive nutrition education reinforcement items to help motivate the healthy behavior changes.

If you are interested in more information about the Monroe County Fit Families Program, please contact our staff at 608-269-8671 or MonroeCounty.WIC@co.monroe.wi.us.

 

 

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