GoBeFull (GBF) is a nutrition education program designed to help children ages 5-14 (and parents) develop a healthy lifestyle. Our eight keys to dietary success, abbreviated as GoBeFull, form the basis of our program. GoBeFull gets kids moving and eating right. Kids learn the connection between food and its effects on their bodies. Most importantly, kids understand how to put the GoBeFull principles into action at home and out in the “fast food” world.

Our mascot, The Health Nut, is on hand to add humor, motivation, and fun. Our children’s book, Gobey Gets Full – Good Nutrition in a Nutshell, and Health Nut toy provide the perfect take home message to keep kids engaged and the GBF principles alive.

At the end of each session, The Health Nut and I are up on stage (or at the front of the classroom) with a megaphone as kids respond to, “Give me a ‘G’; What does in stand for?” It is amazing how quickly they internalize the GoBeFull message!

When combined with adult participation, GoBeFull becomes a family affair where kids and parents learn to speak the same nutrition and fitness language. Tensions about food and weight management are replaced with dialogue and actions that lead to healthy outcomes.

When parents learn how to put GoBeFull principles into action, small changes yield big, long-term results. Our GoBeFull – Eight Keys to a Healthy Lifestyle is a take-home manual for adults and compliments the children’s book and toy.

We believe childhood obesity and the resulting chronic diseases will decline when children and adults start to regularly ingest GoBeFull foods.

GoBeFull comes to your school or organization. GoBeFull is taught in individual classrooms or in the main auditorium for entire grade levels. While some schools choose just one visit, others provide on-going programs. Because GoBeFull works best when parents are involved, many schools and organizations also schedule a separate GoBeFull session for parents.

We also work with schools and organizations to integrate GoBeFull principles into their lunch and snack programs. Most importantly, we provide teacher training and materials so GoBeFull can be an ongoing curriculum in the classroom. We also hold GoBeFull wellness workshops for staff and employees. In total, this approach creates an integrated dynamic that becomes a living and breathing part of the ethos of the school or organization which has deep impact in the real world.

GoBeFull has been tested with a grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Much of GBF’s success is due to the repetition of the concepts. These concepts are reinforced both orally and visually through the actual presentation, from the GBF icons, the appearance of the Health Nut, parental involvement, teacher and staff training, revamping of the school menus, and through the toy and books, both child and adult. Outcomes of the program for both parents and children include: