Programs

The National Association on Teen Fitness and Exercise (NATFE) provide programs that involve fitness, physical and nutritional education as a means to reduce negative behaviors in young people ages 5-19. NATFE Model Programs:

  1. DANSE (Dealing with Activity, Nutrition and Self-Esteem)

    Tone up with hip-hop, jazz, funk and Afro-Brazilian dance moves. Rev up with body scult, aerobics and more. Get in group classes... and get your own personal trainer too! Learn how to eat healthy for life. Lose weight, build confidence, feel great inside and out. Get firt and have fun! You can do it! Take the first step!

  2. SLAM (Saving Lives and Minds) Program

    Your mind and body work together. Fed your machine. Feel your strength. SLAM gets you there. It's boot camp for life. Get with the program and get your own personal trainer. You'll get fit, have fun and feel great! You can do it!

  3. Camp MEET (Motivating Eating habits, and Exercise to Teens)

    Our obesity prevention camp for young people ages 10 - 19 years old.

  4. One on One and Family

    Physical education and nutrition education programs which involve home site visits and nutrition education assessments. Each participant is given a fitness assessment and has a personalized Fitness Specialist to help accomplish fitness goals. Participating families receives in home nutritional education modules from a certified nutritionist on how to establish health eating habits in the home.

  5. MLPMR (Motivating Little People to Move and Read) Program

    MLPMR is a program targeting youth between the ages of 5 - 8. This program teaches ballet and other dances to young people to promote physical activity and utilizes the stories of the ballet to teach reading skills. Therefore participants learn to move and read by starring as characters in these stories.

  6. MANE (Managing Anger through Nutrition and Exercise)

    We are currently developing a program to help young people learn how to manage there anger by using boxing and meditation type classes such as yoga and martial arts.

  7. Project TASTEE(Taking Away Smoking and Tobacco through Exercise and Eating right)

    It has been noted that teens who are engaged in some type of physical activity program are less likely to yield to smoking and the use of tobacco products. Furthermore, teens who do smoke really struggle with weight management issues and correlate smoking with controlling their weight. Project TASTEE offers an alternative to teens in both of these situations through a systematic program that utilize exercise and nutrition education.