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Healthy Hoops

Healthy Hoops Virtual Workshops

Sign up for virtual Healthy Hoops events.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isn't slowing down our efforts to build healthy communities. We're offering a series of no-charge webcasts on a variety of topics:

• Your Family, Your Fitness, Your Food (PDF): Learn the importance of a healthy lifestyle and the impact that it has on your family’s well-being.
• Virtual Professional Development Series (PDF): An informative workshop for coaches, nurses, and child care professionals who work with kids with asthma.
• BREATHE: Asthma, COPD, and Your Family (PDF): An opportunity for caregivers and patients to participate in a question and answer session with clinical experts.

Managing asthma and obesity

Did you know that asthma is the most common chronic disease among American children?

Healthy Hoops is an innovative asthma and obesity management program that uses basketball as a platform to teach asthmatic children and their families how to manage asthma through proper nutrition, exercise, and appropriate medication use. It also focuses on decreasing childhood obesity and increasing cardiovascular activity.

The program features basketball clinics for children taught by local and regional basketball legends. Hands-on asthma education for children and parents include:

• Weight management tips
• Asthma and other health screenings
• Nutrition information

Healthy Hoops program components (completed in PA, IN, GA, LA, DC, and SC)

• Healthy Hoops® Presents: Asthma Continuing Education Course for Nurses
• The Myths and Misconceptions of Playing Sports with Asthma Coaches' Educational Workshop

Meet the coaches

Playing to win

Since 2003, thousands of children and their family members have participated in Healthy Hoops nationwide. The program uses a personalized, holistic approach to improve health and quality of life by:

• Teaching the importance of appropriate medication use, treatment compliance, and monitored physical activity
• Providing clinical screenings, using objective measures of disease management and education
• Using basketball as an innovative approach to promote health management and education—and to affect positive behavioral changes in the entire family

Healthy Hoops also runs seminars in several states for school nurses, coaches, and physical education teachers, parents, child care providers and community-based organizations.

Want to learn more? Call us at 1-888-674-8780.