Vickie L James, RD, LD, is a registered dietitian and the creator and director of award winning nonprofit Healthy Kids Challenge. She likes to think of herself as a pace setter and a change maker for kids health. She has dedicated her career to developing simple solutions for leaders to help kids eat healthy and be more active. Vickie’s fun and e ective approach to implementing healthy change has been a part of her teaching style for years, long, long before any wellness mandates or guidelines! Vickie "practices" the HKC HEAR, SEE, DO model with teaching nutrition education:
Healthy Kids Challenge (HKC), a nationally recognized nonprofit, helps school, community, business, and health leaders take action for kids to eat, move, and enjoy a healthy balance. Created by registered dietitians, Healthy Kids Challenge o ers solutions through workshops, events, toolkits, a website, newsletters and programming. Six healthy eating and active play practices make teaching and learning simple and fun. Find innovative resources at www.healthykidschallenge.com.
