Poem by Dr. Candice Taylor, MD general pediatrician and early intervention physical activity educator
Community Outreach and Education
The UC Irvine Health Pediatric Exercise and Genomics Research Center (PERC) engages with the community to foster children’s health by encouraging physical activity and healthy nutrition through various programs and activities.
Check out the recommended daily allowances for sugar in your diet and physical activity goals that can get the whole family moving for good health:
Physical activity boosts brain health!
Peter the Anteater exercises at PERC on #MOVEMENTMONDAY!
Helpful Articles and Infographics
- Article: Sugar is the ‘alcohol of the child’, yet we let it dominate the breakfast table
- Article: Drop the Pop: Soda Tied to Higher Risk of Early Death
- Article: Diet and Nutrition: Which Fruits Have the Most Sugar?
- Article: Obesity-Related Cancers in Millennials
- Article: Drinking soda, sweetened drinks linked to chronic kidney disease, study finds
- Article: Diet Soda Linked to Risk for Diabetic Blindness
- Article: High blood sugar during pregnancy ups risk of mother’s type 2 diabetes, child’s obesity
- Article: America’s Obession with Sugar Starts in Infancy
- Article: Which Fruits have the Most Sugar?
- Infographic: Adjusting to Life with Type 2 Diabetes or Prediabetes
- Infographic: Why Maintaining Muscle Matters
- Infographic: Structured Lipids
- Infographic: In Dehydration on your radar?
- Infographic: Understanding the New Nutritional Facts Label
Community resources for physical activity
- School of Dance and Music for Children with Disabilities at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts
- Program Mission: “To create a space for children of all abilities to explore their full physical and social potential through high quality, joyful dance and music instruction.”
- Karate for All — An occupational therapy martial arts program
- Ability Ballet- Children’s Cerebral Palsy Movement