CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – (CLARKSVILLENOW) The Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Health Foundation and the Tennessee Clean Water Network will kick-off their new SODABRIETY Health Program at Northwest High School, 800 Lafayette Road Friday, October 7 at 1:55 p.m. The program encourages students to drink more water and less sugary drinks to curb rates of obesity and diabetes in our state.
Tennessee ranks 2nd in the nation for obesity among high school-aged children. Fortunately, research shows that if individuals replaced one sugary drink a day with water, that the rate of type 2 diabetes could decrease by 90%.
Sodabriety is an educational campaign, funded by the CMC Community Health Foundation, that encourages students to drink less sugary drinks and more water by launching a peer-to-peer educational health campaign, created by students, to address the negative impacts of sugary drinks on their health. Participating schools like Northwest will receive two free water bottle refill stations.
The student-driven pep rally features a performance by the pom squad, a balloon “sugar stack” game, and a sugary drink presentation. Students will use the pep rally time to recruit their fellow students and teachers to participate in the 30-day Sodabriety campaign.
For more information about joining the Sodabriety campaign please contact Kimberly Pettigrew, Director of Community Health Programs, Kimberly@tcwn.org.