Youth Services
BCHD offers provides programs and supports funding for physical education, nutrition education, childhood obesity prevention, counseling for substance abuse, social skills and drop-out intervention for school-age children. Programs are aimed at educating children and their parents about healthy lifestyle choices. Youth Services also oversees AdventurePlex, BCHD’s children’s fitness center in Manhattan Beach.AdventurePlex
AdventurePlex is BCHD’s fitness center for kids and families, a health and fitness center in Manhattan Beach, created for youth that bridges fitness with recreation. The facility has a four-level indoor play structure with tunnels and slides, two outdoor rock climbing walls, an outdoor ropes course, a sports court, and a gym for kids and parents. AdventurePlex provides classes such as karate, dance, volleyball, and day- and week-long camps during weeks that schools are out such as summertime, spring break and Christmas break.School Health Services
School Health Services provides a variety of physical, mental and social health programs for children in the beach cities public schools. Services provided include health education for elementary students; physical education for children kindergarten through sixth grade; lifeskills and substance abuse education for middle school students; and obesity prevention education at the elementary level.Adult Services
Adult Services focuses on improving the health and wellness of adults who reside in the beach cities through fitness classes, health screenings, wellness classes, support groups and educational programs.Health Education
BCHD offers wellness classes, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and Automated external defibrillator training, health screenings, support groups and education classes for health professionals. It also promotes health and preventive care to the beach cities through community campaigns and by helping residents find needed services.Center for Health and Fitness
The Center for Health and Fitness is a medically-based fitness facility. The Center has a . gym with cardio and weight equipment, certified personal trainers, group exercise classes, child care, massage, nutritional counseling, yoga classes, Tai Chi for Arthritis and locker rooms. The Center serves people of all ages and physical conditions with a large senior constituency. Some instructors hold a college degree in a health-related discipline, and/or are certified by the American College of Sports Medicine, National Academy of Sports Medicine and National Strength and Conditioning Association..Center for Pilates and Movement Therapy
Pilates focuses on integration of the entire body, strengthening the abdomen, hips and lower back. The Center for Pilates and Movement Therapy offers classes including Mat, Reformer, Feldenkrais, Gyrokenisis, Arthritis Foundation Exercise and Prenatal Pilates.Nutrition
Beach Cities Health District offers nutrition consultations through a registered dietitian specializing in preventive approaches to chronic degenerative diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, elevated blood lipid and adult, teenage and child obesity.Senior Services
Senior Services provides services to improve the quality of life and maintain the independence of older and disabled beach cities residents. These include home visits and assessments, links to health and community services and advocacy, ongoing contact and care plans, fitness and wellness programs, support services including peer counseling, a friend to friend program, errand volunteers, general support groups and educational programs on age-related issues.Adapted from the Wikipedia article Beach Cities Health District, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
