Our Healthy Lifestyles 101 program provides youth, ages 8-14, with the opportunity to learn healthy eating habits in a fun environment. Kids receive simple instruction on how to prepare healthy meals at home. The Healthy Lifestyles 101 program involves youth focusing on their own health and ultimately their future. The program offers encouragement for improving eating habits and reducing obesity. Youth participate in cooking a healthy meal while learning more about healthy eating habits and lifestyle changes. They also learn about the importance of physical activity in their daily lives.

Community centers and Boys and Girls Clubs in 10 cities have been selected to have the program hosted there. In line with The Ludacris Foundation's 7th Principle of Success: Physical Activity- we believe proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle choices should be a way of life. Celebrity chefs provide youth with the opportunity to work one on one with a professional chefs to create foods that are healthy and delicious while learning more about food preparation, ingredients and etiquette. Kids also participate in a rap session at the end of each event to discuss everyday issues they face. Program materials include cook books, healthy living guides and activities for youth to take home and engage their parents in the fun and learning.