Causes: Childhood Obesity, Children & Youth, Health, Public Health, Youth Development
Mission: To reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity and to empower kids nationwide to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Results: The Alliance negotiated an agreement with the beverage industry that resulted in a 90% reduction in beverage calories being shipped to the nation’s schools. The Alliance also negotiated agreements with food manufacturers and group purchasing organizations that have made healthier food choices more available and affordable for schools. Total sales of healthier products to participating schools has increased by $130 million, or 71 percent. Nutrition standards established by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program and the voluntary agreements with food and beverage companies guided the development and adoption of strong federal nutrition standards for school meals and snacks. Through its online tools, professional development activities, and hands-on technical assistance, the Alliance has been the leading non-governmental organization helping the nation’s schools implement the new federal school nutrition standards. The CDC published in Preventing Chronic Disease a study, which found that meaningful participation in the Alliance’s Healthy Schools Program is linked to reductions in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among students in high-need schools.
Target demographics: School age children across the country
Direct beneficiaries per year: more than 20 million children, with a focus on low-income and minority populations who are at increased risk for obesity and other diseases
Geographic areas served: All 50 states in the U. S.
Programs: Healthy Schools Program: Building healthier school environments for more than 17 million students by improving physical education, health education, child nutrition, and staff wellness policies and programs in more than 29,000 schools. Healthy Out-of-School Time Initiative: Ensuring 5.5 million young people, through 6,300 out-of-school time providers, will have access to healthier foods and increased opportunities for physical activity outside of the school day. Serving as a catalyst for corporations to become part of the childhood obesity solution by working with more than 120 companies to improve their individual and industry-wide business practices to more positively impact our youth. Healthier Generation Benefit: Bringing together a coalition of major health insurers, employers, and national medical associations to provide healthcare benefits to more than 2.8 million children for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity, through a network of 56,000 healthcare providers.
Mission: To reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity and to empower kids nationwide to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Results: The Alliance negotiated an agreement with the beverage industry that resulted in a 90% reduction in beverage calories being shipped to the nation’s schools. The Alliance also negotiated agreements with food manufacturers and group purchasing organizations that have made healthier food choices more available and affordable for schools. Total sales of healthier products to participating schools has increased by $130 million, or 71 percent. Nutrition standards established by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program and the voluntary agreements with food and beverage companies guided the development and adoption of strong federal nutrition standards for school meals and snacks. Through its online tools, professional development activities, and hands-on technical assistance, the Alliance has been the leading non-governmental organization helping the nation’s schools implement the new federal school nutrition standards. The CDC published in Preventing Chronic Disease a study, which found that meaningful participation in the Alliance’s Healthy Schools Program is linked to reductions in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among students in high-need schools.
Target demographics: School age children across the country
Direct beneficiaries per year: more than 20 million children, with a focus on low-income and minority populations who are at increased risk for obesity and other diseases
Geographic areas served: All 50 states in the U. S.
Programs: Healthy Schools Program: Building healthier school environments for more than 17 million students by improving physical education, health education, child nutrition, and staff wellness policies and programs in more than 29,000 schools. Healthy Out-of-School Time Initiative: Ensuring 5.5 million young people, through 6,300 out-of-school time providers, will have access to healthier foods and increased opportunities for physical activity outside of the school day. Serving as a catalyst for corporations to become part of the childhood obesity solution by working with more than 120 companies to improve their individual and industry-wide business practices to more positively impact our youth. Healthier Generation Benefit: Bringing together a coalition of major health insurers, employers, and national medical associations to provide healthcare benefits to more than 2.8 million children for the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity, through a network of 56,000 healthcare providers.
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503-972-5829
Childhood Obesity
Portland
