Action for Healthy Kids
http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/
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“A public-private partnership of more than 50 national organizations and government agencies representing education, health, fitness and nutrition, Action for Healthy Kids addresses the epidemic of overweight, sedentary, and undernourished youth by focusing on changes in schools.”The organization strives to improvr children’s eating habits through making sure that healthy and nutritious foods are available at schools and by integrating nutrition education into the curriculum. They want to increase physical activities in schools by adding and maintaining physical education programs and recess in the student’s school day. They also strive to promote after-school and co-curricular programs. Through education programs they hope to reach administrators, teachers, children and parents to stress the importance of nutrition and physical activity to children’s health and academic achievement.Visitors to the website can use a clickable map to see what their state is doing to meet the health and nutrition goals for students. A section on resources to improve schools has a drop-down menu of topics for improving schools and children’s health. Join a state team to work toward the goals of healthy and active students and receive tools to accomplish this worth-while goal.
