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    Childhood Obesity: An American Epidemic

    Today about 25 million kids and teens in the U.S. are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. That’s nearly one in every three young people.

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  • Inspire Healthy Living

    Looking for Youth Leaders

    David Sanchez shares his experience on the Youth Advisory Board and explains how young people can apply now for this exciting opportunity.

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  • Make school a healthier place

    Join the Healthy Schools Program

    Connect with teachers, administrators and other parents to improve your school and enable students to eat better and move more.

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  • Good Health Starts at Home

    Parents are a kid’s best role model

    The best place to learn healthy habits is at home. Each day, you can do little things that can affect your child’s health in a big way.

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OPINION: Fight Childhood Obesity by Supporting Public School Nutrition Reform

In case you haven't noticed, kids have gotten bigger recently. In fact, according to the CDC, obesity rates have tripled in the past 30 years with nearly 20 percent of children ag ...

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Teach Your Children Wellness: Schools Are Rethinking Phys Ed

Two months back, tiny Lincoln University attracted worldwide media attention when it threatened to withhold diplomas from overweight students unless they took a special fitness cl ...

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Oct 28, 2009

Survey Shows Overwhelming Support for Healthy Schools

A new survey by the Alliance shows most parents recognize the positive impact healthy eating and physical activity have on their ...

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Oct 15, 2009

empowerME Reaches 2.1 million Tweens and Teens

By collaborating with youth and community organizations the empowerME Movement has engaged more than 2.1 million young people ...

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