• Talking to your Child’s Doctor or Nurse
• Parenting to Prevent Obesity
• Healthy Eating Tips
• Fitness for Kids and Teens
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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The goal of the Alliance Healthcare Initiative is for more than 6.2 million children to have access to this healthcare benefit within the next three years. Insurers, employers and national medical associations are encouraged to join the Healthcare Initiative.

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Today nearly 1 in 3 children and teens in the United States is already overweight or obese. Health and medical experts consider it an epidemic. Overweight children and teens are more likely to develop serious health problems such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Until recently most healthcare professionals have been unable to work with families around the prevention, assessment, and treatment of childhood obesity. That has changed with the availability of the Healthier Generation Benefit.

Parents & Doctors Discuss Healthy Eating using The Very Hungry Caterpillar 

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the American Academy of Pediatrics have joined with the best-selling children’s book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, to help families learn about healthy eating habits at home. More than 17,500 pediatrician offices will receive free copies of specially created The Very Hungry Caterpillar books, growth charts and parent handouts to encourage doctors and parents to have meaningful conversations about the importance of healthy eating. Find out more about the campaign, tips for healthy eating at home, a reading guide for using the book to talk about healthy eating and a download a free growth chart for homes and doctors’ offices.Read more 

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