Celebrations, Physical Activity What's your #NewDaysResolution? When the clock struck midnight on December 31, it marked the dawn of another new year. With every new year…
Celebrations, Healthy Celebrations, Healthy Eating, New Day's Resolution, Physical Activity, Popular Make a New Day’s Resolution Every year, the morning talk shows, the magazines and friends on social media are talking about their New Year…
Celebrations, Healthy Eating, New Day's Resolution, Physical Activity New Days Resolutions When the clock struck midnight on December 31, it marked the dawn of another new year. With every new year…
Press Release A Letter From Howell Wechsler: An Important Ask As 2016 draws to a close, I want to take a moment to reflect upon this year’s accomplishments and to ask for…
ESSA, Healthy Schools, Policy How Can the 'Every Student Succeeds Act' Support Healthy School and Out-of-School Time Environments? We all agree that we want students to be healthy, and that we want school and out-of-school time environments…
Healthy Schools, Nutrition Services, Policy National Survey Finds School Nutrition Standards Are Working A new report from the Kid’s Safe and Healthful Foods Project, a joint initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts…
Fitness Break, Healthy Schools, Physical Activity Fight the Winter Blues: Stay Active at Home and School The days are getting shorter and the temperatures are getting cooler, but ‒ tempting as it may be ‒ that doesn…
America's Healthiest Schools, Family Engagement, Health Education, Healthy Schools, Physical Activity Meet Joel, one of our #HealthHeroes Meet Joel. He’s an ESL Kindergarten Teacher on the South Side of Chicago. He uses characters like Señor…
Health Education, Nutrition Reducing Beverage Calories Across the Nation In fall of 2014, we announced a public landmark agreement with the beverage industry that would result in…
Alliance for a Healthier Generation and American Beverage Association Issue First Progress Report on Reducing Beverage Calories (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Nov. 22, 2016 — The Alliance for a Healthier Generation and America’s beverage companies…
Celebrations, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Recipes, Smart Food Planner, Smart Snacks Tips for a Healthy Halloween, No Matter Where You Celebrate For many kids, families and schools, Halloween is one of fall’s greatest highlights – a kick off to the annual…
Employee Wellness, Healthy Celebrations, Healthy Out-of-School Time, Healthy Schools, Physical Activity, Physical Education, Popular, Recess How to Host a Turkey Trot Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate what we’re thankful for each year. While holiday celebrations can be…
Breakfast & Lunch, Healthy Schools, Nutrition, Nutrition Services, Smart Food Planner It's National School Lunch Week: Give your School Nutrition Program a Boost with our Helpful Tips Since 1962, National School Lunch Week has celebrated the benefits of the National School Lunch Program and…
Celebrations, Healthy Schools, Physical Activity 4 Tips from School Leaders: How to Make Every Day a Walk to School Day On October 5, 2016, thousands of students, teachers, parents and community members will participate in the 20…
Healthy Schools, Policy New School Year, New Guidance: Let the Healthy Schools Program be your Guide to Updating your Wellness Policy School and district wellness policies are the cornerstone for all school health-related initiatives. From…
Alliance for a Healthier Generation and Target Announce Partnership to Create Healthier Schools for 20 million Students (NEW YORK) June 28, 2016 – The Alliance for a Healthier Generation announced today it has received a $1,000…
Health Education, Healthy Out-of-School Time, Physical Activity A Summer Reading List for School Leaders Summertime is a great time to take stock of all that you’ve accomplished during the previous school year while…
Trends in Obesity Prevalence Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1988-1994 Through 2013-2014 Published in JAMA, June 7, 2016 In simplest terms, here is what we learned from the latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and…
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is awarded two 5-year contracts from the CDC We are pleased to announce that the Alliance for a Healthier Generation was recently awarded two 5-year…
Healthy Role Models, Physical Activity If you could give advice to your younger self about staying active, what would it be? Girls today in the United States are far less likely than boys to achieve recommended amounts of physical…