Searching for Young People to Inspire Healthy Living!
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a non-profit organization founded by the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation, is searching for young people excited to share their commitment to healthy living and inspire their friends, families, schools and communities to take action and help stop childhood obesity.
STOP Obesity Alliance April E-Newsletter
Dear Reader,
Every day, parents and other caregivers are confronted with myriad questions and situations that not only are challenging and unanticipated, but for which they are unprepared.
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A Legislative Low-Down on Obesity and the States
Webinar Examined State Trends & Upcoming Issues on Obesity & Related Chronic Diseases
The STOP Obesity Alliance hosted a webinar on Tuesday, December 6, in which experts discussed state legislative activities related to obesity and weight-related chronic disease that could signal broader trends in the future. Click here to view the webinar.
Partnership for Prevention
Partnership for Prevention’s mission is to improve health by preventing illness and injury and by promoting health. Its programs increase the priority on prevention in health-related policy and in the U.S. health care system. Partnership for Prevention is a membership organization of businesses, nonprofit organizations and government agencies advancing policies and practices to prevent disease and improve the health of all Americans.
Perspective: Addressing the Risk Factors of Physical Inactivity and Poor Nutrition
Partnership for Prevention promotes evidence-based approaches to address obesity and its underlying risk factors of physical inactivity and poor nutrition. Partnership recently produced several evidence-based action guides to increase physical activity and improve nutrition in community and workplace settings. The Community Health Promotion Handbook: Action Guides for Improving Community Health contains three guides that focus on developing a community trail, enhancing physical education classes in schools, and establishing a community-based walking group program. Investing in Health: Evidence-Based Health Promotion Practices for the Workplace offers tips for employers on how to encourage physical activity and better eating habits among employees. Partnership is also updating its popular publication Healthy Workforce 2010 to emphasize physical activity and nutrition.