Today in the United States, nearly 25 million children are obese or overweight. Childhood obesity is increasing at an alarming rate, and if current trends continue, today's kids could be the first generation to live shorter lives than their parents.
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation is a partnership between the Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association, launched in 2005, with the mission to eliminate childhood obesity and to inspire all young people in the United States to develop lifelong, healthy habits.
The Alliance applies a comprehensive approach to reach children in their schools, communities, homes, and doctor's offices to stop childhood obesity before it starts. The Alliance's Healthy Schools Program is supporting more than 3,000 schools through in person and online resources and ideas to make school environments healthier for students and staff. Going into its third year, the Healthy Schools Program has already helped many schools to transform lunch menus, enact fun group exercise clubs, and get students involved in thinking up new ways to be healthier.
empowerME is a “by kids for kids” movement that’s inspiring all kids to make healthy behavior changes and to become advocates and leaders for healthy eating and physical activity. As an adult ally, you can empower young people to take charge of their health by eating right and getting physically active. Encourage the kids you know to go to empowerme2b.org to Join the Movement!
For more information, visit the Alliance on the web at www.healthiergeneration.org.
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PROFILE
After losing a lot of weight, 16-year-old Anjelica Chickara now is serving on the Youth Advisory Board as part of the empowerME movement of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. Read her story, and watch Anjelica talk about making her school healthier.
