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Hello from We Can! We are pleased to be able to bring you periodic snapshots on program activity from around the country. We Can! is a national public education outreach program promoted collaboratively among four Institutes of the National Institutes of Health to help children maintain a healthy weight. We Can! provides activities and programs that encourage improved nutritional choices, increased physical activity, and reduced screen time in youth ages 8-13. We Can! is unique among other youth obesity-prevention initiatives in its focus on helping parents, families, and communities. I want to acknowledge the tremendous efforts of the We Can! communities already signed on and to thank the many national partners and supporting organizations for their support. Visit the We Can! Web site to learn more about the We Can! resources and how you can make a difference in your community and for your own family.

-- Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D.
Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

There are currently 52 We Can! Intensive and General Community sites in 25 States and Canada. Click here to find out if there is a We Can! site in your community or how you can sign up to become a We Can! site. Together, We Can! all work to prevent obesity in children.

Community organizations across Pennsylvania are kicking off the New Year on a healthy note by signing up to become We Can! community sites, thanks to Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity (PANA), a We Can! Supporting Organization. PANA will be recruiting hundreds of member organizations and schools across the state. Learn more about PANA and other Partners and Supporting Organizations on the We Can! Web site.

Nevada Site Wins Grants for Youth PSAs
The University of Nevada-Las Vegas We Can! Intensive Site was awarded a $5,000 3-a-Day Dairy Grant to produce Media-Smart Youth PSAs and an additional $10,000 through the Nevada Food Stamp Education Program grant to air the healthy PSA's created by youth in southern Nevada markets.

Parents Step Up to Boost Boston Program
Finding time to learn about energy balance and the importance of acting as a positive role model can be hard - especially for parents! But parents involved in Boston's We Can! Energize Our Family curriculum volunteered to personally recruit other parents to participate after they realized how many time-saving, practical tips the program offers! Learn more about the Boston We Can! Intensive Community Site.


	The key to maintaining a healthy weight is to balance ENERGY IN ("calories" from food and drinks) with ENERGY OUT ("calories" burned by being active).

	How Communities can get involved
	How Organizations can get involved
	Visit http://wecan.nhlbi.nih.gov
	Call 1-866-35-WECAN

We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition) is a national health education campaign from the National Institutes of Health that provides activities and programs to help prevent childhood obesity in children ages 8-13. The program informs parents and caregivers in home and community settings to encourage improved nutritional choices, increased physical activity, and reduced screen time in their families.

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