You can play a role in providing access to healthy, affordable food for youth.
Let's Read. Let's Move. encourages adults to get involved and make a commitment to help youth combat obesity and make healthy food choices. You can:
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Did you know?
Nearly 19 million children depend on free and reduced-price
school meals for nine months out of the year; only 2.3 million
children participate in the Summer Food Service Program
1 in 5 children in the US are overweight
A 2009 study of 5th grade students showed positive association between overall diet quality (fruit and vegetable consumption) and academic performance. Healthy eating also improves a child’s immune system, boosts energy levels and reduces stress.
Get involved. To get started, check out the toolkits. Join thousands of people across the county in service to provide access to healthy affordable food and create a healthier generation of kids by nourishing young bodies.
The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has a rich heritage in food production, but an increased reliance on processed foods has left them susceptible to America's obesity epidemic. One way to battle this problem is to increase the availability of locally grown, healthy food choices, and the Red Cliff Mino Bi Ma De Se Win (Return to the Good Life) Community Farm is tackling the problem head-on
A few weeks ago, a brand new AmeriCorps program, FoodCorps, brought together 50 newly-minted members for a week long training. While there, several of the members shared what inspired them to join a program designed to addressing our country's childhood obesity epidemic through school gardens and farm-to-school programs