From the beginning, ChildObesity180 reviewed hundreds of key strategies to determine where it could add value to ongoing efforts addressing childhood obesity. From this process, four strategic priorities were identified and became the focus of our initiatives.
Initiatives + Impact
172 Leaders Engaged*
ChildObesity180 leverages the experience and assets of senior leaders across four sectors – academia, business, government, and non-profit – to work toward a common goal: making healthy changes to the environments that children move through every day.
* As of June 2017
Initiatives + Impact
11 Million Children Reached*
ChildObesity180 implements programs in schools, communities, and organizations in all fifty states, with a focus on reaching those children disproportionately affected by obesity.
Active Schools Acceleration Project is increasing quality physical activity in America’s schools to promote the positive health, behavioral, and academic outcomes that follow.
Healthy Kids Out of School worked with leading out-of-school-time organizations to promote three simple principles: Drink Right, Move More, and Snack Smart.
The Restaurant Initiative combines consumer insights and restaurant industry engagement with high-quality research to ultimately reduce the number of excess calories children consume when eating at restaurants.