One in three children in this country is overweight or obese. Studies show that those children miss school four times as often as healthy-weight kids, don’t perform as well academically, and are at risk for a number of health problems down the road. If we don’t stop this devastating trend, this generation will be the first in our history to live shorter lives than their parents.
You can help! Take the Every Kid Healthy Pledge and become part of a 100,000-person movement to fight against childhood obesity. Every child in the United States should have access to the proper nutrition they need to be physically active, healthy, and ready to learn, and that means schools are a big part of the solution.
So, join the movement to make all schools healthier places by taking the Every Kid Healthy Pledge today, and making sure your friends and family do too!
photo courtesy Action for Healthy Kids
