Children's Health & Fitness ? Working To Tackle Childhood Obesity

May 13th, 2012 by Len Saunders

From AOL Patch?..

I?ve had the opportunity in the past few weeks to talk with advocates and supporters of The Campaign for Healthy Kids.

The campaign was created as part of a partnership between the Save the Children and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help fight the disturbing statistic that nearly one in three children or adolescents in our country are being classified as overweight or obese.

The Campaign for Healthy Kids is working to find the best practices and programs and get them into the communities.

There are two main issues when trying to implement policy regarding childhood obesity. One is a lack of consistency and coordinating efforts amongst federal, state and local policy makers.

The second problem is that what works for one school district or community may not work for another. It seems that there needs to be a program that defines standards, ideas and protocols, but also gives local school districts and communities the tools necessary to implement best practices based on the needs of their own area.

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