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Leadership for Healthy Communities

Based in Washington, D.C., Leadership for Healthy Communities is a $10-million national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation designed to support local and state government leaders nationwide in their efforts to reduce childhood obesity through public policies that promote active living, healthy eating and access to healthy foods.

The programs focuses on policy efforts that can improve nutrition and increase physical activity among children at high risk for obesity, especially African-American, Latino, Native American, Asian American and Pacific Islander children living in low-income communities. Supported efforts are expected to help the Foundation achieve its goal of reversing the childhood obesity epidemic by 2015.

Leadership for Healthy Communities works with organizations representing elected or appointed officials from local, county, regional or state governments to achieve six primary goals:

1. Educate state and local government leaders about the impact of public policies on the health of children and communities;
2. Create tools and materials that help governments implement active living and healthy-eating strategies;
3. Facilitate cooperation between state and local leaders;
4. Build peer support networks for leaders engaged in preventing childhood obesity;
5. Help leaders gain public support for preventing and addressing childhood obesity through high-impact activities, like town-hall meetings, public hearings, workshops and trainings; and
6. Engage diverse policy-makers and community members in strategies to promote healthy eating and active living.

Read more at the resource link below.

Resource: http://leadershipforhealthycommunities.org

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