CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTS

Many places where children spend the majority of their waking hours are not providing adequate opportunities for young people to eat healthy food or engage in physical activity. As institutions dedicated to children's education and well-being, preschools, schools, and after-school programs can make significant contributions to child health and learning by providing nutritious food and beverages and fun, non-competitive opportunities to be active.  State and local governments, school administrators, child care professionals, families and community advocates can improve child health by ensuring that healthy food and activity options are readily available to children throughout their day. From healthy breakfast to high quality physical education and beyond, jump to ENACT to see the menu of strategies for improving child health.