Key Policies
The Campaign for Healthy Kids (CHK) supports research-based public health policies designed to combat childhood obesity. In 2011, CHK assisted state and local advocates as they pursued policies such as:
- Monitoring body mass index (BMI)
- Making childcare environments healthier
- Funding for Targeted Coordinated School Health model
- Model Legislation for Targeted Coordinated School Health model
- Connecting schools with produce from local farms
- Download our Campaign for Healthy Kids one-page summary
- White House – White House Taskforce on Childhood Obesity Report, May 2010
- Trust for America’s Health – F as in Fat, June 2010
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Body Mass Index Measurement in Schools, December 2007
- Campaign for Healthy Kids – Disparities Among African-American Youth, May 2010
- The Raben Group – Getting from Fat to Fit, 2009
- Tennessee Department of Education – Tennessee Coordinated School Health 2008-2009
- Using Local Land Use Laws to Facilitate Physical Activity
- School Policies and Practices to Improve Health and Prevent Obesity: National Secondary School Results, Volume 2
- Policy Brief: Fulfilling the Promise of Free Water in K-12 Schools 1
- Policy Brief: Fulfilling the Promise of Free Water in K-12 Schools 2
Tools
In the News
- Faith Leaders and the Campaign for Healthy Kids
- Jim Winkler: The Failure to Prioritize Our Children
- Andrew Hysell: The Missing Piece in the Education Reform Conversation
- Children's health, academic performance closely linked
- Bradley Schools host Save the Children leaders
- Coordinated School Health
- Watch the Campaign discuss the childhood obesity epidemic on TBDNews!
Campaign for Healthy Kids: Coordinated School Health in Tennessee
