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
Reports and Journals
- White House – White House Taskforce on Childhood Obesity Report, May 2010
- Trust for America’s Health – F as in Fat, June 2010
- New England Journal of Medicine – Ounces of Prevention, The Public Policy Case for Taxes on Sugared Beverages, April 2009
- New England Journal of Medicine – The Public Health and Economic Benefits of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, October 2009
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Does Drinking Beverages with Added Sugars Increase the Risk of Overweight?, September 2006
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Body Mass Index Measurement in Schools, December 2007
- Yale Rudd Center – Rudd Report, Soft Drink Taxes: A Policy Brief, Fall 2009
- 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
- Yale Rudd Center – Soda Tax Calculator
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Taxing Caloric Sweetened Beverages: Potential Effects on Beverage Consumption, Calorie Intake and Obesity, July 2010
Videos
Campaign for Healthy Kids: Coordinated School Health in Tennessee
Download our Campaign for Healthy Kids one-page summary
