The Partnership for A Healthier America Engages the Private Sector in Efforts to Prevent Childhood Obesity

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The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) is bringing together groups from the private, public and non-profit sectors to come up with solutions to the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic. In a recent meeting which took place during March 2014, at the PHA’s annual summit eight new organizations, including four hospital systems, announced their commitment to battling childhood obesity.

FirstBIKE, a company that produces training bikes for children ages 2-5, committed to donating at least 1,300 bikes a year to YMCAs across the nation for the next three years.  Knowledge Universe, the largest private early childhood education provider, agreed to implement policies that reflect healthy lifestyle choices in 95% of their early childhood centers over the next three years.

Other groups like Sodexo , Eskenazi Health, Meridian, St. Luke’s Hospital, UnityPoint Health – Trinity and Nutri Ventures agreed to provide children with healthier food options and multi-media entertainment that encourages healthy lifestyle practices.

For more information about these groups and their commitment to reversing childhood obesity over the next three years, read the PHA’s news release here.