New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Strategies for a Healthy CommunityCourtney Price, Project Manager, New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity carries a huge price tag: Up to $14 billion per year to treat kids
nationwide
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Our Focus Areas
1. School Wellness
2. Food Access
3. Healthcare sector
Vineland
Camden
Trenton
New Brunswick
Newark
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Newark Strategies
• Schools
Collaborate with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to strengthen school wellness councils and implement school district’s wellness policy
• Food Access
Improve access to healthy, affordable and culturally-appropriate food options by implementing a healthy corner store initiative.
• Healthcare Sector
Collaborate with the AAP & PCORE to implement the use of the Let’s Move! In the Clinic toolkit in the offices of five pediatric healthcare practitioners.
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
…Laws, Ordinances
…creating places to play, more supermarkets
…more physical activity, better eating habits
…HEALTHIER KIDS
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
HOW WILL WE DEFINE SUCCESS IN NEWARK ?
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Training Newark’s Healthcare Providers…
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Collaborations…
New Jersey Partnership for Healthy KidsCommunities Making a Difference to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Greater Access to Healthy Food
