Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity
Schools can help children and adolescents adopt and maintain healthy eating and physical activity behaviors. CDC provides evidence-based guidance for schools on how to implement policies and practices that effectively promote healthy choices and behaviors among youth.
School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity...
Data on dietary and physical activity behaviors and school health policies to address them...
Publications, fact sheets, tools, and helpful links...
Physical activity builds strong bodies and lowers the risk for obesity and chronic disease...
Obesity increases a child's risk for serious immediate- and long-term health problems...
Policies designed to promote student health and reduce childhood obesity...
CDC funds national nongovernmental organizations and states, territories, and tribal governments to promote nutrition and physical activity among youth through schools and communities.
