Healthy Kids, Healthy Future

Nemours Testifies in Support of Strengthening Child Nutrition Programs to Combat Obesity

Nemours submitted testimony to the Senate Agriculture Committee last week as part its hearing, “Reauthorization of US Child Nutrition Programs: Opportunities to Fight Hunger and Improve Child Health.” We agree with that the federal child nutrition programs offer a critical safety net to ensure proper nutrition in support of children’s’ healthy development. We believe that improving nutritional and physical activity standards in early care and education settings can help children and their families establish healthy habits which will last a lifetime. Nemours has developed a number of best practices and tools to encourage healthy eating and physical activity in all the places children live, learn and play, including child care settings. Our testimony, which build on our experience as a model in Delaware, can be downloaded here.

If you would like further information about Nemours’ model work to promote children’s healthy development or our stance on federal policy opportunities to do the same, contact Anne De Biasi at adebiasi@nemours.org or 202-457-1440, ext. 305.