Healthy Kids, Healthy Future

Healthy Kids Healthy Future National Steering Committee To Meet Dec. 16

As we mentioned in the closing comments of the Healthy Kids Healthy Future Conference, the meeting may be over, but the real work lies ahead. As a result of your participation and collaboration, many energized and motivated attendees have continued working together to break down silos and support obesity prevention/heath promotion in early care and education settings.

As a next step to continue advancing the field, Debbie Chang of Nemours and Dr. Bill Deitz of CDC discussed forming a Healthy Kids, Healthy Future Steering Committee, intended to support continued collaboration among the field’s top leaders, and have moved forward with that. The committee will follow up on the many ideas generated at the conference to move the field forward; will continue sharing best practices and policies to encourage dissemination and adoption in the states; and will partner on other innovative strategies to improve children’s health in child care settings, including policy change and research.

At the first meeting on December 16th, the committee members will roll up their sleeves and draft a strategic plan which we will share with all of you.