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