Back to School: Active Kids, Healthier Food

During a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) First Friday Google+ Hangout (9/5/14), panelists went "back to school” and discuss the importance of improved nutrition and greater physical activity for kids, and the great strides made in schools across the country with the support of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s Healthy Schools Program. Susan Dentzer, senior policy adviser to the Foundation, led a discussion on the innovative ways schools and other organizations are addressing childhood obesity through healthier food options and more physical activity for students nationwide. Panelists included: Ginny Ehrlich, director, Childhood Obesity, RWJF; Jessica Donze Black, director, Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project, Pew Charitable Trusts; Kaseir Archie, student, William W. Bodine High School, Philadelphia, Pa. and Alliance for a Healthier Generation Youth Ambassador; Mickey Komins, principal, Anne Frank Elementary School, Philadelphia, Pa.; Nathan Plowman, director of partnerships, Global Access To Sport, Nike. Learn more at www.rwjf.org/firstfriday.