Sentences with phrase «physical access to healthy food»

One common realization from all these movements is that providing physical access to healthy food does not alone solve the issue.

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Dubbed «Let's Move,» the campaign's four pillars call for more nutrition information, increased physical activity, easier access to healthy foods and personal responsibility.

Menu of Hope was created with the goal of raising funds to provide healthy meals and nutrition and physical education to Ohio's at - risk children who do not have consistent access to the food they need to grow, learn and thrive.

The program has four main pillars: empower parents and caregivers, provide healthy food in schools, improve access to healthy and affordable food, and increase physical activity.

And what worries me is that by focusing on the personal choice framework, which surely plays a role in all this, we may neglect the structural problems of social inequality and inadequate access to healthy food and physical activity environments.

Due to children's need to access healthy foods and opportunities to be physically active in order to grow, learn, and thrive; PUC Schools and its SCHOOLS members is committed to providing school environments that promote and protect children's health, well - being, and ability to learn by supporting healthy eating and physical activity.

Working in partnership with obesity prevention initiatives across the state, LiveWell aims to provide every Coloradan with access to healthy food and opportunities for physical activity.

Child obesity is linked to limited access to healthy and affordable foods, limited opportunities for physical activity, greater availability of fast food restaurants (especially near schools), and greater exposure to food - related marketing (Larson, Story, & Nelson, 2009; Powell, Slater, & Chaloupka, 2004; Kumanyika & Grier, 2006).