This conference has come and gone! For more information about upcoming conferences, please visit https://store.letsgo.org/about-us/events/. TOWARDS ENDING CHILDHOOD OBESITY: How doctors, toddlers, and schools can stop an epidemic. Learn how to build capacity in your practice, in your community and for your patients. Take away material you can use the next day. Join us on September 11th, 12th… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Let’s Go! Supports the launch of the Healthy Kids Out of School Healthy Kids Hub Website
Authored by Valerie Costello Let’s Go! and Healthy Kids Out of School, an initiative of ChildObesity180 in collaboration with Tufts University, share the common goal of making a positive contribution to kids’ lives, so they are equipped with the skills and confidence to become happy and productive adults. With millions of children participating, out-of-school-time programs… Read more »
Healthier families for a Healthier Planet
Authored by Karen Voci – Executive Director, Harvard Pilgrim Foundation It was wonderful (finally!) to hear President Obama put the rapidly warming earth at the top of his second term agenda in his inaugural speech: “we will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children… Read more »
What’s Your Screen Free Week Plan?
The week of April 29–May 5, 2013 is Screen Free Week, a week when kids and their parents turn off the TV, video games, computers, smart phones, and tablets and find healthier ways to have fun. What fun activities do you have planned? According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, kids ages 8–18 now spend, on… Read more »