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Obesity and Diabetes
'HEROES' Grants, Education Guide Support Youth Leaders Addressing Childhood Obesity Epidemic
March 24th, 2009
In order to address the growing childhood obesity epidemic, Youth Service America (YSA) and UnitedHealth Group are supporting youth-led projects that focus on healthy lifestyles by awarding the UnitedHealth HEROES service-learning grants. The two national partners also published an educational guide to help young people and educators develop service-learning activities in their own communities. Naming children and youth as 'first responders' to this national crisis, HEROES grants challenge youth to find solutions to a crisis that directly affects them. 109 youth-led projects in 15 states received grants that address the childhood obesity epidemic through direct action,...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-24)
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