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What is Leadership for Healthy Communities?

Leadership for Healthy Communities (formerly known as Active Living Leadership) is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The program supports state and local policy leaders in efforts to create healthier communities by promoting policies and programs that will improve access to affordable healthy foods, increase opportunities for safe physical activity, and improve the social environments that shape how children perceive and relate to healthy eating and active living. The program places special emphasis on policy approaches with the potential to improve nutrition and increase physical activity among children at high risk for obesity. Learn more...

What's New

• Leadership for Healthy Communities hosted the Childhood Obesity Prevention Summit on October 18-19, 2007, in Washington, D.C. Check out photos from the Summit!
• Active Living Research has issued a call for nominations for the "Translating Research to Policy" award, which will be presented at its annual conference to be held April 9-12, 2008, in Washington, D.C.
• For more information about Leadership for Healthy Communities, download our new overview brochure.
• Leadership for Healthy Communities has recently published two new guides for policymakers: Improving Access to Healthy Foods and Increasing Active Living.