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A Healthy Community On the way to school, every child needs safe sidewalks and street crossings to bike or walk.
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After school, every child needs nutritious snacks, healthful beverages, and time to be active and play in afterschool programs.
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every child needs safe places to go for a walk, play at a park and ride on a bike; and grocery and corner
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stores stocked with appealing nutritious foods and drinks. Community leaders: to get free tools, guidance and support to improve health in your community visit voicesforhealthykids.org. Parents and families: to participate in the conversation online about what children need in your community to grow up healthy, and to learn about
joining a state or local coalition to be an advocate for change, visit voicesactioncenter.org. “Every child needs and deserves the opportunity to grow up healthy,” says Yancy “Fortunately, we have the tools to improve health across the lifespan by ensuring every child has nutritious foods to eat and safe places to be active.” (StatePoint) l
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2017
FLUENTIAL 81