Pediatric of Northeastern PA - Specializing in the heath care of children from birth to 18.

Let's Move...

Childhood obesity or excess weight threatens the healthy future of one third of American children. We spend $150 billion every year to treat obesity-related conditions, and that number is growing. Obesity rates tripled in the past 30 years, a trend that means, for the first time in our history, American children may face a shorter expected lifespan than their parents. We need to get moving. Join First Lady Michelle Obama, community leaders, teachers, doctors, nurses, moms and dads in a nationwide campaign to tackle the challenge of childhood obesity. Let's Move has an ambitious but important goal: to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation.

Join America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids

It's our move. Our kids need to eat healthier food. They need to be more active. We all ... parents, teachers, doctors, grocers and businesspeople ...need to join together. We can't let this generation grow up more likely to get diabetes, cancer or heart disease. Let's Move on this crisis!

Our work! work! work! All-digital-all-the-time isn't healthy for us or our kids. We need ways for the whole family to band together. Parents are looking for tips and tools. To help our kids choose good food. To help them learn that shooting hoops with friends beats shooting aliens with a laser. Kids were meant to move!

If kids could be coaxed off computers, where would they go? Is there a park in the neighborhood? Is there a playground nearby? Do their schools have enough sports facilities? Where are they going to get that sixty minutes of activity needed each day? Kids need places to move!

Our kids need to be eating healthier food. We need to help our schools and grocery stores offer better options. More fruit, less sugar. More vegetables, less fat. More knowledge, fewer empty calories. More cooperating to solve these problems. Let's Move together!

We believe every kid has the right to a healthy childhood. We can't let this be the first generation in our history to grow up less healthy than their parents. The ingredients ... better food + more activity ... are clear. Let's Move isn't just noble, it's a necessity. It's not just a slogan, it's our responsibility. Are you with us? Let's Move!

Let's Move will give parents the support they need, provide healthier food in schools, help our kids to be more physically active, and make healthy, affordable food available in every part of our country.

Join us at www.letsmove.gov.