PHA Issues Report on Childhood Obesity

A non-profit focusing on childhood obesity has issued its first annual progress report on private sector commitments to address the issue. According to the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), nearly 3 million children “got moving in 2012,” more than 8,000 “new physical activity opportunities became available for kids in 2012,” dozens of new or renovated grocery stores opened in or near “food deserts” making healthier food available to more than half-a-million “low-access individuals,” and “$18 million has been spent in the last 18 months in financing for new retail channels and innovative food distribution programs.” See PHA Press Release, March 7, 2013.