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What's New2/8/05 - US Government Issues New Dietary Guidelines for Americans 200511/18/04 - New York State amends the education law to create child nutrition advisory committees 11/10/04 - Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Healthy School Foods Resolution Passes by an Overwhelming Majority 11/10/04 - New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches joins the New York City Youth Health Coalition 05/20/04 - The New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches honors the South Country Central School District. |
New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches joins the New York City Youth Health Coalition - and is listed in the “Healthy Kids, Healthy Future: A Resource Guide 2004”The New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches has joined the New York City Youth Health Coalition. The Youth Health Coalition (YHC) is comprised of key community organizations and individual members concerned with the health of our youth in New York City. The Youth Health Coalition is committed to being a catalyst for grassroots action to increase the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors and creating healthy youth in New York City with the end hope of decreasing the risk of chronic disease among all New Yorkers. The Youth Health Coalition aims to increase the awareness of healthy lifestyle behaviors and its impact on the youth and the community of New York City by making policy and environmental changes in our schools and community regarding health, and health education in grades K - 12. The Youth Health Coalition is also building relationships between other key individuals, associations and organizations to help in furthering the mission. Key members include, but are not limited to: American Cancer Society,
American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, NYC Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, New York University, Department of Food Studies, Nutrition and
Public Health, and the United Way. |
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