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Making Health Easier: Healthy Changes Start in Preschool

Source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Running Time: (3:54) Release Date: 10/1/2012

The video highlights the efforts of one educational organization, Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP), to keep kids healthy at an early age. Childhood obesity now affects approximately one in six kids and disproportionately affects low-income and minority populations. LAUP teaches kids healthy habits and is incorporating small, healthy changes that can be made in any classroom—like teaching fun dances and providing nutritious snacks.

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