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Changing it Up for

Better
Health

Walmart and nutrition
literacy create broader
awareness of NRPA's
Commit to Health initiative
By Dr. Danielle Hollar

S

ince the launch of NRPA's five-year Commit to Health initiative, kicked
off in 2014 in Miami with First Lady Michelle Obama, millions of
children in low-income communities nationwide have been provided
nutritious summer and after-school meals during out-of-school time
(OST), and hundreds of thousands have been educated about healthy eating
and physical activity habits in parks and recreation sites that provide healthy environments in accordance with Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (HEPA)
standards. Through initiatives such as Commit to Health, parks and recreation
agencies are playing a critical role in obesity prevention efforts by providing
access to nutritious foods and opportunities for physical activity in healthy environments aligned with standards that support such efforts.

In articles featured in the February
2015 and April 2014 issues of Parks
& Recreation, Kellie May (www.parksandrecreation.org/2015/February/
Commit-to-Health-A-Review-of-YearOne) and Maureen Hannan (www.
parksandrecreation.org/2014/April/
Setting-The-Standard) described the
aims of Commit to Health, including
its key components (summer and afterschool meals, nutrition literacy, HEPA
standards) and supportive network of
	

nationwide partners (Alliance for a
Healthier Generation, National Afterschool Alliance, United States Department of Agriculture [USDA], Food
Research and Action Center (FRAC),
among others) that are critical to its
success. This month, we're revealing
some of the exciting, behavior-changing results of Commit to Health experienced by kids attending park and recreation programs, as well as their parents
and parks and recreation staff.

The Walmart Effect
Thanks to generous funding from
the Walmart Foundation, more than
three-quarters of a million previously
underserved kids received nutritious
meals and nutrition literacy as part
of Commit to Health grant activities
during 2014. In fact, in just one year,
NRPA's 50 Commit to Health grantees served an astonishing 13,030,166
meals to almost 875,000 children
attending park and recreation programs - a 1,639,749 increase over
the number of meals served during
2013. On top of this great achievement, 257,411 children at 557 sites
across the country were part of evidence-based, age-appropriate nutrition literacy programming, and
45,000 children experienced healthy
changes in their OST environment
thanks to implementation of HEPA
standards.

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