Partners Against Obesity
The physical fitness and nutrition education program will be lead by the National Association on Teen Fitness and Exercise (NATFE) utilizing their curriculum which was developed for young people. NATFE is a non profit organization with a mission of promoting healthy eating and physical activity in youth and their families through culturally relevant community level interventions designed to affect behavior change. The goal of NATFE is to expand and enhance communities, states, and the nation’s effort to prevent and reduce obesity through initiatives that seek to build local collaborations to:
- Raise the awareness about the prevalence of obesity in their community
- Educate communities about the importance of physical activity and proper nutrition
- Engage decision makers to encourage adoption of policies to promote community- based strategies that support healthy eating and increased physical activities
- Emphasize polices and environments that ensure access to healthful food choices and opportunities for physical activities
- Develop programs that provide support services to obese youth
- Presently, NATFE has an established programs dealing with decreasing obesity by increasing physical activity and proper nutrition in Houston, Texas, Memphis, Tennessee and Washington, D.C.