WNC Healthy Kids Selected to Join National Program to Combat Obesity

WNC Healthy Kids, on behalf of the Western North Carolina region, has been selected to join a national effort to combat obesity; 'Collaborate for Healthy Weight.'  This project consists of healthcare professionals and community leaders from primary care, public health, and community sectors throughout the country.  WNC Healthy Kids is among forty new teams chosen nationally to join the ten original teams that have been working on this project since June 2011.  The teams will work together through February 2013 using quality improvement methods to identify, test, and implement high-potential obesity changes.  The Collaborate for Healthy Weight project was organized by the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ), in partnership with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).  For more information about Collaborate for Healthy Weight, go to their website here. For more information about WNC Healthy Kids, email Sally Stein.