First Focus

To grow up healthy, children need access to nutritious foods as well as opportunities to be physically active. In fact, sufficient nutrition and physical fitness are essential for children to lead healthy, productive lives. Providing these opportunities to every American child ensures each has a chance to grow up healthy. First Focus supports federal policies that encourage healthy behaviors, including those that ensure the availability of nutritious foods in schools and in other settings. A focus on preventive health for children will reduce the incidence diseases and illnesses resulting from poor nutrition and a lack of physical activity.

Investments in child nutrition programs will not only improve the health of our nation’s children, it also will reduce federal health expenditures and provide a more productive workforce in the years to come.