RICHMOND – You wouldn’t eat 54 cubes of sugar, so why are you drinking them?
That’s how much sugar is in the average 64-ounce soda and kids will get a chance to see that firsthand at any one of the more than 175 Rev Your Bev Day events being hosted... Read more
RICHMOND- A new survey of more than 15,800 Virginia residents statewide finds that 94 percent of Virginians support requiring at least 30 minutes of daily physical education in elementary and middle schools. According to the survey conducted by Y Street, the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth... Read more
RICHMOND- David Zinczenko, author of the New York Times best-selling book series Eat This, Not That! will deliver the keynote address at Virginia’s third ... Read more
RICHMOND- A new survey of more than 6,400 Virginia residents statewide finds that 94 percent of teens are exposed to tobacco advertising in gas stations and convenience stores. According to the survey conducted by the Virginia Foundation for... Read more
RICHMOND– Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources Dr. Bill Hazel and the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY) announced... Read more
Richard Foster
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OverviewFormerly known as the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation, the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth was established by the Virginia General Assembly to lead statewide efforts to reduce and prevent youth tobacco use and childhood obesity.
OverviewThe Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth issues grants for programs and initiatives to reduce and prevent youth tobacco use and childhood obesity throughout the Commonwealth each year. Members of Regional Advisory Boards consisting of community representatives...
OverviewEstablished by the Virginia General Assembly in 1999, the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY) leads a statewide effort...
Obesity is the second leading cause of death in the United States. Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled. The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth works to reduce and prevent childhood obesity by funding and training community-based coalitions.
OverviewThe Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth has provided quality regional trainings to prevention professionals throughout the state of Virginia since 2005.
