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Healthy Communities

Where Virginians live, work and play affects their health. The way that communities are designed can promote or prevent access to healthy foods and physical activity for children and families. Communities can make strides to make the healthy choice the easy choice and prevent obesity. Healthy communities are created by parents, schools, healthcare providers, neighborhoods, business, and early childhood educators who help make the healthy choice the easy choice so that kids are more active, eat better and have improved opportunities to lead healthy lives.

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Formerly 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.

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The 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...

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Established by the Virginia General Assembly in 1999, the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY) leads a statewide effort...

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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.

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The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth has provided quality regional trainings to prevention professionals throughout the state of Virginia since 2005.