Collaboration Details

Title of Collaborative Activity:

We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition)

Description of Collaborative Activity:

Through the We Can! program, the NIH and other HHS partner agencies disseminate strategies, tools, and resources to community organizations, the general public, healthcare providers, and other groups. Strategies focus on three behaviors: eating right, moving more, and reducing screen time to help prevent obesity in youth. Parents and caregivers of 8-13 year olds are the primary focus of the program's outreach.

Type of Collaborative Activity:

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Year the Collaborative Activity Originated:

2005

NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director:

NCI, NHLBI, NICHD, NIDDK

HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity:

CDC, HRSA