A Campaign for Better Health’s mission is to advance the message to eat
the recommended number of servings of a colorful variety of fruits and vegetables
every day for better health. Now more than ever, this message proves vital to
the youth of our nation. Childhood overweight and obesity rates have almost tripled
in the past 20 years, and children are now developing diet-related diseases such
as adult-onset diabetes.
The challenge ahead is critical. America’s obesity
epidemic shortens lives because it places these individuals at higher risk
for nutrition-related diseases like cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease,
diabetes and osteoporosis. Each day, fruits and vegetables jockey for attention
with advertising of competitive, less nutritious food advertising so prolific
that our efforts are eclipsed. We need your support to help us level the
playing field. If you have not made a gift to A Campaign for Better Health,
please consider making one now. Every gift is important to the work of the
Foundation and its mission.
Elizabeth Pivonka, PhD, RD President and CEO, Produce for Better Health Foundation
Join us in making the healthy choice the easy choice!
