The Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative is a year-long effort to enhance physical activity and nutritional opportunities for all Americans. Led by a bipartisan group of four former U.S. cabinet secretaries, the initiative brings together key experts, policymakers, and stakeholders to identify opportunities for collaborative action in four priority areas: investing in children’s health; creating healthy schools; improving the health of communities; and developing healthy institutions.
Lots to Lose: How America's Health and Obesity Crisis Threatens our Economic Future
June 5, 2012
Our nation is in the midst of a public health crisis so profound that is it undermining our well-being, our economic competitiveness and even our long-term national security.
Lots to lose — How obesity is costing America
June 5, 2012
One-third of Americans are obese, while two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese. And the problem is only getting worse in younger generations — by age 5, 20 percent of American youths are overweight or obese. The percentage of obese adults in the United States is expected to reach 42 percent by 2030.
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Building a More Sustainable Future for America's National Parks
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Senator Mark Udall discusses future of America's national parks
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Dan Glickman on population growth and food supply
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How can businesses, communities and individuals come together to turn the tide and restore America's intertwined physical and fiscal health?
BPC's Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative has released a report identifying the most promising opportunities to improve nutrition and physical activity for all Americans.
Dan Glickman
Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (D); Senior Fellow, BPC
Mike Leavitt
Chairman, Leavitt Partners; Former Governor of Utah & Health and Human Services Secretary
Donna E. Shalala
President of the University of Miami; Former Health and Human Services Secretary
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Ann M. Veneman
Former Executive Director of UNICEF and Secretary of Agriculture
Bruce I. Knight
Senior Advisor to the Nutrition Initiative; Principal & Founder, Strategic Conservation Solutions
Robin Schepper
Senior Advisor to the Nutrition Initiative
