Voices for Healthy Kids, a joint initiative of the American Heart Association and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,  has released its 2017 Progress Report,  Making Each Day Healthier for All Children. The report highlights the evolution of progress that has been made, as well as examples of policy successes related to physical activity and access to healthy food.

Richard Besser, MD, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), issued a comment in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements” interim final rule. “The implementation of the current school nutrition standards has been a remarkably successful endeavor. We applaud the school More