Moving Forward Together: Tejada Initiative Targets Childhood Obesity

Encouraging healthy lifestyles is part of the broader Moving Forward Together campaign.

Arlington County Board Chairman Walter Tejada this month kicked off his Moving Forward Together campaign in an effort make community members healthier — and targeting childhood obesity is at the top of the list. The policy will guide Arlington County in building a coalition of volunteers and community members to work on a wide-range of areas — from getting children to eat better and exercise more to training childcare providers and establishing new community gardens. "Unless we make it a part of our culture… The efforts so far have not paid off," Tejada told Patch. "We have to make some adjustments." The coalition, known as the Healthy Community Action Team, will benefit in part from a $74,000 grant from the Virginia Foundation for Healthy…

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