Advocacy

Child Health Policy Activities

Letters Position Statements and Letters

Letter in Support of S. 1760, the Healthy Start Reauthorization Act (August 2008)
Read the letter

Letter to Accompany TFAH's Healthy Women, Healthy Babies Report (June 2008)
Read the letter


Briefings Congressional Hearings and Briefings

Testimony

Childhood Obesity: The Declining Health of America's Next Generation
Testimony of Jeff Levi, PhD, Executive Director, Trust for America's Health, Before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's Subcommittee on Children and Families (July 2008)

Briefing Presentations

Healthy Women, Healthy Babies
Presentation of Jeff Levi, PhD, Executive Director, Trust for America's Health at Congressional Briefing: Prenatal and Infancy Nutrition (July 2008)


Background Materials Background Materials

The State Children's Health Insurance Program and Obesity
Read TFAH's Backgrounder

Child Health Initiative Page