Table 2.

PHA partnerships aligned with the White House Taskforce on Childhood Obesity Report to the President

Goal or target behavior	Strategy	Examples of interventions
Early Childhood	Breastfeeding	Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Inc. commitment to achieve Baby-Friendly USA designation and/or participate in The Joint Commission’s perinatal bundle.
	Early care and education	Bright Horizons, Learning Care Group, KinderCare, and New Horizon Academy commit to provide healthful foods and beverages and to promote physical activity.
Empowering parents and caregivers	Making nutrition information useful	Walmart’s commitment included the “Great For You” food labeling initiative and icon that designates items that meet nutrition criteria informed by the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Darden Restaurants Inc., Hyatt Corporation, Subway, Sodexo, and Westin Hotels all committed to improving the nutrition of their children’s meals.
	Food marketing	Sesame and Produce Marketing Associations committed to collaborate to help promote fresh fruits and vegetable consumption to kids. Drink Up marketing campaign promotes water consumption and FNV marketing campaign promotes fruit and vegetable consumption.
	Health care services	700+ hospitals—representing about 10% of all hospitals in the USA—have joined PHA’s Hospital Healthier Food Initiative, providing healthier options for hospital employees and visitors.
Healthy food in schools	Food-related factors in the school environment	Sodexo committed to implement Smarter Lunchroom tactics and serving an additional 17 million free breakfasts in primary and secondary schools. The Mushroom Council committed to pilot recipes for mushroom blend burgers in schools, and in collaboration with Sodexo, 250 school districts across the country will be switching from all-beef burgers for K–12 students to a mushroom-beef blend burger. The Y-USA, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) and the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) committed to meet nutrition guidelines based on the National AfterSchool Association’s Standards for Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (HEPA) in out-of-school time programs.
Access to healthy affordable food	Physical access to healthy food	PHA’s 7 retail partners, including Walmart, collectively built or renovated 800 locations in areas with low food access, increasing the accessibility of healthier food for more than 8.1 million people across the country. PHA partners include over 1100 convenience store locations across the country, 73% of which are located in food deserts, are expanding healthier food options in their stores. Through PHA’s Healthier Campus Initiative, 44 college and university partners collectively provide healthier food options for more than one million students, faculty and staff across 26 states.
	Food pricing	During the course of its commitment, Walmart saved customers more than $6 billion on fresh produce and had over 470 healthier products that it ensured were priced less than or equal to the less healthy alternative.
	Product formulation	Sixteen major food companies—including Walmart, Sodexo, Subway, Dannon, and Mars Food—have joined in the effort to transform the marketplace, creating healthier options and reducing over 6 trillion calories in the US food supply.
Increasing physical activity	Expanded day and afterschool activities	The Y-USA, BGCA and NRPA committed to meet physical activity standards based on the National AfterSchool Association’s Standards for HEPA in Out-of-School Time Programs.
	The “Built Environment”	Kaiser Foundation Health Plan committed to support Fire Up Your Feet, a youth physical activity program that encourages active transportation to and from school. Four housing developers committed to incorporate active design strategies into their buildings, creating healthier environments for 4650 units of affordable housing across the country
	Community recreation venues	U.S. Tennis Association committed to create at least 5000 kid-sized tennis courts.