nrg Powered by Choice has rallied middle and high school students across Pennsylvania to make changes to their school environments to allow themselves, peers, and future generations to have access to healthier options.
These students also know that leading a healthy lifestyle is important to their families, school, and organizations like the Highmark Foundation that fund youth health initiatives. That's why, since its initial launch in September 2007, more than 5,400 teens across the state declared their support for the nrg Powered by Choice campaign.
They committed to raising awareness about the importance of eating well and being active, adopting these behaviors in their own lives, and educating others on why it's important.
From student-run gardens, to after-school hip-hop classes, and healthy mentoring programs, teens have stepped up and taken action to help reverse the childhood obesity epidemic.
Read about several Pennsylvania middle and high schools that took their “nrg” to the next level:
nrg Powered by Choice was developed by the Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital with funding from the Highmark Foundation's Highmark Healthy High 5 initiative.