Frequently Asked Questions

We assist our friends in the movement with campaigns that will create environmental changes needed to reverse obesity. Our past campaigns include a push to support proposed nutritional principles for food and beverage companies to follow when advertising to children; an effort to support funding for bicycle and pedestrian routes, which provide an active way for children to get to school; and a campaign to back improved nutritional standards for public school meals.

We aren't a part of Let's Move!, First Lady Michelle Obama’s childhood obesity initiative, although we do on occasion work together to support each other’s efforts. Let’s Move! also links to our website, but otherwise we aren't associated with each other.

The main criteria to apply as a Leader is that you are working  — either professionally or as a volunteer — to change policies and environments affecting childhood obesity. Some of our Leaders are working to get healthier food in schools. Other Leaders are working on building more walkable communities. No matter if you are working by yourself locally or work with a national group with a larger staff, you can qualify as a Leader. People focused on individual behavior change do not qualify as Leaders. 

PreventObesity.net exists to help qualified Leaders connect with each other to lead the charge and create change more effectively. We provide free communications, promotion and assistance to help folks working to create healthy environments for kids do their job easier. Our services can help you make connections with other Leaders and promote your own campaigns. For example, Leaders receive a copy of our weekly e-newsletter, the Inside Track, which features exclusive news on the childhood obesity movement and profiles of other Leaders. Leaders also can customize our widgets for their own websites, including our popular Map of the Movement, which displays where advocacy work in the field is actually taking place. We also provide a number of one-on-one services for our Leaders, including blogger outreach, cell phone tools and contact information for other Leaders and supporters interested in a particular issue area or focus. Click here to learn more about our Leader benefits.

Already registered as a Leader and want to update your information? You can log into PreventObesity.net using the login button at the top of the page. If you don’t know your password, you will see a “forgot password” link to have instructions emailed to you to reset your password. Once you’ve logged in, you can click on the edit tab and then the profile button to make changes. Change any information and then click the submit button to update.

We always are interested in helping those in the movement. Contact us at info@preventobesity.net and we’ll talk about whether we can help in any way.

PreventObesity.net does not provide any funding or grant opportunities. While we don't provide funding, we are providing free communications tools to help you connect with people working on the issues. We also pass on information about financial opportunities we hear about to our Leaders. If you fit the mold of a PreventObesity.net Leader, you can register here.