Good health is essential to positive outcomes for children and the strength of our society. Unfortunately, several big factors—including lack of affordable health insurance and obesity—are working against children’s health today.
The number of children without health coverage is growing rapidly due to families losing employer-based insurance in the economic downturn and the ballooning cost of coverage making it unaffordable. And, as a result of obesity, children today belong to the first genration of Americans whose life expectancy is projected to be shorter than their parents.
Children Now address the issues that are undermining children’s health and general well-being: