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Students at Glenn Stephens Elementary School (pictured in the school gym) are developing healthy habits. The school in Madison, Wisconsin, offers parents an educational nutrition and physical activity guide called “Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids.” The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin Foundation made available 500,000 copies of the guide to be distributed through the Office of Governor Jim Doyle, the Wisconsin Academy of Pediatrics Foundation and the Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. Another 500,000 copies were distributed in Texas by UniCare, in partnership with the state Department of Education.

WellPoint developed the guide with the American Dietetic Association in response to a federal government study that reported a “communication shortfall” between physicians and families creates a barrier to addressing childhood obesity. The guide helps health care and education professionals counsel parents and families about proper nutrition and obesity.