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Featured Healthy Living Programs
National 4‑H Summit for Healthy Living
The National 4-H Summit for Healthy Living brings together teen leaders from across the country to develop leadership capacity in healthy living and work on solving healthy living issues impacting our homes, our community and our economy.
4‑H Healthy Futures
Through a combination of workforce development skills, nutrition, physical activity and social/emotional health education, the 4-H Healthy Futures program helps drive economic mobility outcomes for today’s youth. This combination of skills helps prepare youth for a future in which they can advance economically, and as a result, live healthier lives with fewer chronic diseases.4‑H Healthy Habits
4-H Healthy Habits supports communities across the nation by promoting healthy living among youth and their families. Through this innovative and culturally-relevant program, kids build healthy habits with a core focus on nutrition and food preparation skills. 4-H Healthy Habits is driven by Teen Healthy Living ambassadors who assist in delivering evidence-based programming to younger youth.
4‑H Health Rocks!®
Health Rocks!® is a series of curricula with the goal of bringing youth, families, and communities across the United States together to reduce tobacco, alcohol, and drug use by youth. Program goals include reducing youth smoking and tobacco use, helping youth build life and decision-making skills, and helping youth understand the consequences of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use.Featured Healthy Living Supporter
Walmart Foundation
Since 2012, 4-H and the Walmart Foundation have partnered to reach a million youth with nutrition education and physical activity, with an intentional focus on populations who face challenges in achieving positive health outcomes.Healthy Living Research
Teens Taking the Lead on Health
From obesity to mental health, teens face many challenges that impact their health and well-being today and for years to come. 4‑H believes in the power of young people to lead positive health outcomes in their lives and communities. Check out the infographic on the state of youth health in America.
4-H Fresh Chefs Digital Cookbook
Explore nearly 50 recipes from 4‑H’ers, supporters, and 4‑H alumni — including celebrity chef, author, and Tennessee 4‑H alumna Carla Hall — in the Fresh Chefs digital cookbook.
Talent is Everywhere. Opportunity is Not.
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4-H at Home
4‑H at Home provides hands-on, educational activities for kids and teens all year long. Get our latest 4‑H at Home Activity Guide, activities from 4‑H Land-Grant Universities, and more.
Shop 4-H Healthy Living Curriculum
From food science to fitness, Shop 4‑H offers a variety of healthy living curriculum.
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