Childhood Obesity Awareness Month - Press Release

Last updated: March 22, 2023, at 5:02 a.m. PT

Originally published: September 1, 2017, at 12:15 p.m. PT

September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month


The YMCA of Greater Seattle wants families in Washington to understand how adopting healthy habits can help reduce childhood obesity
Seattle, September 01, 2017 – September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and while the dangers of childhood obesity are well chronicled, many families need support changing their families’ habits with the ultimate goal of being a healthy weight. That’s why the YMCA of Greater Seattle — a leading community-based organization dedicated to improving health—wants families to understand the dangers of childhood obesity and ways to reverse course through improved eating habits and increased physical activity...

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