With First Lady Michelle Obama serving as Honorary Chair, Nemours is one of the founding members of a Partnership for a Healthier America.
Leading the Fight Against Childhood Obesity
"Healthy Schools" Award Winners Announced
The Edith P. Vincent Healthy Schools Awards honor Delaware Public Schools that have made healthy changes to increase physical activity or improve nutrition.
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About Nemours Health and Prevention Services
Nemours Health & Prevention Services (NHPS), a nonprofit organization based in Newark, Delaware, works with families and community partners to help children grow up healthy. Our goal is to effect long-term changes in the policies and practices that promote child health and to leverage community strengths and resources to have the greatest impact on the most children.
At NHPS, we see our role as “catalyst,” planting the seeds for better health by working with community partners to reach children in a variety of settings. One of our initial areas of emphasis has been childhood obesity prevention through the promotion of healthy lifestyles, the centerpiece of which has been the 5-2-1-Almost None campaign.
NHPS is a division of Nemours, one of the nation's largest pediatric health systems, which operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, as well as outpatient facilities throughout Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida. NHPS expands Nemours’ reach beyond clinical care to consider the health of the whole child within his or her family and community.