Child Health Talk is a quarterly publication, generously funded by State Farm Insurance, which provides a range of information for families with young children on topics related to their health and well-being.  Each issue typically includes the following issues, identified by parents and caregivers as important to helping them with the overall growth and development of their children: Child development and education: Child Health Talk features articles that demonstrate the link between good health and children’s development and education.  Topics

The National Black Child Development Institute, with support from the Walmart Foundation, has developed an education campaign designed to encourage healthy nutrition practices specifically among Black families with young children.  In the first year of the project, NBCDI was able to  strengthen and support existing nutrition campaigns; heightening the visibility and effectiveness of these programs in Black communities; and pilot in-depth healthy eating strategies in multiple states.  Working in partnership with local child care centers, schools and community-based organizations, as

In spite of decades of anti-obesity programming, awareness of negative health outcomes associated with obesity, and attention from very important individuals – including First Lady Michelle Obama – the obesity epidemic continues to worsen nationally, hitting African-American and Latino families the hardest.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one out of every four black children is overweight, compared to one in seven white children.  A study published in April 2009 indicates that over 20% of 4 year