Detroit Healthy Youth Initiative
Detroit Healthy Youth Initiative is a ten-year federally-funded partnership between Wayne State University and the Detroit Public Schools (DPS) to increase the health of Detroit youth by improving the quality of physical activity and nutrition education throughout the DPS. The initiative conducts four streams of activities based on a school-wide approach to health enhancement: physical education program development (specific focus on culturally-relevant lifetime wellness curricula); nutrition education reinforcement in health education; interdisciplinary nutrition education (integrating nutrition education in health and physical education, social studies and language arts classes); and, the formation of Physical Activity Clubs, which provide students with opportunities to be active and learn about healthy eating beyond the school day.
