Kansas City Healthy Lifestyles Collaborative

The Kansas City Healthy Lifestyles Collaborative at Children's Mercy is a program of the Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition.

The Kansas City Healthy Lifestyles Collaborative's approach is founded in the socio-ecological model, recognizing that policy, environmental change, and individual level interventions are all part of creating equitable opportunities for achieving healthy lifestyles.

The Kansas City Healthy Lifestyles Collaborative has a long history of convening and connecting partners across the region around the promotion of children's healthy lifestyles.

The Kansas City Physical Activity Plan and the Kansas City Regional Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth is an extension of this work.

  • Dr. Robin Shook, Director, Chair of the Core Sector Work Group

  • Shelly Summar, Program Manager

  • Natalie Updyke, Research Associate

  • Katy Eighmy, Research Assistant

 

The Kansas City Healthy Lifestyles Collaborative is supported in their coordination of the KCPA Plan
by the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation and
the Health Resources and Services Administration.