AFHK believes that schools are an ideal leverage point to transform kids’ health and wellness – as they are the locations where children spend more than 1,200 hours each year. Its initiatives focus on advancements in school policies, systems, environments, programs and practices to improve nutritional quality of food served in school, increase nutrition education, and increase physical activity.  By creating healthier schools and healthy student behaviors, kids are primed to learn and ready to achieve success in the classroom and beyond.  Integrating health into school improvement plans gives students the opportunity for an academic advantage – what AFHK calls “The Learning Connection” (http://bit.ly/AFHKlearn).