In February 2006, more than 225 Junior Leagues from across four countries launched an international initiative called Junior Leagues' Kids in the Kitchen, designed to help communities address the urgent issues surrounding childhood obesity and poor nutrition. Leagues hosted educational events in their local communities. The program's activities met with great success and the initiative is continuing in 2007-2008.

The program website, http://kidsinthekitchen.ajli.org , provides support materials including nutrition recipes, tips and more.To date, media coverage has reached over 80 million people with messages about the issues surrounding childhood obesity and the Junior League's initiative to address these. This League-wide initiative honors the Junior League's long heritage of impact on family nutrition over the past 105 years. Kids in the Kitchen addresses a growing problem facing today's children. Since the early 1970s the number of overweight children in our countries has increased dramatically, substantially increasing children's risks for health problems such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

This year, our program activities will be in the Spring of 2008. We would like to thank all of the people who have helped us with this project in the past and hope for continued success in the future!