The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Food & Fitness Initiative is about people working together to create vibrant communities where healthy eating and physical activity are convenient, affordable, and safe for all children and families. Nine communities across the country have been selected to become models of change. Kellogg is funding these nine communities to create eight-year community action plans that will guide sustainable improvements to their food and fitness environments. The Food & Fitness Initiative is investing locally in collaborative efforts dedicated to changing the policies, practices and systems that prevent communities from being healthy. The C.S. Mott Group is providing support for the W.K. Kellogg Food and Fitness Initiative in three areas:

National, State, and Community Linkages
The Kellogg Foundation has asked the C.S. Mott Group at MSU to invite national partners to consider how our collective capacity can help to create community environments that address children's health and the epidemic of obesity through active living and community-based food systems. Goals for National Networking include:

• Creating a national awareness of issues addressed by the Kellogg Food and Fitness Initiative and its investment in activities at the community and state level to promote healthy eating and active living.
• Creating linkages and networks of support among community, state, and national entities that connect practice with policy and infrastructure change.
• Translating community learning into policy and systems change.