24/04/2026
Our Turning the Tide on Diabetes initiative takes a unique approach to engaging families while improving health outcomes. Through a partnership with Virginia’s Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging (ESAAA), we’re working to tackle childhood obesity by implementing, spreading and sustaining an evidence-based, family-centered obesity intervention. The Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do It! (MEND) program is geared toward families with children aged 2-5 years old and is designed to help them adopt healthier lifestyles through fun activities, nutrition, education and physical exercise. Families who enroll and actively participate are offered rewards–such as air fryers or slow cookers, or fitness equipment like resistance bands–at key milestones. This , learn more about MEND: https://healthyweightpartnership.org/our-research