Bright Horizons Family Solutions Plays Active Role in Partnership for a Healthier America's Building a Healthier Future Summit

Bright Horizons CEO participates in discussion on best practices to curb obesity rates for young children; company provides on-site child care at Summit

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Mar 12, 2014, 03:48 ET

WATERTOWN, Mass. and WASHINGTON, March 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Bright Horizons Family Solutions® and its Chief Executive Officer David Lissy are playing an important role in the Partnership for a Healthier America's (PHA) Building a Healthier Future Summit, which is taking place March 12 – 14 in Washington, D.C. The Summit is one of the premiere gatherings for leaders working to end childhood obesity.

Bright Horizons has been working with PHA since 2012 and Bright Horizons CEO Dave Lissy contributed as a panelist at the "Healthy Early Childhood: Promising Practices" session today. The discussion focused on why organizations involved in early childhood are investing in healthier options, and explored best practices that can help instill healthy habits in children and help ensure that obesity rates for young children continue to fall.

"We are proud to partner with PHA and to serve as a model for other child care centers looking to incorporate practices, activities and lessons that are geared toward helping children to develop healthy habits at an early age," said Lissy. "We have always believed that our teachers are in a unique position to encourage healthy habits by educating children on how food and exercise choices impact our lives. Through our Well Aware curriculum and working alongside our parents and the employers that we partner with across the country, we have made health and well-being a key element of our program."

In partnership with PHA, Bright Horizons was the first child care organization to commit to public evaluation of its pledge to healthy practices, including nutrition, physical activity and long-standing screen time polices. Through this collaboration, the organization serves as an open model and as an example for child care centers nationwide.

"Teaching children about a healthy lifestyle begins early, and we're thrilled that Dave is joining us to explore this topic," said PHA CEO Lawrence A. Soler. "As PHA's first child care partner, Bright Horizons continues to show an incredibly strong commitment to teaching children and families about promoting healthy habits from a young age."

The Bright Horizons Well Aware curriculum fosters positive attitudes toward healthy living, physical activity, and nutrition through appropriate experiences that incorporate healthful habits into daily routines. More than just a fitness and wellness learning program, Well Aware is an approach to life that supports and facilitates ways that adults and children can incorporate healthy choices into their daily lives.

Bright Horizons is also providing the on-site child care program at the Summit, which is available to attendees' children who are between the ages of two and 12.

About Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Bright Horizons Family Solutions® is a leading provider of high-quality child care, early education and other services designed to help employers and families better address the challenges of work and life. The Company provides center-based child care, back-up dependent care and educational advisory services to more than 900 clients across the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada and India, including more than 130 FORTUNE 500 companies and more than 75 of Working Mother magazine's 2012 "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers." Bright Horizons is one of FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" and is one of the UK's Best Workplaces as designated by the Great Place to Work Institute. Bright Horizons is headquartered in Watertown, MA. The Company's web site is located at www.brighthorizons.com.

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