Channel 6 and Live Well Omaha Kids encourage you to be part of a great community project.

Live Well Omaha Kids is part of a community-wide coalition of concerned leaders and organizations who have gathered together to address the challenge of childhood obesity in the metro area.

The mission of Live Well Omaha Kids is to help all Omaha children achieve measurable improvements in nutrition, physical activity and healthy living.

The number of overweight children has nearly tripled in Omaha area in the last two decades. Nebraska is the 18th heaviest state in the nation with an obesity rate of 26.5 percent.

Live Well Omaha Kids offers a special “5-4-3-2-1 Go!” guide to eating right and staying active. Both parents and kids can find there fun games, nutritional food, and much more!