Our Mission

Our Sponsors

Our sponsors are an exclusive group of committed corporate leaders who are dedicated to our mission – to better the health of children worldwide by empowering parents and caregivers with the needed resources and information. 

HealthyChildren.org would like to acknowledge and thank the distinguished companies below that have demonstrated their invaluable commitment to children’s health through their generous support.

The Coca-Cola Company is proud to be a sponsor of HealthyChildren.org.

As the world's largest beverage company, we refresh consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Led by Coca-Cola®, the world's most valuable brand, the Company's portfolio features 15billion dollar brands including Diet Coke®, Fanta®, Sprite®, Coca-Cola Zero®, vitaminwater®, Powerade®, Minute Maid®, Simply® and Georgia®. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy the Company's beverages at a rate of 1.7 billion servings a day.

We are committed to innovating to meeting the evolving needs of our consumers who are increasingly making purchase decisions based on their concerns for the health and well-being of their families.  We are constantly working to offer consumers a beverage for every lifestyle and occasion. Our portfolio comprises a wide range of full-, reduced-,low- and no-calorie sparkling and still beverages, including juices and juice drinks,waters, sports and energy drinks, teas, coffees, and dairy- and soy-based beverages. And we continue to build our portfolio of vitamin- and nutrient-enhanced beverages. Our portfolio has more than 3,300 beverages—three times the number we offered10 years ago. Of these, more than 800 are low- and no-calorie beverages, which make up nearly 25 percent of our global unit case volume.

In 2007, we created LIVE POSITITVELY, to bring structure and visibility to the sustainability programs that already existed in our Company and the Coca‑Cola system, LIVE POSITIVELY provides a framework to help us redesign the way we work and live, so that we consider sustainability as part of everything we do. Our Live Positively commitments in the United States include our partnerships with organizations that advance our shared goals around health and wellness, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Dietetic Association and the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation.

Learn more at www.livepositively.com.

 

 

 


 


Unilever, a Proud Sponsor of HealthyChildren.org from the American Academy of Pediatrics, is dedicated to serving consumers and the communities where they live, work and play. Unilever strives to meet everyday needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.  Each day, around the world, consumers make 160 million decisions to purchase Unilever products. Unilever’s mission is to add vitality to life. 

As the leading manufacturer of deodorant and antiperspirants, and maker of Degree® Men, Degree® Women, Degree® Girl, Dove® and Suave®– Unilever has aligned with a roster of community partners, assembled a panel of experts and developed an educational website, www.DontFretTheSweat.com, to provide parents with tools and kids with opportunities to build confidence and be inspired in everything they do. 

To help understand today’s tween landscape, Unilever’s partnering deodorant and antiperspirant brands  commissioned the Unilever Tween Confidence Index, which uncovered a key insight: tween confidence (in girls and boys aged 8-12) is short-lived, yet can be safeguarded as they grow by maintaining strong communication with their parents

For expert tips, tools, more information from the Unilever Tween Confidence Index, and real life stories about how parents are communicating and transitioning their tweens into confident and self-reliant teens, check out our DontFretTheSweat Facebook page. It’s your glorious guide to sweat, kids and confidence!

 

As the makers of Brands like Children’s TYLENOL® and Children’s MOTRIN®, McNeil Consumer Healthcare shares the commitment of the American Academy of Pediatrics in providing caregivers with the information they need to make educated decisions about their child's health. 

McNeil’s first priority is to the safety and well-being of our consumers and the people that care for them.  The company is committed to the mission of increasing the safe and appropriate use of our medications through the development of educational programs for families, caregivers and healthcare professionals.