About HealthCorps

HealthCorps is a 501 (c)(3) that gives teens tools to improve physical and mental health so they can learn to live more productive and happier lives. HealthCorps students exercise more, eat better and practice positive thought.

Founded in 2003 by Dr. Mehmet Oz, HealthCorps’ mission is to unleash the power of America’s youth so they can live productive lives. Its vision is to impact 20% of all high school students nationwide in order to reduce the footprint of obesity on the next generation. Each day, HealthCorps shapes the lives of the current generation of students.

Program Relevance

Unhealthy social marketing targeted to youth, increased access to unhealthy foods and behaviors, proven links between health and student achievement, and budget cuts in school health and physical education programs demonstrate the importance of HealthCorps’ work in the community. Reflective of the demographics, HealthCorps targets its resources to communities of greatest need.

HealthCorps focuses on adolescents and teens as many efforts are already targeted to the early childhood and elementary populations. HealthCorps believes that educating America’s youth in wellness at school not only changes their performance and quality of life, it directly influences their families and communities.