Too many families eat too few of their meals around the family dinner table at home. Too many children make unhealthy food choices that have harmful consequences – including the alarming rise in childhood obesity in America. Create A Change Now , a new, Las Vegas-based 501C3 non-profit, has enlisted some of the finest chefs in the world – from right here in Las Vegas — to reverse those related cultural trends.

Through CACN, world-class chefs are fulfilling their commitment to healthy eating by teaching culinary and nutrition skills to children. Learning creative cooking like this is one of the best ways to revive the tradition of the wholesome and delicious home-cooked meal and to inspire children and their families to make common-sense changes in their diets – without sacrificing the flavor.

The evidence is overwhelming that families that eat and cook together are healthier, live in more sustainable, environment-friendly households and have a greater appreciation for how their food is grown, raised and prepared. Their children also do better in school. CACN’s participating chefs have developed a positive programming curriculum for 7-18-year-old children that strongly encourages families to permanently adopt and live all of these attributes. Under the guidance of CACN’s chefs, students will grow their own edible gardens and harvest fresh organic produce from it.