Childhood obesity may be an epidemic for American children in general, but experts say that for severely disabled youth, it is even worse. This article describes how in the spring of 2005, national leaders addressed the issue of childhood obesity particularly as it relates to disabled children. It was at this time that Secretary Tommy Thompson of the United States Department of Health and Human Services launched a campaign to encourage good health and fitness for the nation's 6 million students with disabilities. More than 50 national organizations are pairing mentors with disabled youth to get them moving and improve their eating habits as part of the campaign. The United States Department of Education within the same time frame awarded its first grant specifically designed to improve adapted Physical Education (PE) to Anchorage, Alaska's 50,000-student district. The payoff may ripple far beyond Anchorage: The grant has also helped educators from the adapted-PE department there draft proposed state standards for their discipline. If adopted, they would be the first state standards in the country that address physical education for children with disabilities, and they could become a template for other states. But school officials say their disabled students' progress would not be nearly so great if their opportunities for activity were limited to special courses and one-on-one athletic training only.