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What do breastfeeding food service guidelines and active transportation have in common
Dawn Groth RN BSN MSOEELori Price MPH BS
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Section of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Alaska Health SummitJanuary 22 2020
Common ThreadNutrition
Physical Activity
Investment in Health
Helping Reduce Chronic Diseases bullOverweightbullObesitybullType 2 DiabetesbullHigh blood pressurebullCertain cancers
Overview
bull Evidence based initiatives to improve nutrition and physical activity
bull Physical activity and nutrition standards recommendations and best practices
bull What is the problem
bull What are we doing
bull How you can help
The problem Too Many Alaska Adults have Obesity
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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Source httpdhssalaskagovdphChronicDocumentsObesitypubs2017AlaskaObesityFactspdfource AK BRFSS
Alaska is a one of only 16 states funded by CDC State Physical Activity
and Nutrition (SPAN) grant
httpswwwcdcgovnccdphpdnpaostate-local-programsspan-1807span-1807-recipientshtml
Our work based on Evidence Based Public Health strategies
Three Initiatives
1 BreastfeedingMake Breastfeeding easier to start and sustain
2 Food Service GuidelinesMake healthy food choices available everywhere
3 Active TransportationMake active transportation safe and accessible
Nutrition
Physical Activity
Investment in Health
OUR VISION Healthy Alaskans Across the Lifespan
Breastfeeding Food Service Guidelines Active Transportation
OUR VISION Healthy Alaskans Across the Lifespan
Breastfeeding Food Service Guidelines Active Transportation
Breastfeeding Improves Nutrition and is an Investment in Health
Source httpswwwcdcgovbrestfeedingpdfbreastfeeding-cdcs-work-508pdf
Alaska Breastfeeding Initiative