Success Stories
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These highlights focus on grantees’ efforts to implement strategies that encourage healthy eating, increased physical activity, and breastfeeding.
Nutrition
Healthy Food Retail:
- Alabama’s Healthy Vending Machine Program Improving Lives One Worksite at a Time[PDF-410KB]
- Corner Stores in Missouri Make Healthy Food Options Easier to Buy[PDF-1.13MB]
- Current Practices in Healthy Food Retail: Small Stores[PDF-2.49MB]
- Improving Retail Access for Fruits and Vegetables[PDF-241KB]
- Texas: Connecting Farmers and Workplaces[PDF-848KB]
Farmers Markets
- Kentucky Farmers’ Markets Improve Access to Fresh Produce in Poor Neighborhoods[PDF-475KB]
- Corner Stores in Rural Wisconsin Provide Residents with Fresh Produce[PDF-387KB]
- Current Practices in Developing and Supporting Farmers’ Markets[PDF-2.53MB]
- Farm-To-Where-You-Are[PDF-225KB]
Food Service Guidelines:
- Better Bites Program Offers Kentucky Employees Healthier Meal Options[126KB]
- Food Service Guidelines Highlights[PDF-421KB]
- Food Service Guidelines: Case Studies from States and Communities[PDF-1.8MB]
Healthier Food Access in Food Banks
Physical Activity
Physical Activity in Early Care and Education (ECE):
- Hawai’i Gathers Information About Early Child Care by Using a Carbon-Copy Survey[PDF-109KB]
- Michigan Early Child Care: Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity Standards[PDF-636KB]
- New Mexico Early Care and Education Centers Create Lasting Wellness Changes[PDF-638KB]
- North Dakota Department of Health Makes Healthy Living Easier for Young Children[PDF-460KB]
- Ohio Health Department Makes Healthy Food Choices Easier for Ohio Children[PDF-410KB]
- ECE Highlights[PDF-283KB]
Physical Activity in Worksites:
- Bike Share Program Offers California State Employees Another Way to Be Active[PDF-505KB]
- South Dakota’s Workplace Wellness Program Gets Employees Moving at Work[PDF-468KB]
- Current Practices in Worksite Wellness Initiatives[PDF-2.88MB]
- Worksite Physical Activity Highlights in Kentucky[PDF-724KB]
- Worksite Physical Activity Highlights in Mississippi[PDF-273KB]
- Worksite Physical Activity Highlights in Utah[PDF-2.55KB]
Physical Activity in Community Design:
- Indiana’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Program Supports Local Physical Activity[PDF-537KB]
- Arkansas Revises State Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan to Become More Bike-Friendly[PDF-505KB]
- Colorado Communities Create Safe Physical Environments for People to Be Active[PDF-543KB]
- Complete Streets Help Kansas Communities Build Safe Spaces for Physical Activity[PDF-536KB]
- Montana Cities and Counties Working to Build Health into Community Design[PDF-419KB]
- Utah Communities Adopt Plans to Improve Spaces for Residents to Be More Active[PDF-440KB]
- Communities Across Washington State Commit to Safe, Active Streets for All[PDF-536KB]
- Urban Design and Transportation Policies and Practices[PDF-244KB]
Additional Physical Activity Highlights:
Breastfeeding
Practices Supportive of Breastfeeding in Birthing Facilities:
- Washington Hospitals and Birthing Centers Certified Breastfeeding Friendly[PDF-345KB]
- New York: An online training course boosts hospital-based promotion of breastfeeding[PDF–1MB]
- Maternity Care Practices[PDF–187KB]
Access to Professional and Peer Support for Breastfeeding:
Workplace Compliance for Breastfeeding:
- Minnesota Breastfeeding-Friendly Health Departments Program (BDFD)
- Support for Breastfeeding in the Workplace[PDF–180KB]
- South Carolina: Healthy Carolina supports breastfeeding as best for babies and moms[PDF–368KB]
- Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite Program (MFWP)
Additional Breastfeeding Highlights:
- Wisconsin Breastfeeding-Friendly Childcare Provider Program
- State Health Departments Provide Community-Based Breastfeeding Support[PDF-350KB]
Cross-Cutting Support for Healthy Living
- Current Practices in Worksite Wellness Initiatives[PDF-3MB]
- Obesity Prevention in Health Care Settings[PDF-160KB]
State Accomplishments from Previously-Funded Programs (2008-2013)
- Page last reviewed: April 21, 2017
- Page last updated: April 21, 2017
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