Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals | Bruce Greenstein, Secretary

Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention in Louisiana

Coordinating statewide efforts with multiple partners and leveraging resources to prevent and control obesity and other chronic diseases.

Louisiana Office of Public Health

• Louisiana WIC Food Package Update - adds fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains
• Louisiana WIC Farmers Market Pilot Program
• Fit Kids = Happy Kids - Obesity Prevention Educational Materials
• Breast Feeding Peer Counselor Program
• Fruits & Veggies More Matters
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Apprentice Program
• Maternal and Child Health - Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment in Child Care (NAP SACC)

Schools

• School Wellness Policy Implementation Project
• Schools Putting Prevention to Work: Creating School Health Advisory Councils (Act 286)
• Louisiana Action for Healthy Kids Team - Five Regional Teams
• Fuel Up to Play 60
• NFL New Orleans Saints Fitnessgram Project - 35 kits to Louisiana schools
• Louisiana School Health Awards
• Health-Related Physical Fitness Assessments in Schools (Act 256)
• Adolescent School Health Program School-Based Health Centers - childhood obesity data
• First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! - Louisiana visit November 2011
• Safe Routes to Schools
• Annual Cecil J Picard Award for Excellence in Education to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Community

• First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! Towns and Cities
• National League of Cities-Healthy City Inititiave
• HealthyBR
• Get Healthy Cenla
• Jump Start Pierre Part
• Kids Quick Start Tennis Karnival
• Complete Streets
• Healthy Food Retail