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Active Living

• 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
• I Am Moving, I Am Learning am Moving, I am Learning (IMIL) is a proactive approach for addressing childhood obesity in Head Start children. IMIL seeks to increase daily moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), improve the quality of movement activities intentionally planned and facilitated by adults, and promote healthy food choices every day.
• Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care The Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (NAP SACC) program is a research-tested intervention designed to enhance policies, practices, and environments in child care by improving the:
  • Nutritional quality of food served,
  • Amount and quality of physical activity,
  • Staff-child interactions, and
  • Facility nutrition and physical activity policies and practices and related environmental characteristics

NAP SACC is implemented through NAP SACC health consultants (i.e. child care health consultants, nurses, health educators or other trained professionals) who will work with child care facility staff to set goals for change and develop plans for follow-up actions to improve practice. Training on the implementation of NAP SACC is available in a web-based format free of charge.

• 5210 Let's Go! Early Childhood Toolkit Let's Go! is a nationally recognized childhood obesity prevention program designed to increase healthy eating and active living in children from birth to 18. Let's Go! works in six sectors (schools, early childhood, after school, healthcare, workplace and community) to reach children and families where they live, study, work, and play.

Healthy Eating

• Choose My Plate The food pyramid is now my plate, a guide by the USDA to encourage people to make the healthiest food choices. It contains the most current recommendations for our daily nutrition.
• Richmond Good Life Provides a listing of farmers markets in the Richmond area for 2012.
• Adult BMI Calculator
• Body mass index is just one indicator of potential health risks associated with being overweight or obese. For assessing someone's likelihood of developing overweight or obesity-related diseases, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute guidelines recommend looking at:

  An individual's waist circumference (abdominal fat is an independent predictor of risk for weight-related diseases)

  • Go to Waist Circumference Measurement for more information
• 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Food Environment Atlas
• Food environment factors--such as store/restaurant proximity, food prices, food and nutrition assistance programs, and community characteristics--interact to influence food choices and diet quality. Research is beginning to document the complexity of these interactions, but more is needed to identify causal relationships and effective policy interventions.
• Trust for America's Health (TFAH) F as in Fat Reports The future health of the United States is at a crossroads, due in large part to the obesity epidemic. Each year, the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) issue F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future to examine strategies for addressing the obesity crisis. In this ninth edition of the report, TFAH and RWJF also commissioned a new study to look at how obesity could impact the future health and wealth of our nation.
• Color Me Healthy Color Me Healthy (CMH) is a research-tested intervention designed to improve fruit and vegetable intake and increase physical activity among 4 and 5 year old children in child care and preschool settings by increased exposure to nutrition education and opportunities for physical activity.

Clinical-Community Linkages

• ACHIEVE Communities:
  • Lynchburg ACHIEVE Community
  • Alexandria ACHIEVE Community
  • Portsmouth ACHIEVE Community
• Chronic Disease Self-Management (CDSMP) VDH's CDSMP program helps people with chronic illnesses learn ways to self manage their condition and take charge of their life. CDSMP workshops are held in community settings and meet 2 1/2 hours per week for six weeks.
• DiabetesLocal The mission of DiabetesLocal is to connect the growing number of individuals impacted by chronic conditions with the growing number of locally accessible quality services and products available in the information age. Individuals with diabetes, pre-diabetes, or at risk of developing diabetes, their caregivers, and health care professionals will have a comprehensive listing of locally accessible resources to support diabetes self-management.
• Million Hearts is a national initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over five years through team-based care. The Million Hearts initiative in Virginia focuses on enhance the state's capacity to plan, implement, track and sustain population-based interventions to address heart disease, stroke and related risk factors.
• Pharmacists Improving Diabetes Outcomes provides an opportunity for pharmacists to expand their role in health care by providing diabetes care services such as Diabetes Self Management and Education.
• Team Up. Pressure Down. Promotes medication therapy, healthy lifestyle changes and working closely with your health care team to control blood pressure.

Tobacco Free Living

• Smoke Free Guidance and advice to start the journey to quitting smoking.
• QuitLine 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) Quit Now Virginia is a toll-free tobacco cessation phone counseling service that is provided to Virginia residents aged 13 and older 24 hours a day, seven days. Callers will receive one-on-one cessation counseling, information and self-help materials.
• Alliance for the Prevention and Treatment of Nicotine Addiction works in collaboration with healthcare organizations and providers throughout Virginia to promote smoking cessation
• Office on Smoking or Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

General

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Offers advice and links for healthy living topics such as breast feeding, mental health, physical activity, diabetes, immunizations, etc.
• National Prevention Strategy Is the first national document giving guidance to implementing prevention and health promotion strategies to build a healthier America.
• Community Commons is an interactive mapping, networking and leaning site for health professionals.

State Coalitions

• Cancer Action Coalition of Virginia assists Virginians to be cancer free by enabling prevention, early detection, treatment, and palliative care and survivorship.
• Virginia Arthritis Foundation: Mid-Atlantic Region
• Virginia Arthritis Action Coalition mission is to reduce the burden of arthritis in Virginia through communication and collaboration.
• Virginia Diabetes Council works to provide health professionals and those with diabetes the latest programs in diabetes elf management and prevention.
• Virginia Heart Attack Coalition is dedicated to improving care for heart attack patients.
• Virginia Heart Disease & Stroke Alliance provides a forum for communication and collaboration among cardiovascular stakeholders.
• Virginia Stroke Systems Task Force is a statewide collaborative for improving stroke care.

Partners

• AgrAbility enables a high quality lifestyle for farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural workers with disabilities.
• Alliance for the Prevention and Treatment of Nicotine Addiction (APTNA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational organization that works in collaboration with healthcare organizations and providers throughout Virginia to promote smoking cessation.
• American Cancer Society- Central Virginia assists with cancer prevention and early detection. ACS also helps people get well by being a resource during and after a cancer diagnosis; and by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking discoveries.ACS also engages in rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and rallies communities worldwide to join the fight.
• American Diabetes Association funds research to prevent, cure and manage diabetes. ADA delivers prevention and management services to hundreds of communities and provides objective and credible information. ADA also acts as a voice to those denied their rights because of diabetes.
• American Heart Association mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. They do this through funding research, advocating, program implementation, and linking people with resources to help them lead healthier lives.
• American Lung Association saves lives by preventing lung disease and promoting lung health through education, encouraging policy, and funding research.
• COPD Foundation is a resource for Health Professionals as well as persons who have been touched by COPD. It also funds research and provides links and information on COPD.
• Partnership for People with Disabilities efforts are to create communities where all people live, work, and play together with choices and independence.
• Virginia Asthma Coalition is devoted to reducing the morbidity and mortality associatied with asthma.
• Virginia Asthma Coalition is devoted to reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with asthma.
• Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation is committed to the eradication of breast cancer through education and advocacy. Goals are to establish the end of breast cancer as a state and national priority, to advocate for the collective needs of people affected by breast cancer and to educate all Virginians on the truth about breast cancer.
• Virginia Community Health Care Association mission is to assure that all Virginians, regardless of geographic location or income, have access to appropriate and affordable primary health care.
• Virginia Dental Association vision is to continually improve the quality of dental education and treatment within the state of Virginia.
• Virginia Department of Conservations and Recreation provides opportunities that encourage and enable people to enjoy, protect, and restore Virginia's natural and cultural treasures.
• Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth leads statewide efforts to reduce and prevent youth tobacco use and childhood obesity.
• Virginia Health Quality Center creates solutions for healthcare centers that make a measurable difference on individual and community health.
• Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association assists healthcare entities in improving the health status of the communities they serve.
• Virginia Public Health Association alliance of multi-disciplinary health professionals from the public and private sectors committed to improving the health of all Virginians.
• Virginia Rural Health Association is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization working for the 2.5 million people who call rural Virginia their home. Whose mission is to improve the health of rural Virginians through education, advocacy, and fostering cooperative partnerships.
• Woman's Health Virginia mission is to enhance Virginia women and girls' health and well being through education, research, and collaboration.

Videos

• Weight of the Nation is a documentary film produced by HBO Documentary Films and the Institute on Medicine, in partnership with the CDC, the National Institutes of Health, Kaiser Permanente, and Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. The film details the impact of current weight gain trends in America, for both the individual's health and the stability of America. Watch the complete film here.
• Healthiest Nation An inspirational video encouraging the shift of healthcare's focus from treating sickness to sustaining wellness.