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Healthy Communities
This program assists partners in schools, worksites
and other community settings build and support environments that make it
easier for North Dakota residents to choose healthy foods and be
physically active. Specific objectives are to:
• provide technical assistance and training to state and local partners
on policy, systems, and environmental change strategies in the areas of
healthy eating and active living;
• provide funding to local
Moving
More, Eating Smarter (MMES) community coalitions to support
coalition activities related to healthy eating and active living;
• build a statewide communication network for state and local partners
working to improve healthy eating and active living;
• integrate healthy communities concepts into other state chronic
disease prevention programs; and
• coordinate the Communities Putting Prevention to Work State Initiative
which works to increase support for breastfeeding in the workplace and
improve physical activity in child care settings.
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