Iowa
Project Period: 2004–2008
Year First Funded: 2004
Funding Stage: Capacity Building
Contact Person:
Dennis Haney
Program Coordinator, Iowa Dept. of Public Health
Telephone: 515-281-7501
Fax: 515-281-4913
E-mail: dhaney@idph.state.ia.us
Web site:
www.idph.state.ia.us/iowansfitforlife
State Program in Brief
To address Iowa’s epidemic of overweight and obesity, the state Department of Health is implementing a comprehensive state plan for nutrition and physical activity. The Iowans Fit for Life Partnership, a joint initiative between the Department of Health and its partners, has prioritized these areas: education, early childhood, older Iowans, business and agriculture, health care, community, and policy and communication. Iowans Fit for Life is implementing a pilot intervention in 12 schools and communities across the state that aims to make healthful foods and physical activity a greater part of people’s lives. Recently, the Department of Health also:
- Implemented a National Governor’s Association grant aimed at improving the local/regional food system as well as physical activity opportunities in three areas of Iowa.
- Partnered with local public and private organizations to implement six mini-grants aimed at improving nutrition and physical activity for school-age children outside of school.
- Collaborated with the Healthy Children Task Force to develop legislation recommendations for improving the nutrition and physical activity status of Iowa’s children.
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Page last updated: May 22, 2007
Content Source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion