Maryland
Project Period: 2003–2008
Year First Funded: 2003
Funding Stage: Capacity Building
Contact Person:
Carol Miller
Acting Program Coordinator, Maryland Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene
Telephone: 410-767-6782
Fax: 410-333-7411
E-mail: cmiller@dhmh.state.md.us
Web site:
http://www.fha.state.md.us/fha/cphs/npa/index.html*
State Program in Brief
Recently, the state’s Nutrition and Physical Activity/Obesity Prevention Program:
- Worked with representatives from more than 100 organizations and agencies to develop the Maryland Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan (unveiled in May 2006).
- Completed the Burden of Overweight and Obesity in Maryland report.
- Developed a worksite resource kit.
- Issued worksite mini-grants to develop and implement obesity-prevention interventions, with a focus on creating environments that promote healthful eating and physical activity.
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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