HEAL Idaho: Healthy Eating, Active Living
Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Idaho is a network of partners committed to creating an environment where all Idahoans have access to healthy food options and opportunities to be physically active.
4-H is addressing these HEAL Idaho goals:
- Increase the availability and consumption of low-calorie, nutrient dense foods and beverages
- Decrease the availability and consumption of less healthy foods and beverages
- Increase physical activity among children and adults to meet recommended guidelines
- Increase the quality and quantity of physical education and activity opportunities in all schools and childcare settings
- Decrease sedentary screen-time (e.g. television, gaming systems and computers) among all Idahoans
Statistics, Guidelines and Advocacy
- Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) Idaho for resources on building healthy communities
- Elementary School Health Reports
- Idaho Department of Education School Wellness Policies
- Idaho Health Statistics
- Let’s Move, a federal resource for nutrition, physical activity, and advocacy
- Healthy Eating in Out-of-School Time Programs, National Standards for Afterschool Snacks
- Obesity Fact Sheets, National Initiative for Child Healthcare Quality
- State Indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables (PDF), from the CDC