Priority: Fitness & Nutrition

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.gcchc.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gcchc.org"><U>Home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Calendar"><U>Calendar</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grant County Information"><U>Grant County Information</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Health Council"><U>Health Council</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Council Staff"><U>Council Staff</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Meetings "><U>Community Meetings </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Enhancement Fund"><U>Community Enhancement Fund</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Highlights "><U>Highlights </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id453.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resource Directories"><U>Resource Directories</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id540.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Breastfeeding Council"><U>Breastfeeding Council</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Priority: Fitness & Nutrition</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="20cff180.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="280" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Mom's kick off the Great Places to Walk Grant County trail guide in 2007 at Fox Field.</I></div> <div> <I>Photo by Mary Alice Murphy</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Fitness & Nutrition: What is it, and why is it a Grant County Wellness Priority?</B></div> <div> An individual's fitness and nutrition levels can impact their health, but beyond individual choices there is the community's choices that can further impact their health. Is healthy nutritious food available and affordable? Are there safe places to walk? Are there even sidewalks to walk on? These community factors can have an incredible impact on individual health. The Health Council wants to work at the policy level to change the health and better the residents' fitness and nutrition choices. </div> <div> Some factors that effect Grant County residents fitness and nutrition:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc33330000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">22% of adults smoke</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc33330000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">21% are obese</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc33330000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">7% have diabetes</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc33330000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">20% physical inactivity (report no leisure time activity)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc33330000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">84% Grant County high school students report eating less than five servings of fruit and vegetables a day and participating in less than the one hour of recommended daily exercise.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc33330000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A recent study of Body Mass Index (BMI) in four grades in the Grant County public schools found that nearly half of the students were overweight or obese. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc33330000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sections of Grant County are considered a <A HREF="http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/fooddesert/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/fooddesert/"><U>Food Desert</U></A>, parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthful whole foods, usually found in impoverished areas. This is largely due to a lack of grocery stores, farmers’ markets, and healthy food providers. </div> <bR> <div> Some of our past and present projects:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fitness & Nutrition in the Community (FANC) - </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Century Gothic" ><A HREF="http://www.grantcountyhealthykidshealthycommunities.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.grantcountyhealthykidshealthy"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dccc000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Grant County Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities </B></U></A></FONT>- A Robert Wood Johnsons Foundation grant to increase the availability of fresh, locally grown produce to transform the eating habits of the community.  It envisions neighborhoods with complete streets and sidewalks, crosswalks and bicycle lanes, trails, playgrounds and safe routes to schools to promote active lifestyles among children.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc33330000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Plant Walk at Earth Day - <IMG SRC="210d4070.jpg" border=0 width="212" height="263" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc33330000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">5210 Challenge</B> - 800 resdients tried four easy steps to live healthier lives: 5 fruit & vegtables, <2 hours of TV, 1 hour of exercise & 0 (zero) sugary drinks a day. The Challenge was made by the Grant County Commission.</div> <div> <A HREF="id536.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great Places to Walk in Grant County"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dccc000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Great Places to Walk in Grant County</B></U></A><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Century Gothic" >- </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id540.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Breastfeeding Council"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc33330000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Southwest New Mexico Breastfeeding Council </U></A>- </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Fitness and Nutrition Plan FY07</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>AIM</B></div> <div> Improve healthy eating habits and increase physical activity in Grant County</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Strategy 1</B>: Promote infrastructure for options for safe physical activity</div> <bR> <div> <B>Indicator:</B> An increase of number of safe routes, trails and bike paths. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Activity:</B> </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Support Trail and Open Spaces Groups. Increase awareness of trails in community </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Assess current numbers of trails and routes safety and use.(ADA accessible, horse, strollers)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Create maps of trails and routes in community and make assessable to public </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Completion of trail maps for communities </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Support of existing Trails and Open Spaces Groups</div> <bR> <div> <B>Strategy 2:</B> Increase community awareness and access to good nutrition</div> <bR> <div> <B>Indicator:</B> Increase in number of community gardens, # of people affected by educational outreach</div> <bR> <div> <B>Activity:</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Assess # of community gardens in county</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cooking class and/or cooking for life</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Family Cooking Class</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Awareness campaign in media in families going back to eating together </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">“Supersize me” focus group-discussions.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Increase awareness of first identifiers to warning signs of under-nourished. Knowing when people are displaying signs and proper contact for referral.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Identify community members at risk for nutrition assistance</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Change in eating habits</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sponsor Radio show La Sabrosa with La Vida and HC to co-host a 15 minute show twice a month on Food and nutrition education. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Strategy 3:</B> Promote local policy to that supports nutrition and activity objectives.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Indicator:</B> Increase in local policies that promote safe physical activities and local policy that supports nutrition</div> <bR> <div> <B>Activities:</B> </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Support WAAG, Safe routes to school, Trails and Open Spaces</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Reports from Health Council to policy makes </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Incentive program for better food choices. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Support `Alimento para el ninos' (nutrition for the child)-backpack program), meals on wheels </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>