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="#990000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <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="InterAgency Alliance"><U>InterAgency Alliance</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 Directory 2007"><U>Resource Directory 2007</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Priority: Fitness & Nutrition</B></div> <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> <bR> <div> Support Trail and Open Spaces Groups. Increase awareness of trails in community </div> <div> Assess current numbers of trails and routes safety and use.(ADA accessible, horse, strollers)</div> <div> Create maps of trails and routes in community and make assessable to public </div> <div>  Completion of trail maps for communities </div> <div>  Support of existing Trails and Open Spaces Groups</div> <bR> <bR> <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> <bR> <div> Assess # of community gardens in county</div> <div> Cooking class and/or cooking for life</div> <div> Family Cooking Class</div> <div> Awareness campaign in media in families going back to eating together </div> <div> “Supersize me” focus group-discussions.</div> <div>  Increase awareness of first identifiers to warning signs of under-nourished. Knowing when people are displaying signs and proper contact for referral.</div> <div> Identify community members at risk for nutrition assistance</div> <div> Change in eating habits</div> <div> 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>  </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> <bR> <div> Support WAAG, Safe routes to school, Trails and Open Spaces</div> <div> Reports from Health Council to policy makes </div> <div> Incentive program for better food choices. </div> <div> Support `Alimento para el ninos' (nutrition for the child)-backpack program), meals on wheels </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="208" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="196"><div> Adobe PDF <IMG SRC="09514170.gif" border=0 width="20" height="23" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 18 ><NOBR><div> Plan currently being drafted</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/re"><U><IMG SRC="045581f0.gif" border=0 width="88" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>Click on the icon to download Acrobat Reader. </div> <div>                                You will need Adobe Acrobat to read Grant County Plan 2003 in PDF format.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>