Priority: Fitness & Nutrition

Fitness and Nutrition Plan FY07

AIM

Improve healthy eating habits and increase physical activity in Grant County

Strategy 1: Promote infrastructure for options for safe physical activity

Indicator: An increase of number of safe routes, trails and bike paths.

Activity:

Support Trail and Open Spaces Groups. Increase awareness of trails in community

Assess current numbers of trails and routes safety and use.(ADA accessible, horse, strollers)

Create maps of trails and routes in community and make assessable to public

Completion of trail maps for communities

Support of existing Trails and Open Spaces Groups

Strategy 2: Increase community awareness and access to good nutrition

Indicator: Increase in number of community gardens, # of people affected by educational outreach

Activity:

Assess # of community gardens in county

Cooking class and/or cooking for life

Family Cooking Class

Awareness campaign in media in families going back to eating together

“Supersize me” focus group-discussions.

Increase awareness of first identifiers to warning signs of under-nourished. Knowing when people are displaying signs and proper contact for referral.

Identify community members at risk for nutrition assistance

Change in eating habits

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.

Strategy 3: Promote local policy to that supports nutrition and activity objectives.

Indicator: Increase in local policies that promote safe physical activities and local policy that supports nutrition

Activities:

Support WAAG, Safe routes to school, Trails and Open Spaces

Reports from Health Council to policy makes

Incentive program for better food choices.

Support `Alimento para el ninos' (nutrition for the child)-backpack program), meals on wheels

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