King County grantees working on obesity prevention
For obesity prevention, Public Health offered 41 grants to schools, local governments and community organizations. These grantees are working on the following goals:
- Comprehensive planning approaches that create communities where people can safely and easily walk and bicycle and access healthy foods
- Reducing consumption of sugar loaded beverages
- Supporting corner stores and other small food retail businesses in providing healthy options
- Increasing healthy eating and active living for children in schools and childcare, including: Safe Routes to Schools, increased physical education/physical activity, enhanced nutrition standards, Farm-to-School programs, and certification of food service staff in preparing healthy meals
- Increasing access to opportunities for physical activity, through joint-use agreements and affordable and culturally appropriate recreation programs
- Supporting low-income immigrant urban farmers who sell produce for sale in low-income communities
See grantee profiles below:
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Schools and supporting agencies
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Local governments and supporting agencies
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