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Obesity Prevention Policy and Advocacy Resources

How to Guides:

• WPHA Legislative Kit: Tools to Build Effective Relationships with Policy Makers  This site contains a tool kit that walks you through the various aspects of policy change and includes sample letters and fact sheets. http://www.wpha.org/legtoolkit.pdf  
• Bringing Policy Change to Your Community: This website coaches you step-by-step through the policy-making process. It guides you through the basics of civic involvement. http://www.healthpolicyguide.org/advocacy.asp?id=23 
• Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute, Health Policy: The Health Policy Program is designed to increase individual and community capacity to understand and change policies that impact community health. Archived presentations can be found at: http://hwli.org/policy_archive.asp 

Inventory of Current and Proposed Legislation: 

• CDC State Nutrition and Physical Activity Legislative Database: Contains a search function for bills addressing nutrition and physical activity from state-level legislation since 2001 http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DNPALeg/  
• National Conference of State Legislatures: Provides information on federal and state policy issues and examples http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/KelloggHealthOverview.htm 

Policy Examples and Samples: 

• Washington Nutrition and Physical Activity: A Policy Resource Guide: Provides policy suggestions from different settings, including local level nutrition and physical activity policy ideas http://www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/NutritionPA/publications/nut_act_pguide.pdf 
• Center for Health Improvement, Health Policy Guide: The Health Policy Guide provides evidence-based, peer-reviewed policy guidance and resources to support advocacy and decision-making at the state and local levels. http://www.healthpolicyguide.org/doc.asp?ID=6651 
• Texas Obesity Policy Portfolio: Provides a range of referenced policy options from effective to untested, categorized by the type of policy and identification for use in multiple sectors and settings http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/obesity/pdf/TexasObesityPolicyPortfolio.pdf 

• School Wellness Policies - The following references contain information and sample policies for school wellness.

  • National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA)

  • Team Nutrition

  • Wisconsin Association of School Boards

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