Wisconsin
Nutrition and Physical Activity
State Plan
The Wisconsin Nutrition and Physical Activity State Plan to prevent
obesity and related chronic disease provides a statewide focus for obesity
prevention, management and health promotion through nutrition and physical
activity. The Wisconsin Partnership for Activity and Nutrition, the
Nutrition and Physical Activity Program and other stakeholders will work
together to accomplish the goals, strategies and objectives that are
outlined in this plan. The plan activities to reduce overweight and
obesity in Wisconsin will be targeted to reach children, adolescents and
adults across all races and socioeconomic levels.
Wisconsin Nutrition and Physical
Activity State Plan: 2007 Progress Report
(PDF, 86 KB) - An executive summary of the progress-to-date on
goals and objectives in the state plan.
The Wisconsin Nutrition and Physical Activity State Plan provides a
framework to help create and support environments that make it easier for
all Wisconsin residents to make healthy food choices, be physically active
and achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
The Plan emphasizes strategies to:
- Increase physical activity
- Increase fruit and vegetable consumption
- Increase breastfeeding
- Decrease television viewing
- Balance caloric intake and energy expenditure
What is included in the state plan?
- A description of the burden of obesity in Wisconsin
- A summary of the history and background of the Wisconsin Partnership
for Activity and Nutrition
- How this Plan is connected to Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 and other
plans
- A description of the planning process through which this Plan was
developed
- Goals and strategies to prevent and manage overweight and obesity,
improve nutrition and increase physical activity in Wisconsin
- Environmental and policy changes to support healthy communities
- Current Information on evidence-based or promising interventions to
be implemented
- Ideas on how to be involved in the implementation of the Plan
- Mechanisms to evaluate the impact of the Plan
If you would like a printed copy of the plan, the executive
summary or both documents, please identify which documents you want and
send your name and address to Nutrition
and Physical Activity State Plan request.
Would you like to officially endorse the State Plan? Complete the
State Plan Endorsement sheet
(PDF, 19 KB) to "sign on" as
officially supporting the plan.
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