Obesity Program Links

About the Program

• Who we are
• What it takes to reduce obesity
• What we are currently doing
  
• How we are getting kids moving

Key Program Efforts

• Play Every Day campaign
• Healthy Futures Challenge
• Community Nutrition
  
• Alaska Food Policy Council
• Farmers' Market QUEST Program
• School Grant Program
  

Building Partnerships

• Alaska Alliance for Healthy Kids

Resources

• Events
  
• Publications
• Physical Activity and Nutrition Training
• State of Alaska Gold Standard School Wellness Policy
  

Community Nutrition

The Alaska Obesity Prevention and Control Program improves access to and availability of affordable, healthy foods. Community Nutrition activities support and promote farm-to-where-you-are programs, traditional and customary foods, healthy school nutrition environments, school salad bars, and healthy food systems. OPCP provides funding and leadership to the Alaska Food Policy Council (AFPC) to provide information and recommendations on comprehensive policies that improve the Alaska food system. OPCP partners with the Division of Agriculture and the Division of Public Assistance to improve access to healthy, local foods for low income Alaskans through the Alaska Farmers’ Market Quest Program.

•    Alaska Food Policy Council
•    Alaska Farmers’ Market – Quest Program

Partners

• Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, Child Nutrition Programs 
• Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Family Nutrition Program
• Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Farm to School Program
• Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Store Outside Your Door
• Eat Smart Alaska
  
• University of Alaska Anchorage, Culinary Arts, Hospitality, Dietetics & Nutrition Division
• University of Alaska Fairbanks, Cooperative Extension Service, Food Programs

Resources

• Fish to School Toolkit (2014) (Sitka Conservation Society)
• Fish to School Lesson Plans (2014) (Sitka Conservation Society)
• Alaska Obesity Fact Sheet: Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Alaska (2010)
  
• Alaska Obesity Fact Sheet: Local Foods (2013) 
• State Indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables: Alaska (2013)
  

Contact

For more information about OPCP Community Nutrition, please email Diane Peck, MPH, RDN or call 907-269-8447.