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
• Alaska Food Policy Council
  • Farmers' Market QUEST Program

Building Partnerships

• Alaskans Taking on Childhood Obesity (ATCO)

• Events
  
• Publications
• Physical Activity and Nutrition Training

Program Contacts

• Karol Fink, MS RD
  Program Manager
  (907) 269-3457
• Diane Peck, MPH RD
  Public Health Nutritionist
  (907) 269-8447
• Lauren Kelsey, MPH
  School Grants Manager
  (907) 269-8165
• Andrea Fenaughty, PhD
  Chronic Disease Epidemiologist
  (907) 269-8025
• Clint Farr
  Epidemiologist/Evaluator
  (907) 465-8542

Obesity Prevention and Control Program

Resources & Publications

Program Status Report

• Alaska Obesity Prevention and Control Program 2010-2011 Status Report (2011)

Burden

• Alaska Obesity Facts (2012)
• The Burden of Overweight and Obesity in Alaska (2010)
• The Burden of Overweight and Obesity in Alaska: Summary Report (2009)
• Childhood Obesity in Alaska (2009)
• The Burden of Overweight and Obesity in Alaska (2003)  

Data Sources

• Sources for Alaska Obesity-Related Surveillance Data (2013)

Studies

• Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, 2011-2012 (2012)
• Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Students in the Anchorage School District, 1998-1999 through 2010-2011 (2012)
• Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District Students, 2003-2010 (2011)
• Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Anchorage School District Students (2009)
• Prevalence of Overweight Among Anchorage Children: A Study of Anchorage School District Data 1998-2003 (2004) 

Program Evaluation

• Evaluation of Alaska Farmers’ Market – Quest Card Pilot Program (2012)

Facts & Recommendations

Alaska Obesity Fact Sheets

• Maternal Weight Gain (2013)
  
• The Obesity Epidemic and Alaska Students (2012)
• No.1 Children's Health Issue (2012)
• Early Childhood Obesity (2012)
• Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) in Alaska (2011)
• Bike to Work Day (2011)
  
• Availability of Snacks in Alaska Schools (2010)
• Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Alaska (2010)
• Weight Status in Alaska (2010)
• About BMI-for-age for Children and Teens (2012)

Misc Facts and Recommendations

• Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care in Alaska (mPINC)
• 2011 Alaska mPINC Results
  
• 2009 Alasla mPINC Results
  
• 2007 Alaska mPINC Results
  
• Diabetes Facts: The Diabetes-Obesity Link (2009)
• Indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables, Alaska Action Guide (2009)

Program Activities

• Current Initiatives & Activities: Obesity Prevention and Control Program, SFY13 (2013)
  
• Current Initiatives & Activities: Obesity Prevention and Control Program, SFY12 (2011)
• 2009 Status Report: Obesity Prevention and Control Program (2010)

Alaska Guides & Plans

• Alaska Food Policy Council Strategic Plan (2012)
• Measuring Height/Weight and Calculating BMI (2011)
• Physical Activity and Nutrition Training for Child Care Providers Training Manual (2007)
• Supporting Healthy Practice at Work (2007)
• Alaska School Wellness Toolkit (2007) 
• Alaska in Action: Statewide Physical Activity and Nutrition Plan (2005)
• Policies, Programs, and Environmental Supports for Physical Activity and Risk Reduction (2004)
• Healthy Alaskan 2010 nutrition goals (2002)
• Healthy Alaskan 2010 physical activity goals (2002) 

Alaska Links

• AK Dietetics Association
• Alaska Breastfeeding Coalition
• Alaska Parent Teacher Association
• Alaskans Promoting Physical Activity
• Anchorage Ten Year Plan on Obesity and Health (2006)
  
• Bicycle Commuters of Anchorage
• Eat Smart Alaska
• Get Outdoors!
• Get Outdoors Anchorage! Summit Report (2008)
• Healthy Futures
• Parish Nursing at Providence
• Safe Routes to School
• Take Heart Alaska
• Wellness at Anchorage School District

National Links

• Action for Healthy Kids
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Division of Nutrition & Physical Activity
• Guide to Community Preventive Services
• Healthy People 2010 goals: Nutrition and Overweight
• Healthy People 2010 goals: Physical Activity  
• Let’s Move! America’s Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids
• National Physical Activity Plan (2010)
• Physical Activity Recommendations: Children, Adults and Older Adults
• Physical Activity Recommendations for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
• USDA Choose My Plate

National Publications

• Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention, IOM (2012)
• The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding (2011)
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2010)  
• White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity: Report to the President (2010)
• State Indicator Report on Physical Activity (2010)
• Surgeon General’s Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation (2010)
• F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America (2010)
• Recommend Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the US: Implementation and Measurement Guide (2009)
• MMWR Recommend Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the US (2009)
• CDC State Indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables (2009)
• Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines (2009)
• Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (2008)
• Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity (2007)
• Nutrition Standards for Food in Schools (2007)  
• Food Marketing to Children and Youth (2006) 
• WIC Food Packages: Time for a Change (2006)   
• Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance (2004)   
• The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity (2001)