healthy community

Childhood Obesity: Turning the Tide?

By |2017-02-10T09:50:12-07:00August 15th, 2013|Prevention|

We finally got some better news from the childhood obesity public health front this week.  Tuesday’s CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that childhood obesity rates are stabilizing or decreasing slightly across the country.  In fact, 19 states had a significant downward trend in obesity prevalence among low-income preschoolers.  There was no change in [...]

Comments Off on Childhood Obesity: Turning the Tide?

New Public Health Prevention Grant Award

By |2011-10-04T08:59:18-07:00October 4th, 2011|General|

Great news!  The CDC gave us a heads up this week that AZ will be receiving a new $842,000 Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion grant.  While all states were guaranteed $300,000 on a non-competitive basis, we successfully competed for a supplemental award.  We’ll be able to be able to address the leading causes of [...]

Comments Off on New Public Health Prevention Grant Award
Go to Top