Promoting Healthier Lifestyles in Kentucky: The University of Kentucky’s High Obesity Program

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity.
• Description:
  CDC’s High Obesity Program (HOP) promotes healthy eating and active living in counties that have more than 40% prevalence of adult obesity. CDC provides funds to land grant universities that work with communities —mostly in rural areas—whose residents may have less access to healthy foods and fewer opportunities to be physically active. The Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service at The University of Kentucky works with six county Cooperative Extension offices and their partners to:• Promote healthier food options at local retail stores. • Provide incentives to buy fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets. • Enhance park and recreation facilities and develop safe places for physical activities such as walking and biking trails.
• Subjects:
  Obesity Obesity Management
• Series:
  Programs to Reduce Obesity in High Obesity Areas
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky
• Pages in Document:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/56295/cdc_56295_DS1.pdf
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