Rural Tennessee Churches and Coalitions Help Congregants Make Healthy Choices

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity.
• Description:
  At A Glance: In four rural Tennessee counties, community-led coalitions partnered with the faith community to promote nutrition and physical activity with their congregants. These activities included establishing fruit and vegetable gardens, supporting healthy cooking practices for gatherings and activities, and providing exercise and sports supplies to increase physical activity access. More than 1,400 congregation members have benefited from these initiatives.
• Subjects:
  • Public Health
  • Healthy Diet
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Tennessee
• Pages in Document:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/78759/cdc_78759_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 324.25 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:870e60dfb29df5d16f324b86a4bfd4105bec573b429f51121641b02c606a82361ea010b34aabe76aca828c93fe87b62f414cf66aacafab3f90bca7558ba42852