South Carolina Takes Action to Reduce High Obesity Rates

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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:
  SUMMARY
  
  The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is taking steps to make healthy environments accessible to all residents across the state. DHEC is working with 45 counties in South Carolina to add healthy eating and active living (HEAL) principles to address access to healthy foods and provide opportunities for daily physical activity. Already, 8 of the 45 counties have received technical assistance and are taking steps to add HEAL principles to their comprehensive community planning efforts, potentially benefitting 1 million residents.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Healthy Diet Public Health
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  South Carolina
• Pages in Document:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c3769b6fbb373e4b4ae24ebbcfb6532a7937f3cd9222b548ea6be12fa60fe1d6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79323/cdc_79323_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 431.73 KB ]