Physical Activity and Nutrition

• Program Overview

Key Initiatives

• Activity-Friendly Routes
• Breastfeeding
• Community Nutrition
• Early Care and Education
  • Breastfeeding
    Welcomed Here
  • Go NAPSACC
• Healthy Food Initiative
• Play Every Day
• Sugary Drinks
• Schools

Partnerships

• Alliance for Healthy Kids
• Healthy Futures

Publications & Materials

• Burden of Obesity
• Evaluations
• Fact Sheets
• Student Weight Status
• Play Every Day Materials
  • Physical Activity
  • Sugary Drinks

School Health Program

Program Contacts

3601 C Street, Suite 722
Anchorage AK 99503
Fax: 907-269-5446
pan@alaska.gov

• Katie Reilly, MPH
  Unit Manager
  907-269-3457
• Ann Potempa, MPH
  Play Every Day Coordinator
  907-744-0474
  
• Diane Peck, MPH RDN
  Public Health Nutritionist
  907-269-8447
• Lauren Kelsey, MPH
  Public Health Specialist
  (907) 269-8165
• Jessie Doherty, MPH
  Public Health Specialist
  907-334-5966

Go NAPSACC

Give Alaska’s Young Children a Healthy Start with Go NAPSACC!

 

Go NAPSACC (Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care) is a trusted online tool that helps early care and education (ECE) programs support children’s healthy eating and physical activity. Go NAPSACC can help ECE programs improve their menus, add more play into their daily schedules, and educate families about healthy eating and active play.

Participating Alaska ECE programs can receive:

• Access to Go NAPSACC’s easy-to-use online tools and an online library of helpful videos, activities, and parent handouts
• One-on-one coaching and technical assistance from an Alaska Go NAPSACC Consultant
• Resources to help reach your goals

 

Go NAPSACC Assessments and Resources

ECE programs can assess current practices and learn how to make improvements in the following areas:

• Child Nutrition
• Breastfeeding & Infant Feeding
• Farm to ECE
• Oral Health
• Infant & Child Physical Activity
• Outdoor Play & Learning
• Screen Time

Learn More!

• Visit the national Go NAPSACC website
  
• See Go NAPSACC’s online tools in action
• See how others have found success with Go NAPSACC

Contact

For more information about the Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) unit or to join the Alaska Go NAPSACC program please email Diane Peck at diane.peck@alaska.gov or call 907-269-8447.

Webpage updated January 2022