Physical Activity and Nutrition

• Program Overview

Key Initiatives

• Activity-Friendly Routes
• Breastfeeding
• Community Nutrition
  • Farmers' Markets
  • Food Policy Council
  • Healthy Food Initiative
  • School Nutrition
• Early Care and Education
• 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

Community Nutrition

 

Community nutrition activities support and promote farm-to-where-you-are programs, traditional and customary foods, healthy school nutrition environments, and healthy local food systems. Improving nutrition environments help make the healthy choice the easy choice.

Community Nutrition Activities

• Alaska Food Policy Council
• Farmers’ Market Nutrition Assistance Programs
• School Nutrition Environment

Partners

• Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, Child Nutrition Programs 
• Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Family Nutrition Program
• Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Store Outside Your Door
• University of Alaska Anchorage, Dietetics and Nutrition Program
• University of Alaska Fairbanks, Cooperative Extension Service, Food Programs

Related PAN Publications

• Alaska Obesity Fact Sheet: Local Foods (2013)
• Alaska Obesity Fact Sheet: Sugary Drinks (2013)

Contact

For more information about the Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) Program community nutrition activities, please email Diane Peck, MPH, RDN or call 907-269-8447.

Webpage updated January 2022