Physical Activity and Nutrition

• Program Overview

Key Initiatives

• Activity-Friendly Routes
• Breastfeeding
• Community 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
  
• Lauren Kelsey, MPH
  Public Health Specialist
  907-269-8165
• Jessie Doherty, MPH
  Public Health Specialist
  907-334-5966

Webpage updated August 2024

Publications & Materials

Publications on obesity older than 25 months can be found on the State of Alaska Library Archives website

Burden of physical inactivity, poor nutrition, obesity

• Lack of in-home piped water and reported consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among adults in rural Alaska (2019)
• All Student Weight Status Reports
• Estimating the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in Alaska Using Partial, Nonrandom Measurement Data (2016)

School District Weight Status Reports

• All Weight Status Reports (web page)
• Estimating the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in Alaska Using Partial, Nonrandom Measurement Data (2016)
• School Wellness Policy support materials (web page)

Program Evaluation

• Alaska's Play Every Day Campaign Encourage Parents to Serve Healthy Drinks to Young Children (Health Promotion Practice journal, 2022)
  
• A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a School Wellness Initiative: An Examination of Longer Lunch Periods and More Physical Activity Opportunities (Anchorage, 2021)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evaluations
  • Anchorage Signs of Progress
  • Anchorage: Signs of Progress in Childhood Obesity Declines Report (2015)

Physical Activity and Nutrition Facts Sheets

• Play Every Day Facts: Alaska families are serving fewer sugary drinks to young children (2023)
  

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Parent and Patient Education about Physical Activity and Nutrition

National Links: Alaska Specific Facts and Recommendations

• CDC Breastfeeding Report Card (2020)
• CDC State Licensing Scorecard: Obesity Prevention in Center-based Child Care- Alaska (2020)

• Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care in Alaska (mPINC)
  • 2020 Alaska mPINC Results
    
  • 2018 Alaska mPINC Results
  • 2015 Alaska mPINC Results
• SHAPE America Health + PE Fact Sheet: Alaska (2016)
• Shape of the Nation State Profile: Alaska (2016)
  

Alaska Guides & Plans

• Healthy Alaskans 2030: Leading Health Priorities (2020)
• Breastfeeding Welcomed Here for Child Care Toolkit (2020)

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National Links

• Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Division of Nutrition & Physical Activity
• Guide to Community Preventive Services
• Healthy People 2030: Overweight and Obesity
• Physical Activity Recommendations: Children, Adults and Older Adults

National Resources

• Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (2018)
  
• National Physical Activity Plan (2016)
  
• Shape of the Nation Report (2016)
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2015-2020)
  
• CDC State Indicator Reports on Fruits and Vegetables (2018)
• The Surgeon General’s Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation (2010)

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