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
• School Health
  
• School Nutrition >
• School Wellness Policies
• Student Weight Status

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

• School Health and Wellness Institute
• School Wellness Policies
• Physical Education
• Physical Activity & Recess
• Physical Activity in Schools Law
• Policies and Programs
• School Nutrition
• School Health Profiles
  
• School Partnerships
• Alliance for Healthy Kids
• Alaska Student Weight Status
• Training Tools for Healthy Schools CDC E-Learning

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

School Nutrition

The Physical Activity and Nutrition Program supports programs and projects that help schools provide healthy, culturally-appropriate, preferably local foods for students.

Alaska Resources

• Alaska School Salad Book [4.8mb] (2016) (Quantity of 20, 50, and 100 servings)
  • Family-Sized Recipes [1mb] (2016)

• Make it local: Recipes for Alaska's Children (2016) (Alaska EED Child Nutrition Programs)
• Let’s Eat More of Alaska’s Traditional Foods! Poster (2016) (Alaska DEC Food Safety & Sanitation Program)
• Healthy Traditional Alaskan Foods in Food Service Programs Toolkit (2016) (Alaska DEC Food Safety & Sanitation Program)
• Safe Use of Salad Bars in Schools (2012) (Alaska DEC Food Safety & Sanitation Program)
• Fish to School Toolkit (2014) (Sitka Conservation Society)
• Fish to School Lesson Plans (2014) (Sitka Conservation Society)

Other Resources

• Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, Child Nutrition Programs 
• Alaska Department of Environmental Health Food Safety & Sanitation Program, School Food Service
  
• National Farm to School Network
• Salad Bars to Schools 
• The Lunch Box: Tools for School Food Change
  

Related PAN Publications

• Alaska Obesity Facts: School Policies & Practices Impacting Childhood Obesity (2017)
  
• Alaska Obesity Fact Sheet: Snacks in Alaska Schools (2017)
  

Contact

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

Webpage updated January 2022