Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

South Carolina Facts

Obesity-related medical expenditures for adults in SC total over $1 billion – half is financed by Medicaid and Medicare.
  • Farm to School Program Showing Success

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    Farm to School Program Showing Success

    Some schools in South Carolina have taken the initiative to adopt their own Farm to School policies by preparing farm fresh and locally grown fruits and vegetables to their students and they're getting great feedback from their young customers.

  • Working Well in South Carolina Hospitals

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    Working Well in South Carolina Hospitals

    With 41 hospitals participating in the Working Well program, here's a look at how they're working to improve the health of their employees.

  • School Gardens Grow Student Success

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    School Gardens Grow Student Success

    The Okatie garden produces a variety of vegetable throughout the year including: green beans, tomatoes, squash, zucchini, broccoli, greens, and potatoes. The school has special events to highlight what they are growing such as broccoli day, collards and corn bread day, eat a peach day, and a taste of the garden event.

  • Complete Streets in Anderson, SC

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    Complete Streets in Anderson, SC

    Both the City and County of Anderson passed Complete Streets Resolutions that call for city and county staff to "plan for, design, construct, and operate all new transportation improvement projects to provide appropriate accommodation for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and persons of all abilities."

  • Zest Quest – Healthy Eating from the Inside Out

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    Zest Quest – Healthy Eating from the Inside Out

    Making the connection at an early age to the importance of a healthy lifestyle may prevent future health problems. The challenge for Zest Quest has been in increasing the skill level of children when they are not in school.

  • The MUSC StairWELL Project: Employees Climbing to Higher Health Habits

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    The MUSC StairWELL Project: Employees Climbing to Higher Health Habits

    Using a model from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health 1st, MUSC's Employee Wellness Program conceived the StairWELL Project to encourage employees to use stairs instead of elevators.

  • Broccoli At WIC Class!

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    Broccoli At WIC Class!

    With a $4000 grant from the Eat Smart, Move More Coalition, Region 6 created a program that focused on good nutrition, childhood obesity, and increasing activity in everyday lives.

  • Walking groups help Sumter’s African-Americans get active for better health

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    Walking groups help Sumter’s African-Americans get active for better health

    African-American residents in Sumter are more likely than white residents to be impacted by chronic diseases, like heart disease, diabetes and cancer—with up to eight times higher death rates, depending on the disease.

  • Kershaw County Comes Together to Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

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    Kershaw County Comes Together to Make the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

    Staff at KershawHealth’s Health Resource Center and DHEC – Region 4 put their heads together and developed a plan to bring different community stakeholders together and get to the bottom of the problem.

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