CDC administers the Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) survey, and all hospitals and birth centers in the US that provide maternity care are invited to participate. Eighty-six percent of the 43 eligible hospitals and birth centers in SC responded to the 2007 mPINC. This report provides strengths and challenges across [...]

Mark Sanford, Governor of South Carolina proclaims June 2010 as Obesity Awareness Month throughout the state and encourages all South Carolinians to join in obesity prevention efforts where they live, work, and play and to make healthier decisions in their day to day lives.
View the Governor’s Proclamation.

The State Indicator Report on Physical Activity 2010 includes data about individual behaviors related to physical activity, as well as the presence or absence of physical features and policies that can make being physically active either easy or hard to do. The report looks at community access to parks or playgrounds, community centers, and [...]

Eat Smart, Move More SC joins the American Heart Association in aggressively pushing for action on the federal Child Nutrition Act this year, and members of Congress and the U.S. Senate need to hear from you today! Members will be in their home districts the week of the Memorial Day Holiday, and this is an [...]

The National Physical Activity Plan (www.physicalactivityplan.org) is focused on making societal changes to make routine physical activity simply integrated into daily life. More walkable neighborhoods; counseling from doctors on the importance of staying active; increased opportunities for physical activity and physical education in schools – all these are goals of the National Physical Activity Plan [...]

Now is the time for communities to come together to positively combat the obesity epidemic impacting our communities and state. SC has the fifth worst overweight/obesity rate in the nation! By working together we can make a difference not only in the health and quality of life of South Carolinians but also in our state’s economic vitality.

Eat Smart, Move More SC’s 2010 Obesity Prevention Summit brought Partners together to discuss, understand and address the causes, affects and prevention methods of obesity. It offered an interactive and engaging look at best and promising practices to impact healthy eating and include sessions on competitive school foods, worksite trends and best practices, and engaging [...]

Through support of The Fullerton Foundation, Inc., faculty at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and Duke University Medical Center developed the Community Nutrition Networking Guide: Building Community Networks for Healthy Weight in the Carolinas (http://uscm.med.sc.edu/CommunityNetworkGuide2007.pdf).
The Guide includes information on how to build a community network and how to design, implement, and evaluate programs. [...]

Please see the link below for the Battling Obesity through Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity funding opportunity through the Office on Women’s Health. The purpose of the funding is to prevent, raise awareness of, or respond to, overweight and obesity problems in communities within the eight southeastern states (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, [...]

Protect the Student’s Health and Fitness Act of South Carolina!
House Ways and Means Education K-12 Subcommittee members are reviewing budget provisos that could undermine the Student’s Health and Fitness Act.  ESMMSC Partners need to act now!  Call House Ways and Means Subcommittee members and your House member to let them know you support the Student [...]