Activate Upstate in Greenville and Partners for Active Living, Hub City Farmers? Market, in partnership with Spartanburg?s Childhood Obesity Taskforce in Spartanburg, have each been awarded a 4-year $360,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to improve opportunities for physical activity and access to affordable healthy foods for children and families in communities [...]

The SC Breastfeeding Coalition, in collaboration with Eat Smart, Move More…SC, recognized the first recipients of the Breastfeeding in the Workplace Pilot Grants for lactation support. The following organizations successfully completed the 2009 Grant Program:

Lander University, Greenwood, SC
Palmetto Health Baptist Easley
Piedmont Medical Center

Each site established a private space for mothers to breastfeed or pump [...]

In this workshop, Dr. Jones will explain how policy and environmental change strategies are used to improve community health. She will briefly discuss Options for Action as the strategic framework for obesity prevention in South Carolina. Dr. Jones works with national organizations, state agencies and local efforts to improve health systems and community health.

Policy and [...]

BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation Awards $478,000 to Eat Smart, Move More SC for Comprehensive Colleton County Obesity Prevention Initiative
Colleton County is ready to Eat Smart, Move More thanks to a $478,000 grant from the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation. The award will support a two-year, research-based initiative designed to reverse the epidemic [...]

In a state that suffers from one of the highest rates of obesity in the country, ESMMSC and its members have made advocating for an active and healthy South Carolina one of our top priorities. To that end, we surveyed our 650 members around the state. With their advice and recommendations, the board [...]

Healthy Carolina is working to increase support for breastfeeding employees and students at the University of South Carolina by implementing a lactation support program. With funding from Eat Smart Move More South Carolina, Healthy Carolina has been able to conduct surveys, focus groups with university employees and students in order to develop and implement [...]

The State Indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables, 2009 was released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report summarizes for the first time South Carolina data from multiple sources for fruit and vegetable consumption, as well as policies and environmental supports that can make it easier for SC residents [...]

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Through a partnership with SC Department of Education and the SC Institute for Childhood Obesity and Related Disorders, Eat Smart, Move More SC has been able to create and air seven Public Service Announcements. Currently, these are running statewide both on TV and radio as part of the SC Broadcasters Association’s NCSA program.
Playing by [...]

Governor Mark Sanford has proclaimed June, 2009 as Obesity Awareness Month throughout the state and encourages all South Carolinians to join in obesity prevention efforts where we live, work, and play to make healthier decisions in their day-to-day lives. Approximately 65% of the adults in the Palmetto state are overweight or obese, and [...]

The presentations from the 2009 Obesity Prevention Summit are now available for download!
Click here to view the list of presentations.
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