Support the Child Nutrition Act
May 27, 2010
Eat Smart, Move More SC joins the American Heart Association in aggressively pushing for action on the federal Child Nutrition Act this year.
National Physical Activity Plan is Off and Running
May 20, 2010
The National Physical Activity Plan is focused on making societal changes to make routine physical activity simply integrated into daily life.
Eat Smart, Move More Community Workshops – REGISTER NOW!
May 20, 2010
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.
Community Nutrition Networking Guide
May 20, 2010
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.
ESMMSC Action Alert!
May 20, 2010
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!
Greenville and Spartanburg Selected for National Program to Fight Childhood Obesity
May 20, 2010
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 […]
Protect the Student's Health and Fitness Act of South Carolina!
February 17, 2010
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!
SC Breastfeeding Coalition first recipients of the Breastfeeding in the Workplace Pilot Grant
January 19, 2010
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.
Greenville and Spartanburg Selected for National Program to Fight Childhood Obesity
January 19, 2010
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.
Walking groups help Sumter’s African-Americans get active for better health
January 14, 2010
With a $5,000 grant from ESMMSC, Sumter County Active Lifestyles (SCAL) conducted a pilot project in predominately lower-income, African-American areas of Sumter and tested whether the availability and activity of neighborhood walking groups would get residents to walk more for exercise and better health.