Health Services: Eat Smart
Eat Smart
Health Services - EAT SMART Missoula Coalition
The Eat Smart Coalition celebrates the beginning of a new year with our first meeting of 2012 on Tuesday, January 10th, at 2 PM at The Missoula City-County Health Department. Meetings serve as a forum for community leaders to:
- Systematically review evidenced based interventions (both in our community and in the nation) that promote healthy eating and chronic disease prevention
- Discuss overarching principals and roles of commerce, politics and science as they influence food selection by Missoula residents
- Help prioritize community interventions that fit within Missoula communities to promote healthy nutrition and healthy weight for local residents.
- Identify resources and community partners to facilitate implementation of recommended population based strategies and interventions.
Next Eat Smart Missoula Meeting May 24th, 2012 from 2-4:00 PM MCCHD Room 120
Celebrate the Essential, Drinking Water May 6-12, 2012
The United States has
one of the safest public drinking water supplies in the world. Tap water not only provides water for daily activities such as drinking, bathing, and cooking, it also benefits the entire community by providing water to serve businesses, schools, and hospitals, and to promote overall health.
May 6–12, 2012, is Drinking Water Week, an annual observance whose theme, "Water: Celebrate the Essential." Drinking Water Week is a time to highlight the importance of safe drinking water and recognize that protecting and reinvesting in water infrastructure is crucial to the health of persons living in the United States.
Presentations : Take a Look to see what we've been up to. Also good short educational presentations for those with a community oriented nutrition interest!
- Behavioral Economics in Nutrition
- Eat Smart Missoula Coalition Mission and Goals 2012
- Corporate Agriculture Influence on Food Choices (included viewing of Food, Inc. and discussion of how Missoula food choice is affected).
- Local Access To Food
- Nutrition Policies in Public Venues
- Childhood Hunger in Montana
- MyPlate Presentation
- Tapped: The Movie Presentation
- Obesity Prevention: FDA Proposed Rule to Update School Lunches and Breakfasts
- What Can Local Governments Do? (Missoula Version Adapted By Rebecca Morley)
- What Can Local Governments Do? CDC Original Version
- Through the Eyes of Obesity, Amanda's Story
- CFAC Increasing Fresh Produce Access in the Missoula Community
- Communities Should Promote the Advertising of Healthy Foods and Limit the Advertising of Unhealthy Foods
- Supporting Breastfeeding in the Missoula Community
- Eat Smart Be Smart
- Media Literacy as it Applies to Healthy Food Selection
- Eat Smart Presentation 2
- Eat Smart Presentation 1
Topics and Links of Interest
- MMWR Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States
- Summary Chart of Healthy Hunger-Free Child Act 2010
- USDA Dietary Guidelines 2010
- Project Drinking Water/Refill Stations
- EPA Drinking Water On Tap
- Community Farm and Agriculture Coalition (CFAC)
Contacts
Health Services Director
Julie Serstad - 258-4986
serstadj@ho.missoula.mt.us
Nutrition Services Supervisor
Mary Pittaway - 258-4837
pittawaym@ho.missoula.mt.us
Eat Smart Coordinator
Rebecca Morley - 258-3827
morleyr@ho.missoula.mt.us
CATCH Coordinator
Lisa Tims - 258-3894
timsl@ho.missoula.mt.us
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