Healthy Lifestyle Initiative, University of Missouri Extension

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The Healthy Lifestyle Initiative

is a collaborative effort of the

following MU Extension

program areas:

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Business Development

4-H/Youth Development

Community Development

Human Environmental Sciences

Continuing Education

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Healthy Lifestyle Initiative

Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

Community Engagement and

Policy Development Summit

Community Based Food Systems

What are some of the issues surrounding your policy area?

Availability-Price, logistics, quantity, access points

Exposure/awareness

Producer/restaurant/school relationships

Support for learning/buy-in

Viability

Regulations

Knowledge-Consumers to food-Producers to markets

Availability of resources to support community based food systems

Commercial vs. personal food

Integrating food security into community based food systems

Education youth on food and gardening

Creating opportunities for youth

Crop subsidies

Schools/farm to table

Fresh, high quality foods in inner-city

Education, support for learning to incorporate into ethnic menus & meals

FOCUS:

School Food Program using local foods

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Healthy Lifestyle Initiative, University of Missouri Extension

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New publication from the CDC - Recommended community strategies and measurements to prevent obesity in the United States

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The Transportation Prescription is a policy guide that analyzes the intersection of transportation, health and equity. This report provides key policy and program recommendations that can improve health outcomes in vulnerable communities, create economic opportunity, and enhance environmental quality.

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Current Health Care reform bill has provision that could provide billions of dollars for walking paths, streetlights, jungle gyms and even farmers' markets.