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Our statewide collaboration and strategic plan can help us move toward a healthier Missouri.

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The Missouri Council for Activity and Nutrition (MOCAN) is a partner-driven council that is housed in Columbia with MU Extension and is composed of professionals across the state from diverse backgrounds (e.g., educators, government officials, healthcare providers, nonprofit representatives, etc.). Through statewide networking, organizations work together to implement and support policy changes that will improve the health and quality of life of Missourians.

These are the three major values guiding MOCAN's plan:

  • Nutrition and activity – Healthy eating and physical activity promotes overall health and prevents or improves chronic disease outcomes.
  • Evidence-based approach – Evidence-based approaches must be used to improve nutrition and increase physical activity.
  • Many levels of influence – For approaches to be effective, individual, local and state stakeholders must support the changes being implemented.
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A Healthier Workforce: The Total Worker Health Way (PDF)

Learn about the Total Worker Health® approach to building a healthy and productive workforce. Presentation by Diane S. Rohlman from Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest.

AAP - Keeping kids active, eating healthy hard for parents during pandemic

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) publication about the challenges families are dealing with to maintain healthy habits during the Covid-19 pandemic.

AAP - Obesity Management and Treatment During COVID-19

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidance for pediatricians as they counsel children, adolescents & their families about COVID-19 precautions with emphasis on the importance of continuing individualized treatment for obesity & its related ...

AAP - Supporting Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity During COVID-19

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidance to help pediatricians recognize the new barriers to a healthy lifestyle that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the need to continue to address already existing challenges to a healthy ...

AAP interim guidance addresses healthy lifestyles, obesity management during pandemic

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidance documents can help pediatricians support children struggling to access nutritious food & engage in physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, including those who have obesity.

Amplify & Accelerate Update HWAC – 2019-02 (PDF)

February 2019 – Actions and accomplishments towards aligning Missouri efforts to a comprehensive approach for prevention and treatment of childhood obesity, from MOCAN Healthy Weight Advisory Committee (HWAC)

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