Highlights

The Purpose of the Healthy Eating Active Living Resource Toolkit is to:

• Encourage the building of partnerships and opportunities for collaboration across a large, diverse group of community members.

• Promote understanding and identification of policies, practices, and environmental factors that affect nutrition and physical activity choices in a community.

• Provide a list of practical tools to facilitate and support community efforts for improving nutrition and physical activity

This Toolkit Provides Guidance for:

• Establishing your team and planning for change.

• Working effectively with the media.

• Initiating activities and interventions.

Important Support Materials Included:
		Healthy Eating Active Living (H.E.A.L.) Assessment Tool Determine how your community measures up in terms of physical activity and nutrition practices, policies, and environmental factors.
		Powerpoint Presentations Talk to groups and urge them to join your team in improving the community environment.
		Sample materials that can be tailored for your community’s needs Develop sustainable community strategies for healthy eating and active living.
		References & Resources

Healthy Eating Active Living Resource Toolkit: Connecticut Association of Directors of Health, Inc. Hartford, CT
© 2005 Connecticut Association of Directors of Health, Inc., All rights reserved. Comments or Suggestions? Email the webmaster