Initiative for a Healthy Weight

What is IHW planning in the future?

IHW has many activities planned for the next year. Some of the highlights include:

• Publish and disseminate Rhode Island’s Plan for Healthy Eating and Active Living. For a preview of the state plan and IHW’s role in the plan, download Rhode Island’s Plan for Healthy Eating and Active Living: Objectives
• Collaborate with New England Coalition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (NECON), the Rhode Island Public Health Association and other partners to create a Rhode Island Healthy Eating and Active Living Collaborative to implement state plan.
• Identify a lead community-based agency for the intervention community (Central Falls, RI) and convene a community coalition to assess community needs and develop, implement and evaluate interventions.
• Publish an inventory of current strategies and programs for obesity prevention.