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CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Campaigns and Informational Approaches: Community-Wide Campaigns (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Behavioral and Social: Individually-Adapted Behavior Change Programs (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Behavioral and Social: Social Support Interventions in Community Settings (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Behavioral and Social: Enhanced School-Based Physical Education (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Environmental and Policy Approaches to Increase Physical Activity: Community-Scale Urban Design Land Use Policies (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Environmental and Policy Approaches to Increase Physical Activity: Creation of or Enhanced Access to Places for Physical Activity Combined with Informational Outreach Activities (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Environmental and Policy Approaches to Increase Physical Activity: Street-Scale Urban Design Land Use Policies (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Environmental and Policy Approaches to Increase Physical Activity: Point-of-Decision Prompts to Encourage Use of Stairs (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Obesity Prevention and Control: Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Screen Time (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Obesity Prevention and Control: Technology-Supported Multicomponent Coaching or Counseling Interventions to Reduce Weight and Maintain Weight Loss (USA)Cdc
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Obesity Prevention and Control: Worksite Programs (USA)Cdc
Strong Seniors (Reno, KS)Local
San Francisco Unified School District Healthy Food Policy (San Francisco)
Implementing a Coordinated School Health Program: One Local School's Success (Florida)
Buying Nutritional Food on a Limited Budget (Wisconsin)
Green Harvest Program (Pittsburgh, PA)
Teaching Nutrition and Life Skills to Adults with Low Incomes (Verona, VA)
Richland County Community Diabetes Project (Richland County, MT)
Eat Well, Play Hard (Elyria, OH)
Get Tulsa Kids Trekkin' (Tulsa County, OK)
Junior Tracks (Cerro Gordo County, IA)
Mayor's Healthy Hometown Movement (Louisville, KY)
Healthy Children, Healthy Weights (Columbus, OH)
300-Mile Club (Louisville, KY)
Tarrant County WIC/Library Plan (Tarrant County, TX)
Take Charge Challenge (New Mexico)
Senior Wellness Program (St. Augustine, FL)
Special Infant Formula Distribution Program (Lancaster County, PA)
Community Gardens Program (Trenton, NJ)
Active Start (Los Angeles, CA)
Preventive Nutrition Cardiovascular Disease Program (Dade County, FL)
EnhanceFitness (Seattle, WA)
A Matter of Balance (Portland, ME)
Health and Wellness Outreach Initiative (Chicago, IL)
Chicago Fitness Plus (Chicago, IL)
REACH for Wellness (Fulton County, GA)
Colorado on the Move (Colorado)
The Healthy Hawaii Initiative (Hawaii)
The Cambodian Community Health 2010 Project (Lowell, MA)
The North Carolina Healthy Weight Initiative (North Carolina)
The REACH Promotora Community Coalition (Hidalgo and Cameron counties, TX)
McIntosh Middle School's Coordinated School Health Program (Sarasota, FL)
West Virginia's Coordinated School Health Program (West Virginia)
Wisconsin's Coordinated School Health Program (Wisconsin)
Know Your Body
The SALUD Initiative (Santa Ana, CA)
Feet First (Seattle, WA)
The PedNet Coalition (Columbia, MO)
Ethnic Cuisine in Elementary Schools (Seattle, WA)
ACTIVE Louisville’s Healthy Eating Initiative (Louisville, KY)
Rum River Bicycle Classic (Isanti County, MN)
The Berkeley Charleston Dorchester Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Action Plan (Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester, SC)
Walking School Bus (Cleveland, OH)
ACT!vate Omaha (Omaha, NE)
The Buffalo Healthy Communities Initiative (Buffalo, NY)
The Community Osteoporosis Exercise and Prevention Program (Albany, NY)
Just Food (New York, NY)
Shape Up Somerville (Somerville, MA)
New York City's Phase Out of Artificial Trans Fat (New York)
School Lunch Initiative (Berkeley, CA)
Edible Schoolyard (Berkeley, CA)
We Can! (USA)
Community Nutrition and Urban Gardening (Riverdale, MD)
Marin County Safe Routes to Schools (Marin)
Healthy Eating, Active Communities (California)
Project Youth Green (San Fernando Valley, CA)
TRUCE Fitness and Nutrition Center (Harlem)
Healthy Communities Walking Program (Michigan)
Be Active Kids® (North Carolina)
Active Choices (San Francisco)
Healthy Hawks (Kansas City, Kansas)
Healthy Silicon Valley (Santa Clara)
Pediatric Weight Control Program (Palo Alto)
Farm 2 School Lunch Program (Kansas and Missouri)
Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think and Be Active! (San Francisco)
Rocky View Schools Healthy Eating Initiative (Canada)
Evergreen Action Nutrition Program (Guelph, Ontario)
Fit Community (North Carolina)
Project Live Active in Yancey (PLAY) (Yancey)
Healthier Haskell Program (Lawrence, KS)
Growing Healthy Kids Project (Orange County, NC)
North Carolina Fruits and Veggies Nutrition Coalition (North Carolina)
Step Forward, Erlanger (Erlanger, KY)
I Am Moving, I Am Learning (West Virginia)
Color Me Healthy (North Carolina)
Fit Kids (Westchester )
Blessings in a Backpack
Hip-Hop to Health Jr (Chicago)
Harvesting for the Hungry (San Jose)
Steps to a Healthier Salinas (Salinas)
SPORT (USA)
Move More Diabetes (Waterville, ME)
Project ALIVE: A Lifetime Intervention Via Email (California)
Strong Women - Healthy Hearts (Arkansas and Kansas)
Pounds Off With Empowerment (POWER) (South Carolina)
Pounds Off Digitally (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Red Hook Farmers' Market (New York, NY)
Project Dulce (San Diego County, CA)
Project CAFE (Los Angeles)
Food on the Run (California)
Commit to Quit (USA)
Elder Farmers' Market Nutrition Program - Florida (Florida)
Fit & Strong! (USA)
Programa de Manejo Personal de la Artritis (USA)
Medical Nutrition Therapy Program (Mexico)
Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) (Sonoma, CA)
Support Healthy Active Kids in Education (SHAKE) (Sonoma, CA)
Children’s Power Play! (California)
Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative (Pennsylvania)
School Nutrition Policy Initiative (Philadelphia, PA)
Girls on the Run of Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
Be a Local Hero, Buy Locally Grown (Massachusetts)
Senior FarmShare (Massachusetts)
Special Diabetes Program for Indians (USA)
Live Healthy Iowa (Iowa)
Wheeling Walks (Wheeling, WV)
Lowfat Lucy (New York, NY)
Fitness and Mobility Exercise Program (FAME) (Vancouver, BC)
Women On the Move through Activity And Nutrition (WOMAN) Study (Pittsburgh)
Physical Activity and Teenage Health (PATH) Program (New York, NY)
HeartPower! (USA)
BetterU (USA)
Women's Lifestyle Heart Trial (Eugene, OR)
Lighten Up (South Carolina)
Nurse-Led Secondary Prevention in Coronary Heart Disease (Scotland)
Project Active (Dallas, TX)
Hartslag Limburg (Heartbeat Limburg) (Maastricht, Netherlands )
Community-Based Multiple Risk Factor Intervention for Cardiovascular Risk (Baltimore, MD)
Exercise Training for Stroke Survivors (Chicago, IL)
Hearts for Life (Ontario, Canada)
Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP) - Worksite Program (Rockford, IL)
Project PREVENT (MA, NC)
Wellness for African Americans through Churches (WATCH) Project (Noth Carolina)
Athletes Targeting Healthy Exercise & Nutrition Alternatives (ATHENA) (USA)
Rock and Wrap It Up! (USA)
San Francisco Organics Recycling Program (San Francisco, CA)
Heart to Heart (Florence, SC)
Heartbeat Wales (Wales)
The HEBS Walking Campaign (Scotland)
Eat Well and Keep Moving (Baltimore)
'Switch-Play' (Melbourne, Australia)
Healthy Habits (Washington)
Strong-For-Life (Boston, MA)
Bootheel Heart Health Project (Missouri)
Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK) (USA)
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles: Alternative Models' Effects (PHLAME) (WA, OR)
HOPE Collaborative (Oakland)
Huesos Fuertes, Familia Saludable (Strong Bones, Healthy Family): California Bone Health Campaign (California)
PACE+: Counseling Adolescents for Exercise and Nutrition (California)
Learn, Taste, and Share (Ypsilanti, MI)
National Produce Program (USA)
Bienestar: A School-Based Diabetes and Obesity Prevention Program (Texas)
Youth Fit for Life (Atlanta, GA)
Chain Restaurant Menu Labeling Law (Multnomah Country Oregon)
Improving African American Participation Rates in Health Intervention Research (Minnesota)
SALUD Campaign (Connecticut)
Workplace Exercise Health Promotion Plan (Oita, Japan)
Worcester Area Trial for Counseling in Hyperlipidemia (WATCH) (Massachusetts )
Nutrition Education for Families with Financial Problems (The Netherlands)
Intervention to Reduce Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Infants (Finland)
Text4Diet: A Text Message-based Intervention for Weight Loss
PACE MySteps: A Web-based Behavior Change Program for Adolescent Weight Loss
Walk Across Texas! (Texas)
Sunday Parkways (Chicago)
Portland Fruit Tree Project (Portland, Oregon)
Urban Youth Harvest (Oakland)
Market Makeovers/Corner Store Conversions (South Los Angeles)
NutriActive (Iowa)
Healthier Options for Public Schoolchildren (HOPS) (Osceola)
Latinos Using Cardio Health Action to Reduce Risk (LUCHAR) (Denver)
Healthy Eating Lifestyle Program (HELP) (Los Angeles)
Healthy Workplaces Program (Montgomery)
Get Fresh Detroit (Detroit)
Project Open Hand (San Francisco, Alameda)
Supermarket Savvy: Learn to shop healthy at the supermarket
Smart Meal Program (Sonoma)
Healthy Food Outlet Project (Sonoma)
Children and Neighbors Defeat Obesity (CAN DO) Houston (Houston, Texas)
Coordinated Approach To Child Health (CATCH) (USA)
Activity Bursts in the Classroom (ABC) Fitness Program (Independence, MO)
Project Health Education Awareness Research Team (HEART) (El Paso, TX)
Full Circle Diabetes Program (Minneapolis)
Trying Alternative Cafeteria Options in Schools (TACOS) (Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota)
The Evergreen Jogging Path (Boyle Heights, CA)
The Fenway Alliance: Walkability in a Commerical District (Fenway District, Boston, MA)
Play Streets with Strategic Alliance for Health (SaFH) (East Harlem and South Bronx, NY)
Safe Routes for Seniors (New York City)
The Wray Health Initiative (Wary, Colorado)
The Soccer Coach Manual: America SCORES
The Food Trust (USA)
School Wellness Council Project (New York City )
Water Jets in School Cafeterias (New York)
Water for Health in Secondary Schools (England)
NYC FITNESSGRAM (New York)
Bicycle Education Enhancement Program (BEEP) (Pennsylvania)
Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child-Care (NAP SACC) (USA)
California Farm to School Program (California)
Project DIRECT (Raleigh, NC)
The Healthy Diabetes Plate (Idaho)
Let’s Move! (USA)
Yoga Ed (Los Angeles, CA)
iWalk (Sonoma)
Fuel Up to Play 60 (USA)
Project TRACK (Teaching, Reaching, and Collaborating for Knowledge) and Steps for Health (Town of Edenton)
The Healthy Study (USA)
The Veggie Project at the Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (Davidson)
Live Well Omaha Kids (Omaha, NE)
LiveWell Colorado (Colorado)
California Latino 5 a Day Program (California)
The Nutrition Detectives Program (Independence, MO)
Planet Health (Boston, MA)
CHOPPS: Preventing childhood obesity by reducing consumption of carbonated drinks (United Kingdon)
Stepping Up To Health (Michigan)
Switch What You Do, View, and Chew (USA)
Present and Prevent (Florida)
Tai Chi for Diabetes (Sydney, Australia)
Michigan Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (Genesee County, Michigan)
A Text Message-Based Intervention for Weight Loss (San Diego County, CA)
Video Game Play (Texas, North Carolina)
Healthy Buddies (Canada)
Kids N Fitness: A Family-Centered Lifestyle Intervention for Overweight Youth (Los Angeles, CA)
Maryland WIC 5-A-Day (MD)
Mind, Exercise, Nutrition...Do it! (MEND) Program (United Kingdom)
Help Educate to Eliminate Diabetes (HEED) (New York)
Sea Lion Club (Germany)
Bay Area SCORES (Bay Area, CA)
Promoting Water Consumption in Schools to Prevent Overweight (Germany)
Winning With Wellness (Tennessee)
Targeting the Taqueria - Steps To A Healthier Salinas (Salinas)
Rock On Cafe (Broome and Tioga, NY)
WorkWell (Thurston County, WA)
Every Little Step Counts (Phoenix, AZ)
Activate West Michigan Coalition (Grand Rapids, MI)
Steps to a Healthier Yuma County (Yuma County, Arizona)
Walk in to Work Out (Glasgow, Scotland)
Backyard Gardens (West Oakland, CA)
Cook Like a Chef (State College, PA)
Urban Farming Education (West Oakland, CA)
Community Market Farms (West Oakland, CA)
Charlotte REACH 2010 (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Fit Kids, Fit Families (Washington)
Boston Public Schools Snack and Beverage Policy (Boston)
Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less (North Carolina)
Availability and Consumption of Drinking Water in Middle Schools: A Pilot Study (Los Angeles)
Worksite Wellness Programs for North Carolina Government Employees (North Carolina)
The Green Cart Initiative (New York City, NY)
Students for Nutrition and Exercise (SNaX) (Van Nuys, CA)
Cooking Matters (USA)
Portland Fruit Tree Project (Portland)
Mornings in Motion (Tennessee)
Shape Up & Go! (Ohio, Florida, and Nevada)
Healthy Food Environments (North Carolina)
Healthy Employee Lifestyle Program (HELP) (Little Rock, AR)
Choosing Healthy And Rewarding Meals (CHARM) School Program (Washington, D.C.)
Brainfood (Washington, D.C.)
Health Education to Reduce Obesity (HERO) (Jacksonville, FL)
Dump Your Plump (Johnson)
Petaluma Bounty (Petaluma, CA)
Tai Chi with Paukukalo Kupuna (Wailuku, HI)
Get Movin' Challenge (Owensboro, KY)
Healthy for Life (Orange )
Healthy for Life in Sonoma County (Sonoma County)
In SHAPE (Keene, NH)
Mass in Motion (Massachusetts)
Water First (Lexington, KY)
Pasos Adelante (Arizona)
Walking School Bus (Houston, TX)
Food Day (USA)
Strong4Life (Georgia)
Healthy Homes/Healthy Families (Georgia)
GIS Walking Maps (Boston, MA)
Feed The Hungry (San Francisco, CA)
Green the Tenderloin (San Francisco, CA)
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) (Fairfax, VA)
Cooks for Kids (Mississippi)
SuperTracker (USA)
Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative (Maine)
Play Across Boston (Boston)
Intervention Mapping and the Development of a Peer Supported Diabetes Self-Management Program in Rural Alabama (Alabama)
Workplace Solutions (USA)
The Diabetes Self-Management Program (USA)
Programa de Manejo Personal de la Diabetes (Spanish Diabetes Self-Management Program) (USA)
Atlanta Streets Alive (Atlanta, GA)
Girls on the Run of Montgomery County (Montgomery, MD)
YMCA's Diabetes Prevention Program (Northeast Florida counties)
Head to Toe Weight Management Program (St. Louis, MO)
Bingocize: Using Games to Improve Balance, Mobility and ADL's (Owensboro, KY)
The Cooks Academy at Old Cockrill (Nashville, TN)
Trooper Island (Kentucky)
Hair, Heart & Health (Baltimore, MD and Washington, D.C.)
Linking Education, Activity, and Food (LEAF): Fiscal Impact Report (California)
Take Charge of Your Health (Augusta, GA)
Kids Walk-to-School Day (Washington)
Health Works for Women (North Carolina)
Body & Soul (USA)
Farm to Hospital (USA)
The Steps Program (Pinellas, FL)
Project Healthy Bones (New Jersey)
Change of Heart (London, UK)
Fast Track Summer Exposure Camp (USA)
School-Based Television Viewing Reduction Intervention (San Jose)
The Stanford Five-City Project (California)
The Pawtucket Heart Health Program (Pawtucket, RI)
The School Yard Project (Louisiana )
Food Stamps and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) at Arizona Farmer's Markets (Arizona)
Partners Through Food: Organizing to Increase Access to Healthy Food (Upper Falls, NY)
VERB: It’s what you do. (USA)
Hearts N’ Parks (USA)
Class of 1989 Study (Minnesota)
Signs to Promote Stair Use (El Paso, TX )
The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH)
VERB Summer Scorecard (Kentucky)
5-A-Day Power Plus (St. Paul, MN)