Working together to build healthier communities.

Greater Lowell Health Alliance

Healthy Weight Task Force:

Resources

Our goal is to help you and your family live a healthier lifestyle. The links below can provide valuable information and resources as you make healthy lifestyle changes.

Nutrition

• Nutrition.gov. Nutrition Information for a Healthier Lifestyle
  

• Fruits and Veggies Matter. CDC Fruit and Vegetable Website
  

• 3-A-Day. The importance of dairy products in your diet
  

• MyPyramid.gov. Personalized eating plan using the new food pyramid
  

• American Dietetic Association. Your link to nutrition and health
  

Physical Activity

• Walk to School USA.
  

• MassRIDES. Travel options program providing free assistance to commuters, employers, students, and other traveler markets
  

• Jump Up and GO! Helping children, tfamilies, and communities become more physically active and develop lifelong healthy behaviors
  

• Shape Up America! Healthy Weight for Life
  

Your Community

How "walkable" and "bikable" is your community? Download these walkability and bikability checklists to find out! Use the Walk Score. to help you find great neighborhoods for walking.

General Health

• American Medical Association Report on Obesity
  

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  

• American Heart Association
  

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  

• Action for Healthy Kids. Nonprofit organization formed to address the epidemic of overweight, undernourished and sedentary youth by focusing on changes at school
  

• Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  

Programs in other communities

• Somerville, Massachusetts
  

HEALTHY WEIGHT

TASK FORCE

• The Facts
  

• Criteria for Success
  

• Programs
  

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Working together to build healthier communities.

Greater Lowell Health Alliance  

of the Community Health Network Area 10

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