Healthy Kent

About Us
Infant Health
- Breastfeeding
- Community Action Plan
- Decision Trees
- Development Publications
- FIMR Annual Report
- Implementation Team
  - Role
  - Organization Chart
- Infant Health Resources
- Infant Mortality
- PMD Resource Manual
- Web Resources
  - CDC Infants and Children Health Links
  - March of Dimes
  - American Academy of Pediatrics
  - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  - Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs
  - MI Dept. of Community Health - Vital Records
  - La Leche League International - Breastfeeding
  - Child and Family Web Guide
Obesity
- Kent Steps Up
- Southeast Farmer's Market
- Project Takeoff
- Articles/Websites/ Resources
  - Childhood Obesity
    - American Obesity Association: Childhood Obesity
    - Mayo Clinic Childhood Obesity
    - CDC Childhood Overweight
    - Learn to be Healthy
    - American Academy Pediatrics
    - UCSF Children's Hospital
    - The Role of the Media
    - Childhood Obesity: A New Epidemic
    - Food Network Special
    - A Nation at Risk: Obesity in the United States
    - FCC Task Force on Media and Childhood Obesity
    - Childhood Obesity a Serious Problem
    - A Public Health Policy Approach
    - The Big Fat American Kid Crisis
    - Michigan Healthy Eating/ Physical Activity Plan
    - Activity and Healthy Eating Impact Michigan Children
    - The Role of Michigan Schools in Promoting Healthy Weight
    - Metabolic precursors and effects of obesity in children
  - Costs of Obesity
    - Child Obesity: Costs, Treatment Patterns, Disparities
    - CDC: Overweight and Obesity Economic Consequences
    - Weighing the Cost of Obesity
    - Study Assesses Annual Cost of Obesity to Employers
    - What are the Costs and Expenses of Being Obese
    - The Surging Waves
    - NutriStrategy: Costs of Obesity
    - Economic Costs of Obesity & the Case for Government Intervention
    - Obesity Increases Workers' Compensation Costs
    - Economic Impact of Obesity
    - The Hidden Cost of Obesity
    - Healthy Care, Worker's Compensation & Lost Productivity
    - NCPA-Costs of Obesity, Drinking, Smoking & Growing Older
  - Health Effects
    - The Effects of Obesity, Smoking, & Drinking
    - RTI Obesity Research
    - American Obesity Association: Health Effects of Obesity
    - WHO - Obesity and Overweight
    - Measuring the Health Effects of SPRAWL
    - Obesity and Weight Loss
    - Health Insurance: Obesity and It's Economic Costs
    - The Effects of Obesity on the Cardiopulmonary System
    - Obesity May Reduce U.S. Life Expectancy
    - Stereotypes and the Effects of Obesity
    - Effects of Obesity
    - Obesity Runs in Families - Friends Too
    - Obesity and Reproductive Health
    - genYHealthClub
    - Children's Life Expectancy Being Cut Short
- Golden Shoe Campaign Kit

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Project Takeoff Initiative

Join Healthy Kent 2010 and the Obesity I-Team in an important Kent County program. The Project TakeOff coalition is building a program to benefit all Kent County residents.

Healthy Lifestyles Task Force Organizational Chart (pdf)

Program Profile Survey (pdf) - Does your organization host a healthy lifestyle program/event?