Physical Activity and Nutrition Program

Mission: To increase the number of Kansas residents who have the knowledge, motivation, and opportunity to make lifestyle choices that promote healthy eating and increased physical activity through state level leadership and coordination that reaches into communities across the state.

Governor’s Council on Fitness-Kansas Obesity Summit notes and slides

Capital City Wellness Project
The Capital City Wellness project is designed to increase daily physical activity among employees in Downtown Topeka and to promote the Capitol Midweek Farmers' Market as both a walking destination and a resource for increasing access to fresh, local produce.

Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)
The SFMNP is designed to provide resources in the form of fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally grown fruits, vegetables, and herbs from farmers' markets, roadside stands, and CSA programs to lowincome seniors. To increase the domestic consumption of agricultural commodities by expanding or aiding in the expansion of do mestic farmers' markets, roadside stands, and CSA programs; and, to develop or aid in the development of new and additional farmers' markets, roadside stands, and CSA programs.

Healthy Kansas Communities Toolkit
The Healthy Kansas Communities Toolkit contains an assessment tool which community groups can use to assess the current built environment's potential to integrate physical activity into daily routines as well as a resource guide to help communities change or improve upon various issues.

Capitol Midweek Farmer's Market
The Farmer's Market provides direct marketing of Kansas fruits and vegetables while promoting active living among adults in the workplace by providing access to fresh produce within walking distance.

Conferences and Summits

| Save the Date! The 2011 Built Environment and the Outdoors Summit will be held October 5 & 6th at the Holiday Inn located at 200 McDonald Drive in Lawrence, KS.  

Kansas Kid's Fitness Day
Kansas Kids Fitness and Safety Day is a statewide event that focuses on increasing physical activity and safety awareness among 3rd grade students in Kansas.

Fruits & Veggies—More Matters®
Fruits & Veggies—More Matters® is a campaign to encourage increased consumption of fruits and vegetables at every meal to lead a healthier lifestyle.

Midwest Dairy Council
KDHE is a partner in Fuel Up to Play 60, an in-school nutrition and physical activity program launched by National Dairy Council (NDC) and NFL, in collaboration with the USDA, to combat childhood obesity. Fuel Up to Play 60 helps students make positive changes in their schools by improving opportunities to consume nutrient-rich foods and get at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day. The ultimate goal is to ensure changes made at school are sustainable and complements – not competes with – an academics-focused environment. Families, communities and local governments all have a role in helping today's children learn about the importance of proper nutrition and physical activity so we can reverse the childhood obesity trend. It's time for us all to pull together and help America's children make good choices and practice good habits to ensure a healthy future. Fuel Up to Play 60 is your chance to make a commitment to healthy eating and 60 minutes of physical activity every day. Make a difference for yourself and make your school an even better place.

Kansas Child Health Assessment and Monitoring Project (K-CHAMP)
In 2003, the Kansas Department of Health of Environment created K-CHAMP. This three year research project was funded by the Sunflower Foundation. Eligible participants, in kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12), were drawn from randomly selected public and private schools from across the state.