Healthy Eating, Active Living
Healthy Eating, Active Living
Helping communities provide accessible and safe physical activity spaces and food sources.
Over
15,000
Participants engaged in programming annually
Over
120
Coalitions and partners engaged
Overview
Extension’s health and well-being educators provide accessible and safe physical activity spaces and connect communities to healthy food sources. By working with local aging and disability centers, health coalitions, schools, and community-based organizations, we promote healthy aging strategies, create opportunities to be physically active and promote health across the lifespan.
Popular Programs
Success & Impact
Building Strength, Expanding Access: Multilingual StrongBodies
Physical activity is essential for maintaining mobility, independence, and overall health, especially for older adults. However, access to structured physical activity programs can be limited by language barriers, geography, and availability of in-person classes.
Empowering Wisconsin Pantries to Provide Safer, Healthier Food for All
The Safe and Healthy Food Pantries Project equips Wisconsin pantries with tools and training, resulting in safer food handling and improved nutrition for pantry guests.
Video: Self Defense Adams County, WI
Discover how a team in Adams County, Wisconsin succeeded in getting self-defense classes added into their school’s physical education curriculum!
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this program in Wisconsin, please contact us through the info below:
Angela Flickinger
Healthy eating, active living Program Manager
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