Established by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and supported by funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PANA facilitates the implementation of Pennsylvania’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan to Prevent Obesity and Related Chronic Diseases, published in 2003 by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. PANA officially began operating in January 2003.
Mission:
Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity works collectively to make it easier to be healthy in the places we live, learn, work and play by changing environments to support healthier eating and physical activity options.
Goals:
- Engage multi-level, multi-sector partners in coordinated action to improve healthy eating and active living
- Enable environment and policy changes within organizational settings to support healthy eating and active living behaviors
- Effect sustainable healthy eating and active living improvements across the wider community via large scale coordinated strategies
Fee:
n/a