Healthier environments produce healthier people. And healthier people produce greater economic outputs, consume fewer healthcare resources and lead better, longer lives. Arkansas Coalition on Obesity Prevention (ArCOP) is focusing on making the healthy choice the easy choice. The coalition’s mission is to improve the health of all Arkansas communities by increasing access to physical activity and healthy eating to reduce and prevent obesity. Growing Healthy Communities (GHC), the Coalition’s primary project, brings together individuals, companies and organizations across sector lines to recognize that a healthy community is a better community on virtually every measure of success. On Thursday, November 30th the Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention (ArCOP) hosted their 10-year anniversary event at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock. The celebration focused on the past decade of partnerships to build healthy communities in Arkansas. ArCOP’s work spans the state with an all-time high of 117 Growing Healthy Communities. This year, 132 project grants were awarded to communities for activities that support policy, system and environmental changes to improve health. In addition, ArCOP awarded 14 Farmers Markets and 4 grocery stores with grants to initiate Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program for SNAP beneficiaries, which included Howard County Farmers’ Market. During […]
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