- Improves access to healthy, affordable food through federally and locally funded programs that provide benefits, financial incentives, and direct distribution of healthy food.
- Implements evidence-based interventions related to nutrition education, physical activity promotion and obesity prevention grounded in cultural understanding.
- Integrates nutrition into healthcare and strengthens referral pathways between nutrition services, healthcare and community-based organizations to help prevent and manage diet-related diseases.
- Improves food environments across retail stores, farmers markets, workplaces, hospitals, schools and early childhood education.
- Engages partners to guide statewide healthy eating, active living and healthy weight efforts.
- Increases services and resources to support families who are breastfeeding.
- Supports policies and practices in health care, workplace and childcare settings that promote breastfeeding.
Related Services:
Service Contact:
Nutrition and Physical Fitness Bureau
Contact Phone:
(202) 442-9397
Contact Fax:
(202) 535-1710
Contact TTY:
711
Contact Suite #:
3rd Floor
Office Hours:
Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm
Service Location:
Health, Department of
GIS Address:
2201 Shannon Place SE
City:
Washington
State:
DC
Zip:
20020