The Department of Health’s (DOH) newest health initiative, Live Well DC (LWDC) is intended to educate the public, and increase public awareness of the importance of making healthy lifestyle choices. Live Well DC is an interagency effort to create a holistic approach to health and wellness by targeting individual behaviors that result in poor health outcomes. LWDC aims to improve the health of those in our community, and ensure that District residents live longer, more productive lives by encouraging residents to follow 10 Healthy Living Tips.

• Live Well DC! FAQs 
• Learn How to Live Well in DC!       

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LWDC! Community Coalition

• Live Well DC Community Coalition Members
• Community Coalition Organization & Guidelines
• Stakeholder Meeting Agenda, September 23, 2010
• Community Coalition Meeting Agenda, October 19, 2010

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The District has also released several comprehensive reports as part of the LWDC initiative that are intended to provide the data that will help DOH and residents strategically address the issue of health in our city. Select the links below to read the Reports in their entirety.  

• Preventable Causes of Death Report
• Obesity in the District of Columbia
• The District of Columbia’s Obesity Action Plan

Obesity Action Plan Progressing: New Grocery Store in Ward 8