 The healthy choice is the easy choice at home, school, work, and play in Utah. |
The Utah Partnership for Healthy Weight is a nonprofit corporation and public-private partnership of over 25 Utah organizations to coordinate, promote, and support efforts to combat obesity in Utah. The benchmark for accomplishing this will be the implementation of The Utah Blueprint to Promote Healthy Weight for Children, Youth, and Adults. |
The Utah Blueprint to Promote Healthy Weight for Children, Youth, and Adults is just that – a blueprint. Additional steps are needed to bring the Blueprint to life and to achieve full implementation, including:
- Solicit the names of the individuals who will represent the organizations in Blueprint implementation teams.
- Convene the leadership teams for each setting:
- Families
- Schools
- Communities
- Worksites
- Health Care
- Media
- Government
The initial meeting to form these Blueprint implementation teams was held on September 25, 2006 at the Governor's mansion and hosted by Governor and Mrs. Hunstman. 50 community leaders and their organizations were invited to form a private/public/community partnership to create healthy choices where Utahns live, learn, work, and play. See the Breaking News page for the agenda, speaking points, and PowerPoint presentations.
On February 1, 2007, a follow-up meeting was held at the Utah Department of Health. Community partners who agreed to participate in the Blueprint implementation teams discussed how to proceed together to achieve the objectives and strategies in the Blueprint. It was at this meeting the community partners agreed to name this initiative – both themselves as a coalition and the to-be-incorporated nonprofit organization – the Utah Partnership for Healthy Weight.
The Partnership coalition members meet quarterly and bring together leaders in Utah committed to implementing the Blueprint in a comprehensive, coordinated approach to promote healthy weight in children, youth, and adults.
How can my organization become a member of this Partnership?
- Read the Blueprint
- Fill out, sign, and submit a Partnership Commitment Form
- Fill out and submit the Blueprint Implementation Grid
- Send these to Richard Bullough - rbullough@utah.gov or 801-538-9495 (fax)
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