Funded States
On July 1, 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded 23 states for a 5-year period to do the following:
- Develop and maintain a program infrastructure capable of positioning the state health department in a leadership role for coordinated statewide nutrition, physical activity, and obesity strategies.
- Convene and lead a planning process to develop a state plan for nutrition, physical activity, and obesity (state plan).
- Implement a state plan in collaboration with partners.
- Support and develop capacity for surveillance to monitor the prevalence of overweight, obesity, nutrition quality, physical activity levels, and the program impact to change overweight and obesity related behaviors, particularly nutrition and physical activity.
- Evaluate progress toward meeting the following objectives: the state plan, the annual implementation plan, the annual cooperative agreement work plan, and the state partnerships.
- Annually submit success stories and lessons learned to CDC.
Click on the map below for contact information for states funded by the CDC’s Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Program (NPAO). To read about specific interventions, go to State Stories.
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Arkansas
Contact Person:
Becky Adams
Branch Unit Leader, Arkansas Lifestage Health
Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services
Telephone: 501-661-2334
Fax: 501-661-2055
E-mail: Becky.Adams2@arkansas.gov
Web site:
www.arkansas.gov/ha/home.html
California
Contact Person:
Neal Kohatsu, MD, MPH
Chief, Cancer Control Branch
California Department of Public Health
Telephone: 916-449-5353
Fax: 916-449-5355
E-mail: Neal.Kohatsu@cdph.ca.gov
Colorado
Contact Person:
Karen Deleeuw
Director, Center for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Telephone: 303-692-2515
Fax: 303-691-7721
E-mail:
kdeleeuw@smtpgate.dphe.state.co.us
Web site:
www.cdphe.state.co.us/pp/COPAN/COPAN.html*
Georgia
Contact Person:
Diane Ayers
Project Coordinator
Georgia Department of Human Resources
Telephone: 404-657-2877
Fax: 404-657-2886
E-mail: drayers@dhr.state.ga.us
Web site:
http://health.state.ga.us/programs/nutrition/index.asp*
Indiana
Contact Person:
JoEllen Vrazel, PhD, MA
Director, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (NPA)
Indiana State Department of Health
Telephone: 317-233-5590
Fax: 317-233-7387
E-mail: jvrazel@isdh.in.gov
Iowa
Contact Person:
Dennis Haney
Program Coordinator, Iowa Department of Public Health
Telephone: 515-281-7501
Fax: 515-281-4913
E-mail: dhaney@idph.state.ia.us
Web site:
www.idph.state.ia.us/iowansfitforlife*
Massachusetts
Contact Person:
Christina Nordstrom
Program Coordinator, Overweight Prevention and Control Initiative
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Telephone: 617-994-9859
Fax: 617-624-5075
E-mail:
christina.nordstrom@state.ma.us
Minnesota
Contact Person:
Martha Roberts, MPH
Manager, CDRR Unit, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Division
Minnesota Department of Health
Telephone: 651-201-5492
Fax: 651-201-5800
E-mail: martha.roberts@health.state.mn.us
Michigan
Contact Person:
Gwendoline Imes
Program Coordinator, Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Control
Michigan Department of Community Health
Telephone: 517-335-9492
Fax: 517-335-8593
E-mail: imesg@michigan.gov
Montana
Contact Person:
Ninia Baehr, MA, RN
Program Manager, Montana Nutrition and Physical Activity Program
Montana State University
Telephone: 406-994-5686
Fax: 406-994-5699
E-mail: niniab@montana.edu
Nebraska
Contact Person:
Jamie Hahn, M.Ed.
Program Manager, Cardiovascular Health Program
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Telephone: 402-471-3493
Fax: 402-471-6446
E-mail: jamie.hahn@dhhs.ne.gov
New Hampshire
Contact Person:
Margaret S. Murphy
Administrator, Nutrition and Health Promotion Section
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services
Telephone: 603-271-4545
Fax: 603-271-4779
E-mail: mmurphy@dhhs.state.nh.us
New Jersey
Contact Person:
Karin A. Mille, RD, MS
Public Health Consultant
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
Telephone: 609-292-1723
Fax: 609-292-3580
E-mail: karin.mille@doh.state.nj.us
New York
Contact Person:
Kyle A. Restina
Program Coordinator, Bureau of Health Risk Reduction
New York State Department of Health
Telephone: 518-408-5126
Fax: 518-474-3356
E-mail: krr01@health.state.ny.us
North Carolina
Contact Person:
Cathy Thomas
Project Manager/Head, Physical Activity and Nutrition Branch
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Telephone: 919-707-5216
Fax: 919-870-4804
E-mail: cathy.thomas@ncmail.net
Web sites:
www.EatSmartMoveMoreNC.com*
Rhode Island
Contact Person:
Eliza Lawson, MPH
Program Manager, Initiative for a Healthy Weight
Rhode Island Department of Health
Telephone: 401-222-4847
Fax: 401-222-4415
E-mail:
eliza.lawson@health.ri.gov
Web site:
www.health.ri.gov/disease/ihw/index.php
South Carolina
Contact Person:
Erika Kirby
Director, Division of Obesity Prevention and Control
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Telephone: 803-545-4476
Fax: 803-545-4921
E-mail: kirbyer@dhec.sc.gov
Tennessee
Contact Person:
Joan Cook, MS, RD
Interim NPAO Program Director, Bureau of Health Services
Tennessee Department of Health
Telephone: 615-253-8745
Fax: 615-532-7189
E-mail: joan.cook@state.tn.us
Texas
Contact Person:
Maria Guzman
Program Manager, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevention
Program
Texas Department of State Health Services
Telephone: 512-458-7111 ext. 6525
Fax: 512-458-7618
E-mail: Maria.Guzman@dshs.state.tx.us
Web site:
www.dshs.state.tx.us/obesity* and
www.eatsmartbeactivetx.org*
Utah
Contact Person:
Lynda Blades, MPH, CHES
Physical Activity Coordinator, Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
Utah Department of Health
Telephone: 801-538-6229
Fax: 801-538-9495
E-mail: lblades@utah.gov
Washington
Contact Person:
Kyle Unland
Nutrition and Activity Section Manager, Chronic Disease Prevention Unit
Washington State Department of Health
Telephone: 360-236-3757
Fax: 360-236-3708
E-mail: Kyle.unland@doh.wa.gov
Web site:
www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/NutritionPa/default.htm
West Virginia
Contact Person:
Keri Kennedy,
Program Manager, Physical Activity and Nutrition Program
Phone: 304-558-5210
Fax: 304-558-1553
E-mail: kerikennedy@wvdhhr.org
Web site: www.wvoehp.org*
Wisconsin
Contact Person:
Mary Pesik
Program Coordinator, Nutrition and Physical Activity Section
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
Telephone: 608-267-3694
Fax: 608-266-3125
E-mail: pesikmj@dhfs.state.wi.us
Web site:
www.dhfs.wisconsin.gov/health/physicalactivity/index.htm
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Page last updated: July 10, 2008
Content Source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion