Prescription Drug Initiative Teen Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Initiative Medication Assistance Program Obesity Initiative Health Disparities Initiative General Grants

FIT TOGETHER NC (Obesity Initiative) - Youth Obesity Prevention Grants

Fit Together Cohort Study Evaluation Report

Map - Fit Together Grants
List - Fit Together Grants
Summaries - Fit Together Grants

Background
HWTF has committed $9 million to establish a three-year community-based grant program that assists schools and communities across North Carolina to accomplish the following goals:

• Raise awareness about the prevalence of obesity in their communities
• Encourage adoption of remedial state and local policies
• Ensure access to healthful food choices and physical activity both in and out of schools
• Promote the use of culturally relevant messages to effect behavioral change

HWTF's 21 grantees are implementing intervention programs, school and after-school physical activity programs, and nutritional counseling.

Partners / Technical Assistance
Training and technical support for the grantees is provided by the Duke University Health System, Department of Community and Family Medicine. An outcomes analysis of the grant program is being conducted by the East Carolina University, Department of Family Medicine.