Many health professionals and community members will agree that some of the nation's obesity problems could be handled by a systems approach. If we foster healthier options, we will have a healthier community. Sometimes all it takes is one person to make a difference.

Get involved and help get your community on the track to healthier lives.

Visit these websites for more information:

•  CDC's Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Policy Resources page:
  
  • http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/policy/index.html
• Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity State Legislative Database
  • http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DNPALeg/index.asp
• Strategies to Overcome and Prevent Obesity Alliance (STOP)
  • http://www.stopobesityalliance.org
• Trust for America's Health
  • http://www.healthyamericans.org/policy/obesity
• Children's Alliance
  • http://www.childrensalliance.org

See the following websites for examples of cities and states around the nation that have stood up in the fight against obesity:

• Shape Up Somerville! Somerville, MA
  • http://nutrition.tufts.edu/1174562918285/Nutrition-Page-nl2w_1179115086248.html 
  • http://www.somervillema.gov/Division.cfm?orgunit=SUS
• Shape Up Shelby! Shelby, MT
  • http://www.montananapa.com/resource.html (On the Frontier Against Obesit [PDF on Mayor Larry Bonderud's initiatives to fight obesity])
• Shape Up Montana
  • http://www.shopeupmontana.org
• INShape Indiana
  • http://www.inshapein.gov