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Community Wellness Planning 
Where you live can affect how active you are and what you eat. Are there safe places to walk and play? Are high quality foods available at a reasonable cost? "Strides to a Healthier Community" was developed to help South Dakota communities create healthy environments and policies.
To download the entire Strides to a Healthier Community document, click here. Strides to a Healthier Worksite is also available, click here. Community
Wellness Tool Kit:
The
Strides to a Healthier Community Wellness Challenge Took
Kit promotes the benefits of a healthy lifestyle in
South Dakota. The tool kit includes an overview of a
wellness challenge a step by step guide to setting up
the wellness challenge whether it is a steps, minutes,
or 5 A Day challenge. Included in the tool kit are a
variety of supplemental materials including registration
forms, calendars, advertisements and sample challenge
resources. Active Living Leadership: Basic facts on creating environments that encourage
physical activity, including policy development resources. Also includes a calculator for communities
and businesses to calculate what costs are associated with physical inactivity in their community or business.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nutrition and Physical Activity, and Active
Community Environments: Active Community Environments (ACEs) is a CDC-sponsored initiative to
promote walking, bicycling, and the development of accessible recreation facilities.
Walkable Communities: Provides information to help communities of all sizes
become more walkable and pedestrian friendly. Provides information on workshops, training, and presentations.
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