Healthy South Dakota - Health Professionals

Check out these resources:

The State Indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables 2009 - national and state-specific information on fruit and vegetable consumption and policy and environmental supports.

Aim for a healthy weight

Obesity as public policy - the March 2009 issues of The Milbank Quarterly is devoted to obesity as a public policy issue. It focuses on both public and private options for addressing the high rates of obesity and presents new empirical studies, policy history, analyses of legal strategies and public policies, and overviews of developments in workplaces and the built environment.

Small Steps Change
of the Month

Eat dinner away from the TV and computer. You may eat less if you pay attention to how you feel as you eat..

Health Professionals

mother breastfeeding SD Breastfeeding Maternity Practices

CDC recently published the first ever report of Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care in South Dakota (mPINC). This report of 2007 data highlights the strengths and challenges common across South Dakota maternity settings and describes ways to better support breastfeedng in the state. Each participating facility received its facility-specific report in October 2008.

I Didn't Know My Weight Matters

Encouraging women to maintain a healthy weight before and after pregnancy can optimize birth outcomes and reduce the woman’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. DOH has launched a campaign to highlight weight gain recommendations during pregnancy. A packet of materials have been sent to health care providers. The packet includes weight gain recommendations based on pre-pregnancy BMI, forms to track weight gain during pregnancy, and literature to promote these recommendations. Learn more.

I Didn't Know My Weight Matters

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