Let’s Get Healthy and Active, Arkansas!
The Healthy Active Arkansas (HAA) website offers resources to help individuals, communities, schools, businesses, civic and faith groups eat healthier and move more. The website is updated regularly with new information and resources, so check back often!
HHA’S NINE PRIORITY AREAS
Physical and Built Environment
HEALTHYACTIVE.ORG
Resources include a checklist for
Nutritional Standards in Government, Institutions and the Private Sector
Nutritional Standards in Schools (early child care through college)
neighborhood walkability and ways
Resources include the Food Service
Resources include the Rethink Your
to improve it and a description
Guidelines for Federal Facilities report,
Drink educational campaign toolkit as
of “complete streets,” which
encouraging public and private
well as numerous documents from the
are designed for safe mobility
entities of all levels to follow the same
Arkansas Department of Education
regardless of mode of transportation
guidelines, and the Rethink Your Drink
and national organizations on child
(pedestrian, cyclist or vehicle).
educational campaign toolkit.
nutrition in the school setting.
Physical Education and Activity in Schools (early child care through college)
Healthy Worksites
Access to Healthy Foods
Resources include information on the
Resources include links to partner
Resources include information on joint
free Community Healthy Employee
organizations such as the Arkansas
use agreements, which allow schools
Lifestyle Program and food service
Hunger Relief Alliance and Arkansas
and communities to share facilities that
guidelines for healthy vending.
MarketMaker, which helps connect farmers to consumers.
offer activity spaces for children and adults, as well as federal guidelines for physical activity.
Sugar-sweetened Beverage Reduction
Breast-feeding
Marketing Program
Resources include information on
Resources include the Rethink Your
Resources include the Rethink Your
how hospitals can become Baby-
Drink educational campaign toolkit
Drink educational campaign toolkit
Friendly and links to websites that help
and a link to the full Healthy Active
as well as documents that can help
individuals find breast-feeding support
Arkansas 10-year plan.
increase access to drinking water in
resources, such as certified lactation
schools.
consultants.
