Improve Physical Activity and Nutrition
We work with partners to create a healthier North Carolina where healthy eating and active living is the norm. We work to connect communities with proven programs, tools and resources.
Our Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) Connections Initiative supports state and local efforts to address physical activity and nutrition, specifically focusing on the following strategies:
CCCPH supports nutrition by implementing food service guidelines in community settings to promote and increase consumption of healthier foods and beverages.
- Healthy Food Access Pantry Training Program
- CDC Food Service Guidelines
- Food Service Guidelines for Federal Facilities
- Strategies for Food Service and Nutrition Guidelines
- Healthy Eating Research Nutrition Guidelines for the Charitable Food System
- Food Service Guidelines Implementation Toolkit
- Supporting Wellness at Pantries (SWAP)
- Healthier Food Donation Guidelines for Retailers and Distributors
- Consider Cultural Food Preferences
- NC Online Food Service Guidelines Assessment Tool — Preview the Assessment Tool
- NC 10% Campaign
- Additional Resources
Assist small food stores with increasing their healthy options and help them apply for the NC Healthy Food Retail Designation.
Who Is It For?
Anyone who would like to assist small food stores with making more healthy options available.
How Do You Get It?
These resources are distributed electronically and can be downloaded on this page.
How Is It Used?
Provide a general process and tools for working with owners of small food stores to increase their selection of healthy foods.
Guide
- Healthy Food Sold Here: A Guide to Providing Healthy Foods in Small Food Stores
- Webinar Recording (10.19.16): Healthy Food Sold Here: A Guide for Providing Healthy Foods in Small Stores
North Carolina Healthy Food Retail Collaborative
The North Carolina Healthy Food Retail Collaborative is a group of state and local organizations who developed and oversee the North Carolina Healthy Food Retail Designation. The collaborative also provides guidance documents and tools for people who want to assist stores in offering healthy options, as well as promotional signage stores can use after completing an online assessment.
Collaborative Members
- American Heart Association
- Durham County Department of Public Health
- NC Division of Public Health, Chronic Disease and Injury Section
- NC Division of Public Health, Community and Clinical Connections for Prevention and Health Branch
- NC State University, Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences
- NC State University, SNAP-Ed Steps to Health
- UNC Chapel Hill Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- UNC Chapel Hill Center for Health Promotion Disease Prevention, SNAP-Ed
North Carolina Healthy Food Retail Designation for Small Food Stores
The North Carolina Healthy Food Retail Designation recognizes small food stores that meet product criteria established by the North Carolina Healthy Food Retail Collaborative. Any small food store in North Carolina that meets the designation criteria is eligible to receive a “Healthy Food Sold Here” certificate of designation and a door decal. Any partner assisting the store is invited to complete the application on behalf of the store.
Directory of Stores with the NC Healthy Food Retail Designation
Tools
The North Carolina Healthy Food Retail Designation recognizes small food stores that meet product criteria established by the North Carolina Healthy Food Retail Collaborative. Any small food store in North Carolina that meets the designation criteria is eligible to receive a “Healthy Food Sold Here” certificate of designation and a door decal. Any partner assisting the store is invited to complete the application on behalf of the store.
- Assessment Tool for Small Food Stores (pdf)
- Assessment Tool for Small Food Stores (online) — Preview of Assessment Tool
- Buy Healthy Here Promotional Materials (signage)
- Data Collection Worksheet
- Examples of Healthy Small Food Store Indicators
- Healthy Food Small Retail Program (HFSRP) Outreach Script Template
- Sample Customer Survey
- Sample Healthy Small Food Stores Flier
- Sample Store Owner Interview
- Sample Store Owner Letter
- Sample Store Owner Participation Agreement
- Sell Healthy Guide (developed by the Food Trust)
- Store Conversion Plan Template
- Store Potential Worksheet
- Additional Resources
CCCPH supports nutrition by promoting breastfeeding support in clinical settings, worksites, child care settings and communities.
CCCPH supports physical activity by partnering with community organizations and local governments to promote improvements in community design that connect activity-friendly routes with everyday destinations to increase access to places for physical activity for people of all ages and abilities.
- Active People Healthy Nation
- Active Routes to School
- The Community Guide Physical Activity: Built Environment Approaches Combining Transportation System Interventions with Land Use and Environmental Design
- Community Design Resources
- Connecting Routes + Destinations
- Fact Sheet: Supporting Health Equity Through the Built Environment
- Implementation Resource Guide
- Move More Walk Now
- National Center on Healthy, Physical Activity and Disability- Resources
- North Carolina Guide to Incorporating Health Considerations into Comprehensive Plans
- Plan4Health NC: Planning for a Healthier North Carolina
- Shared Use by North Carolina Faith-based Organizations
- Shared Use of School Property in North Carolina: The Role of Unorganized Recreation
- Step It Up! The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities
CCCPH supports physical activity and nutrition by working with early care and education systems to implement and integrate physical activity and nutrition standards into practice.
- ACEs Too High
- Breastfeeding-Friendly Designation
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems
- Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
- Child and Adult Care Food Program: Food to CACFP
- Child and Adult Care Food Program: CACFP Reimbursement Rates
- Child and Adult Care Food Program Training Tools
- Color Me Healthy
- Division of Child Development and Early Education
- First 2000 Days
- Go NAP SACC
- Healthy Kids, Healthy Future
- Integrating Healthy Opportunities for Play and Healthy Eating (I-HOPE)
- NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center
- Shape NC
- The Center for Training and Research Translation Guide
Breastfeeding Peer Counselors in Outpatient Clinics
Farm To Early Care and Education (ECE)
A success story of Farm To ECE implementation at the Kiddie Academy of Wilmington, NC.