The Physical Activity and Nutrition service helps to make communities, worksites and early care and education centers healthier places to live, earn and learn. It encourages change to policies and environments to help community members eat smart, move more and achieve a healthy weight. Activities include:

• ·        Integrating nutrition and physical activity standards into statewide early care and education systems       
• ·        Providing system level supports to early care and education systems that help providers, technical assistants, and facilities                       meet established nutrition or physical activity standards.    
• ·        Enhancing physical activity through activity-friendly transportation plans and policies                      
• ·        Encouraging employers to support healthy eating as well as places and time for breastfeeding in the workplace                          
• ·        Promoting continuity of care/community support for breastfeeding                        
• ·        Supporting the implementation of food service guidelines in community and worksite venues