Annual Advancing Healthy Lifestyles Conference 2025
Eat Well, Move Well, Live Well
Thursday, June 5, 2025
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Delaware State University
The Division of Public Health, Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention (PANO) program presentd the Advancing Healthy Lifestyles (AHL) Conference 2025: Eat Well, Move Well, Live Well, on June 5, 2025, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Delaware State University Martin Luther King Jr. Conference Center.
The conference provided a platform for cross sectional sharing on national, regional, and local best practices, challenges, opportunities, and success stories. With a focus on improving health equity, the ultimate goal of the conference is to strengthen efforts to reduce obesity and other chronic diseases amongst Delawareans. This invitational event included government legislative and administrative policy makers in public health, nonprofit advocates of health and wellness, educators, medical care givers and policy experts, and academic and medical researchers who are interested or engaged in health disparities, nutrition, chronic illness and obesity prevention. It further served as an opportunity to close gaps in health inequities, assess progress, and further strengthen the work of community stakeholders.
2025 Conference Presentations
Place Matters: Moving Towards a Healthy “New Normal” in the Built Environment
David L. Edgell, AICP, Director, Delaware Office of State Planning Coordination
Download the PresentationThe Power of Partnership: Transforming Physical and Mental Health Outcomes for Delaware Youth
Delaware Youth Sports Coalition
Download the PresentationPhysical Activity for Older Adults
Hannah Ciolek, MPH, Executive Director, Mid-County Center
Download the PresentationIntroduction to Inclusive Health & Fitness
Special Olympics Delaware
Download the PresentationFood is Medicine in Action: Strengthening Health Through Healthcare & Community Partnership
Michelle Axe, Manager Food is Medicine, ChristianaCare
Rob Gurnee, Executive Director, Lutheran Community Services
Health Workforce Expansion: Bridging the Gap to Wellness while Promoting Economic Mobility
Peggy Geisler, Delaware Community Healthworkers
Download the PresentationAdvancing Healthy Lifestyles
Rose Simon, Love and Hope Rescue Mission
Download the PresentationLiving Well on Delaware College Campuses
Tracey Phillips, MPA, BA, ASN, Health Promotion Specialist, Delaware State University
Alvin Tamba, Administrative Assistant, College of Engineering, University of Delaware
Western Sussex Boys & Girls Club Mini Farm, Seaford, Delaware
Tony Windsor, Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware
Christine Justice, Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware