The Advancing Healthy Lifestyles (AHL) Coalition, launched by the Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention (PANO) Program, aims to unite coalitions and partners to promote healthy living and equity.

The Division of Public Health’s Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention Program (PANO), positioned within the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Section, promotes healthier lifestyles in Delaware by focusing on the critical roles of physical activity and nutrition in preventing obesity. This plan, a result of collaborative efforts with PANO’s committed partners, outlines a strategic path forward to support healthier communities and guide future obesity prevention efforts across the state.

The Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention (PANO) Program uses a public health approach to addressing the role of physical activity and nutrition in improving health and preventing chronic diseases for all Delawareans.

Achieving a healthier lifestyle can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be! Small changes to your daily habits can go a long way toward improving your well-being and helping you avoid chronic illness.

Advancing Healthy Lifestyles (AHL) is part of the Division of Public Health’s Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention (PANO) Program. AHL’s goal is to reduce adult and childhood obesity, along with other chronic conditions, to achieve long-term health equity for schools, communities, and workplaces throughout Delaware.

Your Delaware resource for everything you need to prevent, test and treat chronic diseases. Discover the power you have to make lifestyle changes!

These three fact sheets highlight the impact that small changes can have on your health. Learn how small trades in your daily nutrition or physical activity habits can reduce risk of obesity and other related chronic diseases.

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Parks and Recreation’s Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) tracks the state’s recreation inventory, identifies needs for infrastructure and programs and guides public and private planning and investment to meet those needs.

A graphical, easily digestible double-sided fact sheet that summarizes the Burden of Chronic Disease in Delaware 2024 report. It contains high-level findings in several key areas, including demographics; social determinants of health; leading causes of death, disability, and health care costs; achievements in chronic disease risk factors; and more.

This single-sided fact sheet breaks down each statistically significant chronic disease and the percentage of deaths it has caused. Features an easy-to-read pie chart of chronic diseases, from deadliest to least deadly, alongside detailed information on progress vs. setbacks of each individual disease. Information featured via the Burden of Chronic Disease in Delaware 2024 report.

This double-sided fact sheet covers high-level details on the risk factors that contribute to chronic disease, including risk factor definitions, demographic breakdowns, and areas of improvement vs. deficit. The risk factors are physical inactivity, poor nutrition, obesity, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol use or binge drinking.

Obesity in Delaware is growing. 33.9% of Delawareans were obese in 2021. 37.9% of delawareans were obese in 2022. Get tips on how to reverse this trend.

June 6 is National Gardening Exercise Day! Celebrate and learn about the unexpectedly life-altering and community-building benefits of gardening!

The Burden of Chronic Disease in Delaware 2024 summarizes the current state of chronic diseases in Delaware. This is an update to, and expansion of, Chronic Disease in Delaware: Facts and Figures, published in 2019 by the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), Division of Public Health (DPH). This report summarizes how chronic diseases impact population health in Delaware and how these disease patterns compare to national data.

CDC’s Spectrum of Opportunities Framework guides state and communities in their Early Care and Education (ECE) work to help identify how healthy growth and obesity prevention policies and activities can be embedded into ECE settings.

View the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity’s websites and resources related to obesity, physical activity, and nutrition.

The Community Guide is a collection of evidence-based recommendations and findings from the Community Preventive Services Task Force that makes evidence-based recommendations about the effectiveness and economic impact of public health programs, services, and other interventions in a variety of settings.

This resource guide aims to empower readers by offering information about diabetes and includes links to national directories for diabetes prevention and management vendors. 

Unite Us is a coordinated care network consisting of healthcare, government, nonprofit, and other organizations. These network partners use Unite Us’ software to securely identify, deliver, and pay for services that address the needs of individuals within their communities. Unite Us is a free resource for Delaware non-profits. 

This messaging guide is designed to equip advocates and organizers with the communication tools they need to make an effective case for green space equity.