What Works for Health Guide

The County Health Rankings published a guide to new and updated strategies on what works for improving health outcomes. 

County Health Rankings - What Works for Health Guide

Developed by the Obesity Association, a division of the American Diabetes Association, the 2026 standards provide evidence-based guidance for identifying and managing overweight and obesity.

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Supports clinicians with the resources, tools, and guidance needed to identify risk earlier, reduce underdiagnosis, and deliver more precise, person-centered, effective care.

Standards of Care in Overweight and Obesity - 2026

Eat Smarter with AI

Resources for Everyday Health Living

Get to Know Nutrition Labels

Wellness Apps for Health and Fitness

Coloring Sheets

Meal Prep Recipe Cards

Smoothie Recipe Cards

Download practical resources from the 2026 AHL Conference, including nutrition guides, wellness app recommendations, coloring sheets, and recipe cards.

2026 AHL Conference

Unite for Her - Nutrition

Unite for HER is a 501(c)3 national nonprofit organization that supports breast cancer and ovarian cancer patients by providing integrative therapies, services, education, resources, and support at no personal cost.

Instumentl

Instrumentl is an AI powered platform that helps organizations find, track, and prioritize grant opportunities based on program focus, eligibility, and likelihood of fit.

Instrumentl

The Central YMCA Wellness Exchange Hub accepts referrals through this Formstack form. Hours are Monday and Wednesday, 4–7 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.; and Saturday, 9 a.m.–noon.

YMCA Wellness Exchange

Referral Link

The Central YMCA Wellness Exchange Hub is officially open! Our Hours of Operation: Monday Tuesday Saturday: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. This Formstack link can be used to refer individuals, who may benefit from the services we provide.

YMCA Wellness Exchange Referral Link

Strategic Plan 2025-2028

Explore the AHL Coalition’s strategic priorities and action plan for 2025–2028.

AHL Coalition Strategic Plan 2025-2028

Use the guide to find evidence-based information and practical steps for managing diabetes.

DDC Resource Guide

The Diabetes Resource Guide is developed by the Delaware Diabetes Coalition for you. This community of professionals wants you to live a healthier life by assuring you receive care according to the evidence-based standards of care.

Delaware Diabetes Resource Guide

Health Literacy Best Practices One Pager

This one-pager discusses health literacy best practices and basics. Co-branding opportunity - add your organization's logo to show your support and partnership with the Health Literacy Council of Delaware.

SNAP Alert

DHSS website providing updates and FAQs on SNAP and the First State Food Relief Funds during the federal government shut down.

Delaware State University

Wilmington University

Download materials for students interested in joining the AHL Coalition Student Committee.

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Policy Finder

Discover policies in Delaware impacting food waste.

ReFED Policy Finder

The report highlights statewide milestones, achievements, and strategic actions that advanced the Coalition’s health and equity goals from 2023–2025.

AHL Coalition Accomplishments Report 2023-2025

Established in 2023, the Advancing Healthy Lifestyles Coalition has united partners across sectors to expand access to healthy lifestyle resources and foster lasting community impact.

Completed in May 2025, the project compares Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware to identify shared themes and practical takeaways.

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This comparative analysis of state-level Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention (PANO) Programs was a student led research project by the author, Esther Dawley, under the supervision of the Advancing Healthy Lifestyles Coalition Policy Committee.

A Comparative Analysis of State-Level Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention Programs

These assessments help health systems and community partners set priorities and guide action to improve local health outcomes.

Bayhealth: Kent General Hospital

Bayhealth: Sussex Milford Memorial

Beebe Healthcare

ChristianaCare

Nemours/Alfred I DuPont Hospital for Children

Saint Francis Healthcare

A Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) is a systematic process used to identify and analyze the health needs of a specific community. It involves comprehensive data collection and analysis to determine the community's health priorities and critical issues.

Delaware Health Care Systems CHNAs

The SHIP translates priorities from the State Health Assessment into coordinated strategies, resource decisions, programs, and policies for improving population health.

Delaware State Health Improvement Plan 2025-2028

Delaware State Health Assessment 2022-2023

Delaware SHIP

The State Health Assessment (SHA), State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), and the Division of Public Health’s strategic plan are required for states seeking accreditation from the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB).

Delaware State Health Improvement Plan

Created with PANO partners, the 2025–2028 plan sets a strategic path for healthier communities and statewide obesity prevention.

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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…

Moving Forward: Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention in Delaware 2025-2028

Trade Up for Health Infographic - Physical Activity

Trade Up for Health Infographic - Physical Activity - Spanish

Trade Up for Health Infographic - Physical Activity - Haitian Creole

Trade Up for Health Infographic - Nutrition

Trade Up for Health Infographic - Nutrition - Spanish

Trade Up for Health Infographic - Nutrition - Haitian Creole

Trade Up for Health Infographic - Obesity

Trade Up for Health Infographic - Obesity - Spanish

Trade Up for Health Infographic - Obesity - Haitian Creole

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.

Trade Up for Health Infographics

The featured risk factors are physical inactivity, poor nutrition, obesity, tobacco use, and excessive or binge drinking.

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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.

Related Risk Factors of Chronic Disease in Delaware

Using findings from the 2024 Burden of Chronic Disease report, the fact sheet pairs an easy-to-read mortality chart with progress and setback indicators for individual diseases.

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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.

State of Chronic Disease in Delaware 

The two-sided overview covers demographics, social determinants of health, leading causes of death and disability, health care costs, and chronic disease risk factors.

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…

Burden of Chronic Disease in Delaware 2024, at a Glance

Trade Up for Health

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.

AHL works across Delaware schools, communities, and workplaces to reduce obesity and related chronic conditions while advancing long-term health equity.

Visit the Advancing Healthy Lifestyles page on HealthyDelaware.org

Advancing Healthy Lifestyles (AHL) is part of the Division of Public Health’s Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention (PANO) Program.

Advancing Healthy Lifestyles Initiative

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

2024 Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health Diabetes Vendor Resource Guide

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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.

Public Health Institute - Changing the Story About Park and Green Space Equity: A Message Guide for Advocates

The coordinated-care platform is available as a free resource for Delaware nonprofit organizations.

Unite Us Learn

Unite Us Non-Profit Solutions

Unite Us Video

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

PANO Homepage

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.

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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.

Obesity in Delaware: Our Weight by the Numbers Infographic

AHL Coalition Flyer

AHL Coalition Flyer Spanish

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.

AHL Coalition About Us Flyer

Gardening Day 2024 Flyer

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

Gardening Day 2024 Infographic

The report updates the 2019 Facts and Figures publication and compares Delaware’s chronic disease patterns with national data.

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…

Burden of Chronic Disease in Delaware 2024

Delaware Food System Map

The Delaware Council of Farm and Food Policy’s Delaware Food System Map identifies Delaware’s food resource locations, grocery stores, and data around food insecurity.

SCORP uses the recreation inventory and needs assessment to guide public and private planning, programming, and investment.

Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP)

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…

Delaware’s Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan

Delaware Play Outside Map

The Play Outside map from Delaware State Parks helps find the right park, preserve, trail or playground to help Delawareans head out and play outside.

Delaware Play Outside

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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.

CDC’s Spectrum of Opportunities for Obesity Prevention in Early Care and Education Settings

Explore findings on the effectiveness and economic impact of public health programs, services, and interventions across a range of settings.

The Community Guide

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…

The Guide to Community Preventive Services

The Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

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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.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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

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