Let's Move! Fayetteville

Let’s Move! Fayetteville is the City of Fayetteville’s effort to help improve the health of our community members, especially our children.

There are many ways you can help. Let's Move Fayetteville Together.

Healthy Eating

Find a local Farmers Market.

Find a local food bank.

Find out information about the USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).  If you are eligible for assistance, where the benefits are accepted in your area, and more. 

Find tips about eating healthy on a budget and recipies, create daily food plans, and more at the ChooseMyPlate.gov website.

Find out about Feed Fayetteville, a volunteer organization created to increase awareness, understanding, and informed action to alleviate hunger at the community level.

Find the NWA Local Food Guide. The Northwest Arkansas Local Food Guide will help you to discover where you can find the freshest food grown right here in the four-county region that comprises Northwest Arkansas:  Washington, Benton, Madison and Carroll counties.

Find out about community gardens and the Fayetteville Community Garden Coalition . This site gives tips for starting a garden and has a map that shows all existing gardens.

 

Active Living

Hit the trails to get fit, Fayetteville. Find a trail near you.

Find recreational programs for all ages at Fayetteville Parks, including registration information, schedules, and more.

Find a Fayetteville Park near you, including natural areas, local lakes, dog parks, playgrounds, and more.

Find out about the Fayetteville Boys & Girls Club facilities, activities and programs for the whole family.

 

To Find Out More 

To find more opportunities to get healthy and how you can get involved, go to the Community Link and the  Healthy Community section. 

For more information about the Let’s Move! Fayetteville program contact Julie McQuade at jmcquade@ci.fayetteville.ar.us .

 

 

National Program

Let’s Move! is a comprehensive initiative, launched by First Lady, Michelle Obama. This program is dedicated to solving the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier and able to pursue their dreams. Combining comprehensive strategies with common sense, Let’s Move! is about putting children on the path to a healthy future during their earliest months and years, giving parents helpful information, and fostering environments that support healthy choices. Let’s Move! is about providing healthier foods in our schools, ensuring that every family has access to healthy, affordable food, and helping kids become more physically active.

Everyone has a role to play in reducing childhood obesity; including parents, elected officials from all levels of government, schools, health care professionals, faith-based and community-based organizations, and private sector companies. Your involvement is key to ensuring a healthy future for our children.

Obesity by the numbers

Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled. Today, almost one in every three children in our nation is overweight or obese. The numbers are even higher in African American and Hispanic communities, where nearly 40% of the children are overweight or obese. If we don't solve this problem, one third of all children born in 2000 or later will suffer from diabetes at some point in their lives. Many others will face chronic obesity-related health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and asthma.

Source: http://www.letsmove.gov/