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Recommended Links

Tools for personal change

  • Michigan Steps Up Create your own personal plan, set goals and record your achievements or find tools for communities, healthcare settings, businesses, schools
  • America on the Move Create personal or group active living and/or healthy eating goals and recieve tips on how to achieve them
  • Small Steps Discover small changes you can make that will help you become more active and eat healthier
  • www.mypyramid.gov Create your own personal food guide pyramid
  • St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Health classes
  • Health Exploration Station Interactive programs for pre-school through high school students on a variety of health topics, a St. Joseph Mercy Health - Canton program
  • M-FIT The health promotion division of University of Michigan Health System
  • M-Fit Cooking Classes Cooking classes focused on helping you eat more healthfully in "delicious, delightful and entertaining ways"
  • Healthy Communities Free walking program for residents of Chelsea, Manchester and Dexter

Tools for community and environmental change

  • Make MI Air Smokefree The Campaign for Smokefree Air (CSA) is a grassroots coalition committed to creating smokefree workplaces in Michigan.
  • Active Living by Design Increasing Physical Activity through Community Design
  • Strategic Alliance Promoting healthy food and activity environments in five key sectors: children's environments, government, industry practices, health care systems, and media.
  • Michigan Health Tools This State of Michigan site has healthy lifestyle tools designed for Michigan businesses, schools, churches, and communities.
  • Washtenaw County Active Living Healthy Eating Workshop (2003) Presentations, programs and local data from the Healthy Eating Active Living workshop.
  • Washtenaw Steps Up A Washtenaw County Public Health led project that assists local health coalitions enact policy and community environment change, making it easier for residents to be active, eat healthy foods, and not smoke.
  • Community Health Resources Database From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an online portal to resources, tools, guides and other useful materials to help you develop, implement, and evaluate health initiatives.
  • Workplace Wellness Initiatives (2005)

Community data links

Last updated 7/8/08