Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity (PANA)

Posted by on February 3, 2006

[posted from PA Nutrition Education Network newsletter]

Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity (PANA)

PANA?s Keystone Healthy Zone Schools program is a free, annual program that provides schools with resources, materials, training, support, events, and funding to make sustainable improvements to offer healthier food and more physical activity. In spring 2005, 1,133 schools enrolled in the program (representing 64 percent of the state?s school districts). PANA and the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources partnered to develop the Keystone Active Zone Program which debuts to the public in the spring of 2006. It helps counties promote close-to-home parks and recreation with a website and passport incentive program designed to link with schools, workplaces and other community organizations (http://www.keystoneactivezone.com). PANA also partnered with the PA Department of Health and the state?s health care community to develop a communications kit to help school nurses and health care providers communicate consistently with parents about the new growth screening requirements in schools.

For more information, visit http://www.panaonline.org.