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The Healthy South Carolina Challenge

 

The Healthy SC Challenge is an initiative of South Carolina First Lady Jenny Sanford and SCDHEC.

Resource Links

Click here for more healthy resources in South Carolina.

Cancer/Chronic Disease

• Hollings Cancer Center
• SCDHEC Community Health & Chronic Disease Prevention
• The American Cancer Society
• Your Disease Risk - The Source on Prevention

Children

• Body Fun

Churches

• One denomination's state-wide plan for integrating faith and health
• Lighten Up Forever
• Lighten Up Forever - Church Listing
• Palmetto Project -especially see “Heart and Soul”

Community

• Lowcountry Area Health Education Center

Health Care

• John A. Martin Primary Health Care Center, Dr. Sandy Kammerman
• Novartis Blood Pressure Success Zone
• SC Primary Health Care Association, Marga McKee

Nutrition

• American Diabetes Association
• American Dietetic Association
• BMI Calculator
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• CDC - Healthy Youth!
• Dr. Ann's 10-Steps to Permanent Weight Loss and Lifelong Vitality (pdf)
• Food Guidance System
• Promotion of 5-A-Day messages
• Team Nutrition grants through USDA
• US Department of Health and Human Services - Small Step

Physical Activity

• Active Living Leadership
• American Heart Association
• America On the Move
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• Pedestrian and Biking Information
• SC Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity
• SC Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness

Statistics

• Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System - South Carolina Reports
• Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Facts & Figures 2006 (pdf)
• CDC BRFSS - South Carolina Overweight: By Body Mass Index
• CDC BRFSS - South Carolina Current Smokers
• United Health Foundation - SC State Health Rankings
• The EXPORT Center

Tobacco

• American Cancer Society
• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association of South Carolina
• ASCEND Foundation
• Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• RAGE Against the Haze
• Smokefree.gov
• South Carolina Cancer Alliance
• South Carolina Cancer Prevention & Control
• SCDHEC, Quit for Keeps
• SC DHEC, Tobacco Prevention & Control
• South Carolina Tobacco Collaborative
• The Stop Smoking Center
• Tobacco-Free Kids

Weight/Obesity

• CDC's National Leadership Role in Addressing Obesity
• Moving South Carolina Towards a Healthy Weight(pdf)
• Obesity Fact Sheets