Denver HEAL (Healthy Eating Active Living) is a shared page for the City & County of Denver’s community-focused work on healthy food access, active living, and health equity. Our goal is to make the healthy choice the fun & easy choice too!
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Denver Community Active Living Coalition (CALC) is a diverse coalition of community members who care about health and safety through physical activity.
We envision a city with safe, convenient & fun spaces to walk, roll, bike and take transit where residents of all ages and abilities can connect to their environment and one another. Learn more at https://www.denvercalc.org/
Denver Safe Routes to School (SRTS) serves school communities to create safe and equitable places and opportunities that enable physical activity, lowers the obesity rate and risk while traveling to and from school. Learn more at https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Departments/Department-of-Transportation-and-Infrastructure/Programs-Services/Safe-Routes-to-School
Denver CALC & Denver SRTS are programs in Denver Department of Transportation & Infrastructure, a modern agency focused on increasing mobility and safety while reducing congestion and fighting climate change. Learn more at: https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Departments/Department-of-Transportation-and-Infrastructure
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Food System Policies
Many Denver residents, especially children, have limited access to healthy, affordable foods and beverages. Limited access to nutritious food can result in poor health. Creating healthy communities is not just about changing individual behaviors, it is also about changing the environments in which people live, work, learn and play. The Denver Healthy Corner Store Initiative is working to increase the access to healthy foods in Denver neighborhoods that do not have many grocery stores. Strategies include improving the small-scale food distribution system and trying to make healthy food sales profitable for retailers and affordable for residents. Find out more here: http://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/environmental-health/community-health/healthy-corner-stores.html
DEH is a proud partner in creating a common agenda and a unified food system vision for Denver. For more information on the Food Vision and Action Plan, please visit https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/denver-office-of-economic-development/housing-neighborhoods/HealthyFoodandFoodVision.html
The above programs from Denver Department of Public Health & Environment (DDPHE). As Denver's nationally accredited local public health agency, DDPHE is dedicated to advancing Denver's environmental and public health goals. DEH works collaboratively with city, state and community partners to conduct education, community engagement, and enforcement to ensure healthy people, healthy pets, and a sustainable environment. Our mission is to create a city with a world class environment and healthy communities for all ages and incomes, and where the well-being of our pets also matters.
