A web-based survey, conducted in October 2008, gathered information about objectives in the plan and sets priorities for 2009. View links below for survey results.

This plan updates and combines two documents published in 2003, the State Physical Activity Plan and the Statewide Public Health Nutrition Plan. The result is a single, improved comprehensive plan aimed at improving the health and well being of all residents of Oregon.

Prepared with guidance from the state's Public Health Division Physical Activity and Nutrition Program, it represents the work of dozens of organizations and institutions committed to increasing daily physical activity and access to healthy foods and the reduction of chronic diseases for all Oregonians.

Childhood obesity is a looming public health crisis that has crept up on us through the cumulative effects of many small changes in our environment that effect our patterns of physical activity and nutrition.

This 13-member task force, chaired by Dr. Bruce Goldberg, Director of the Oregon Department of Human Services, was created by the 2007 Legislature to study obesity prevention and treatment and to develop ways to decrease the burden of obesity in Oregon. The group included Senators Margaret Carter and Jeff Kruse, Representatives Tina Kotek and Scott Bruun, as well as, university experts and state health officials. This task force was charged with drafting a proposal to the legislature by October 2009. This is their report.

How-To Guide for Oregon Schools and Communities on Enabling and Encouraging Kids to Walk and Bike to School