Presentations and resources are now available from the Maryland Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle Coalition Spring meeting, held on May 1^st, 2012 at the USDA National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, MD. Download the presentations here.

The mission of the Maryland Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle Coalition is to coordinate efforts and resources to increase the number of Maryland residents who eat healthfully and engage in physically active behaviors. This is best accomplished through facilitation of the implementation activities of the Maryland Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan.

The Maryland Healthy Eating & Active Lifestyle Coalition plans to achieve its mission through the following strategies:

• Increase membership and coalition partnerships, both by five percent.
• Work toward passage of state legislation that will support the activities of the Maryland Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan.
• Revitalize one of the workgroups (Business and Industry) from the Maryland Nutrition & Physical Activity Plan.
  

For more information, please see the coalition fact sheet or the coalition bylaws .

The coalition has been granted 501 c 3 status by the Internal Revenue Service.

The Maryland Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan is a
ten-year action plan to reduce the burden of obesity and chronic disease. The goals of the Plan are to encourage and enable the citizens of Maryland to adopt and maintain healthy eating habits and lead physically active lifestyles to prolong the length and quality of life.