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:

• To increase membership and strengthen internal and external partnerships.
• To provide opportunities to advocate for nutrition and physical activity legislation and policy at the state and local level.
• To provide vehicles to enhance communication. Priority activities for the current year include:
• Enhancement of the Web site.
• Hosting a Spring 2010 All member meeting planning.
• Revitalization of Maryland Nutrition & Physical Activity Plan Workgroups.

For more information, please see the coalition fact sheet (updated Oct 7, 2009) or the coalition bylaws .

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.