Strategies

Provide women with information about the risks and benefits of behaviors that affect their health before, during, and after pregnancy

Offer opportunities for adults to play athletic games such as soccer, softball, kickball, basketball, etc. at beginner, intermediate, and competitive levels

Establish plans consistent with personal values and current life circumstances that set goals related to having or not having children; goals often change over time

Promote walking and biking to school through education, incentives, and environmental changes; often called SRTS

Limit access to competitive foods and beverages in schools via restrictions on foods that are not provided through the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program.

Prohibit the sale of unhealthy foods such as sugar sweetened beverages, candy, and other non-nutritious snacks at school fundraisers, often as part of a broader nutrition policy

Create contracts that support community access to existing public, private, or nonprofit facilities before or after business hours; also called joint use, open use, or community use agreements

Increase the price of sugar sweetened beverages (e.g., soda) by adding an excise or sales tax

Ensure appropriate access to 17P, a synthetic version of the hormone progesterone, by identifying high-risk women, reducing barriers to treatment receipt and completion, coordinating care, etc.

Increase the price of snack products high in sugar and fat by adding an excise or sales tax