{"id":338,"date":"2012-03-05T16:33:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T16:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acsmsoftware.com\/afitesttest\/blog\/?p=338"},"modified":"2014-06-30T13:36:06","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T13:36:06","slug":"building-a-healthier-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acsmsoftware.com\/afitesttest\/building-a-healthier-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Healthier Chicago!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ACSM has been proud to work with Assistant Surgeon General Dr. James M. Galloway in the early years of the ACSM American Fitness Index. Dr. Galloway spoke about the importance of the  data report to the <a title=\"Building a Healthier Chicago\" href=\"http:\/\/www.healthierchicago.org\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Building a Healthier Chicago!<\/em> initiative<\/a> upon the launch of the  program in 2008.<\/p>\n<p><em>Building a Healthier Chicago! <\/em>is a collaborative endeavor between the American Medical Association, the Chicago Department of Public Health, and the Office of the Regional Health Administrator of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services &#8211; Region V.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the campaign is to improve the health of Chicago\u2019s residents and employees through the integration of existing and new public health, medicine and community health activities.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign involves <a title=\"Building a Healthier Chicago programs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.healthierchicago.org\/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&amp;SEC=%7BC4380343-17EC-4305-8FA1-02BEFC08394C%7D\" target=\"_blank\">several programs<\/a> including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">F.I.T. City<\/span>: A restaurant initiative to develop and promote F.I.T. (Fresh, Innovative, and Tasty) menu options through partnerships with restaurants, chefs, culinary schools, health advocates, and community groups.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Focus Community<\/span>: Specific program to help the Austin community, located on Chicago\u2019s west side, gain access to healthy foods. Austin is the most densely populated community within Chicago, but has no chain supermarket thus residents have limited access to healthy foods. Parts of Austin have even been designated as \u201cfood deserts.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Building a Healthier Chicago&#8217;s Agribusiness<\/span>: A project aimed to set up markets in food deserts to give residents access to affordable fruits and vegetables. The program worked with the DePaul University Graduate School of Business to create a simple market concept- sell food for a dollar each &#8211; two apples for a dollar, four potatoes for a dollar, etc.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u201cFederal Employees: Active and Healthy\u2026Working Well\u201d<\/span>: A worksite wellness program for federal employees aimed to improve the culture of the city\u2019s federal workplaces to encourage employee wellness through healthy eating, and various physical activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chicago ranked 28th in the most recent <a title=\" data report\" href=\"https:\/\/americanfitnessindex.org\/report.htm\" target=\"_blank\">ACSM American Fitness Index\u00ae () data report<\/a>, which evaluates the 50 most populous city areas and identifies the healthiest and fittest places in the United States. The metro area earned a score of 48.9 (out of 100 possible points) in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The metro area ranked 34th on personal health indicators related to health behaviors, chronic health problems and health care, and 21st on community\/environmental indicators related to the built environment, recreational facilities, park-related expenditures, physical education requirements and primary health care providers.<\/p>\n<p>Pertinent to Building a Healthier Chicago, only 22.5% of the population reports eating 5+ servings of fruits\/vegetables a day. However, the area has an above average number of farmers\u2019 markets (17.7\/1,000,000).<\/p>\n<p><em>Building a Healthier Chicago!<\/em> operates under the Social Ecological Model, which acknowledges how environmental factors impact the decisions people make. This model combines these multiple perspectives and promotes a healthy environment\/lifestyle suited for the social space in which people live, eat, work and play.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit: <a title=\"Building a Healthier Chicago\" href=\"http:\/\/www.healthierchicago.org\" target=\"_blank\">healthierchicago.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/americanfitnessindex.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/building-a-healthier-chicago\/bahc\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-339\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-339\" title=\"bahc\" src=\"https:\/\/americanfitnessindex.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bahc.png\" alt=\"Building a Healthier Chicago\" width=\"310\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACSM has been proud to work with Assistant Surgeon General Dr. James M. Galloway in the early years of the ACSM American Fitness Index. 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