MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY

Excerpts from the Secretary’s Address at the Prevention Summit
Steps to a HealthierUS advances the President's HealthierUS initiative. The White House initiative marshals all the available resources of the Federal Government to alert Americans to the health benefits of tobacco cessation and modest improvements in physical activity and nutrition.

FOCUS

Now Is the Time for Prevention
"Prevention is the right cause, the right issue, the right time," says U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson in leading a new departmentwide effort, Steps to a HealthierUS.

SPOTLIGHT

Community Grant Awards Set
In September, only 4 months after he announced the availability of $15 million for Steps to a HealthierUS community grants, Secretary Thompson plans to make the awards to successful applicants. The 5-year cooperative agreements will enable selected State, local, and tribal health departments to create sustainable change in communities. Each awardee must focus on diabetes, obesity, and asthma and their related risk factors-physical activity, nutrition, tobacco use, and environmental exposures.

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