Established in 2023, the Advancing Healthy Lifestyles Coalition has united partners across sectors to expand access to healthy lifestyle resources and foster lasting community impact. This report highlights key milestones, achievements, and strategic actions that have advanced the Coalition’s mission and goals—reflecting meaningful progress in promoting health and equity statewide.

This comparative analysis of state-level Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention (PANO) Programs was a student led research project by the author, Esther Dawley, under the supervision of the Advancing Healthy Lifestyles Coalition Policy Committee. This effort, which was conducted over several weeks and completed in May 2025, examines five comparison states (Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware) and identifies common themes and key take-aways.

The Advancing Healthy Lifestyles (AHL) Coalition, launched by the Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention (PANO) Program, aims to unite coalitions and partners to promote healthy living and equity.

Advancing Healthy Lifestyles (AHL) is part of the Division of Public Health’s Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention (PANO) Program. AHL’s goal is to reduce adult and childhood obesity, along with other chronic conditions, to achieve long-term health equity for schools, communities, and workplaces throughout Delaware.

Your Delaware resource for everything you need to prevent, test and treat chronic diseases. Discover the power you have to make lifestyle changes!

The Division of Public Health’s Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention Program (PANO), positioned within the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Section, promotes healthier lifestyles in Delaware by focusing on the critical roles of physical activity and nutrition in preventing obesity. This plan, a result of collaborative efforts with PANO’s committed partners, outlines a strategic path forward to support healthier communities and guide future obesity prevention efforts across the state.

The State Health Assessment (SHA), State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), and the Division of Public Health’s strategic plan are required for states seeking accreditation from the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). The SHIP outlines how the health department and community will address issues identified in the SHA. It helps set priorities, guide resources, and shape programs and policies to improve population health.

The Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Obesity Prevention (PANO) Program uses a public health approach to addressing the role of physical activity and nutrition in improving health and preventing chronic diseases for all Delawareans.

Achieving a healthier lifestyle can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be! Small changes to your daily habits can go a long way toward improving your well-being and helping you avoid chronic illness.

A graphical, easily digestible double-sided fact sheet that summarizes the Burden of Chronic Disease in Delaware 2024 report. It contains high-level findings in several key areas, including demographics; social determinants of health; leading causes of death, disability, and health care costs; achievements in chronic disease risk factors; and more.

The Burden of Chronic Disease in Delaware 2024 summarizes the current state of chronic diseases in Delaware. This is an update to, and expansion of, Chronic Disease in Delaware: Facts and Figures, published in 2019 by the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), Division of Public Health (DPH). This report summarizes how chronic diseases impact population health in Delaware and how these disease patterns compare to national data.

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Parks and Recreation’s Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) tracks the state’s recreation inventory, identifies needs for infrastructure and programs and guides public and private planning and investment to meet those needs.

Obesity in Delaware is growing. 33.9% of Delawareans were obese in 2021. 37.9% of delawareans were obese in 2022. Get tips on how to reverse this trend.

This single-sided fact sheet breaks down each statistically significant chronic disease and the percentage of deaths it has caused. Features an easy-to-read pie chart of chronic diseases, from deadliest to least deadly, alongside detailed information on progress vs. setbacks of each individual disease. Information featured via the Burden of Chronic Disease in Delaware 2024 report.

This double-sided fact sheet covers high-level details on the risk factors that contribute to chronic disease, including risk factor definitions, demographic breakdowns, and areas of improvement vs. deficit. The risk factors are physical inactivity, poor nutrition, obesity, tobacco use, and excessive alcohol use or binge drinking.

These three fact sheets highlight the impact that small changes can have on your health. Learn how small trades in your daily nutrition or physical activity habits can reduce risk of obesity and other related chronic diseases.

A Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) is a systematic process used to identify and analyze the health needs of a specific community. It involves comprehensive data collection and analysis to determine the community's health priorities and critical issues. The CHNA aims to leverage the results to spur community change and improve health outcomes.

CDC’s Spectrum of Opportunities Framework guides state and communities in their Early Care and Education (ECE) work to help identify how healthy growth and obesity prevention policies and activities can be embedded into ECE settings.

This messaging guide is designed to equip advocates and organizers with the communication tools they need to make an effective case for green space equity.

This resource guide aims to empower readers by offering information about diabetes and includes links to national directories for diabetes prevention and management vendors.