Nashville residents have increased opportunities for active commuting and recreational physical activity. Healthy foods are more accessible at corner stores, school cafeterias and worksites.

Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson discusses how public policies, like complete streets, can help support community prevention and public health.

Through funding from the Federal Office on Violence against Women, the Idaho Coalition against Sexual & Domestic Violence has engaged the public health community--birthing hospitals, pediatricians, OB/GYN, nurses--in the "Four out of Five Babies Go Home to a Safe, Loving Family. Let's Help Number Five" statewide prevention campaign.

Fort Collins, Colorado, is building upon the friendly competitiveness within its business community. Companies were willing to invest in the health of employees so LiveWell Fort Collins staff have focused on education and technical assistance to increase the number of businesses providing worksite wellness strategies.

In Miami, draft regulations that set nationally recognized minimum minutes of physical activity, screen-time restrictions, and nutrition standards for all licensed day care centers are currently being piloted with 887 day care centers, reaching 63,427 children.

WeTHRIVE! is a collaborative movement focused on changing social norms by creating policy, systems and environmental changes, with the ultimate goal of promoting healthy eating and physical activity in Hamilton County.

In 2009, changes to the WIC food package were implemented to bring it in to line with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The changes were designed to promote healthier food choices among WIC participants in order to improve birth outcomes, promote healthy child development, and prevent child obesity.

In response to data from California WIC Association (CWA) and UC Davis Center for Human Lactation

WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors are available in over half of the 84 local WIC agencies in California. These specially trained mothers assist other mothers, to prepare for, initiate and maintain breastfeeding.

The city of Richmond, California was one of the first cities in the country to develop a comprehensive general plan element that addresses the link between public health and community design.