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Preparing for the Challenges of Losing Weight: Are You Ready?

Losing weight is one of the top New Year’s Resolutions. After the abundance of the holiday season many of us are gearing up to pay more attention to what we are eating and become more physically active.  [full story]

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Recreational Activities

Trails and Walks

Asheville Arboretum

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The North Carolina Arboretum is a 426-acre public garden located within the Bent Creek Research and Demonstration Forest of the Pisgah National Forest. Surrounded by the dense folds of the botanically diverse Southern Appalachian Mountains, the Arboretum is nestled in one of the most beautiful natural garden settings in America. [more]


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Fitness & Nutrition News

Special Screening: Retrofitting Suburbia

Join the Asheville Design Center and Buncombe County Department of Health in a free screening of Retrofitting Suburbia, the opening episode of a provocative new PBS series Designing Healthy Communities.

The film will be followed by a short question and answer session with public health and design professionals.

When: Wednesday, April 25th 5:30-7:00
Where: Lord Auditorium at Pack Place Library, 67 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville

Public health is traditionally associated with issues such as poor sanitation, disease control, and health services for women and children. We now realize that how we design our communities may hold tremendous potential for improving many of the nation's current public health concerns.

Narrator Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, looks at the impact our built environment has on key public health indices - obesity, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, cancer and depression. Dr. Jackson connects bad community design with growing health costs, then analyzes and illustrates what architects, planners and citizens are doing about this urgent crisis by looking upstream for innovative solutions. You may view the trailer for this episode by visiting : DesigningHealthyCommunities.org

Smoking Ban Successful in Buncombe County

By Karen Caldwell

The North Carolina Smokefree Restaurants and Bars law went into effect in January, and complaints about Buncombe County businesses allowing smoking have dwindled. [more]

Project ASSIST Coalition Wins Prize for National Video Contest

Project ASSIST Tobacco Prevention Coalition won 2nd place in a national video contest sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. The “Celebrating Smoke-free Voices Video Contest” was an opportunity to motivate women to quit smoking and remain smoke-free. The video, “Because!” was produced by the Coalition with help from BCTV, the county’s Government Access Channel. [more]

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Quick Clicks

Healthy Buncombe Membership Wiki - This site is designed to assist our coalition memberships in sharing information and workspace among members.

Healthy Buncombe Videos - You can find our latest videos and other related stuff here.

MoveAbout - Check out the new site for the Movabout wellness program. You can also find out more on our MoveAbout page.

Bicycle Commuter's Guide - Download this guide from the City of Asheville and the Asheville Bicycle & Pedestrian Task Force for great information on making your trip into work on your bike!

Healthy Buncombe Stuff - Find out how to get exclusive Healthy Buncombe Merchandise

Worksite Wellness - Is your worksite's answer to wellness diet soda in the vending machine? Take a look at some ideas for taking the wellness up a knotch in your office.

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