Get Healthy Utah is a non-profit organization working to improve healthy eating and active living in Utah. Get Healthy Utah works with school, workplace, and community leaders to influence system level change and provide better opportunities for health.
Get Healthy Utah recognizes that complex behavior issues can only be adequately addressed through partnerships and collaboration. By aligning efforts across sectors, we are better able to get results. We understand that policy, systems, and environmental changes are key to creating a culture of health in Utah. We know that opportunities to be healthy are not equally accessible to all Utahns and that we must focus on changes that create equitable opportunities to ensure improved health and wellness for all.
The mission of Get Healthy Utah is to create a culture of health through engaging multi-sector stakeholders, building partnerships, providing resources, and connecting efforts that support healthy eating and active living. We do this by:
What is prediabetes? Prediabetes is a condition characterized by elevated blood sugar levels which puts you at an increased risk for heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. When diagnosed early, prediabetes can often be reversed. Click here to take the one-minute prediabetes risk test. How can prediabetes be reversed? Losing a small amount of […]
READ MORE >>
On April 17, 2019 Get Healthy Utah held its 5th Annual Stakeholder Retreat. Over 120 stakeholders from a variety of sectors, including healthcare, business, public health, transportation, and education came together to discuss ways to improve the health of Utahns. The focus of the day was on how we can better address social determinants of […]
READ MORE >>
Health education in schools is essential to improving healthy behaviors in children. In July of 2017, the Utah State Board of Education voted to update the Core Standards for Health Education for the first time since 1997. The new standards have added lessons for kindergarten through second grade and address the following six strands: Health […]
READ MORE >>The 2019 Outdoor Recreation Summit will convene at the Dixie Center in beautiful St. George. This annual gathering, now in its sixth year, is the premier conference for outdoor recreation in the state of Utah. Last year, more than 400 stakeholders came together to discuss how to maintain and improve Utah’s outstanding resources. This year’s summit promises […]
October 22 @ 8:00 am - October 24 @ 5:00 pm at
