UAB Grand Challenge
The Challenge Alabama’s health is among the worst in the nation. Alabama ranks 46th in obesity, 48th in diabetes, and 49th in cardiovascular disease.
The Goal Moving Alabama out of the bottom ten in national health rankings is a Grand Challenge – one Mona Fouad, M.D., and her team have accepted.
The Plan Advancing good nutrition, physical activity, and preventive wellness, in partnership with Alabama Communities, working through the extensive framework and drawing upon the expertise of the UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center.
Become a
Live HealthSmart
Person
Take simple steps toward better nutrition, physical activity, and prevention and wellness.
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Become a
Live HealthSmart
Restaurant
Boosting good nutrition where we eat makes everyone healthier.
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Become a
Live HealthSmart
Business
Find out how to improve employee wellness, good nutrition, and physical activity.
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Become a
Live HealthSmart
School
A few key actions can transform the health of students and teachers alike.
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Launch Communities
Live HealthSmart Alabama will pilot this initiative in Birmingham-area communities and at UAB. We will expand to other areas in the coming years.
- East Lake
- Bush Hills
- Kingston
- Titusville
- UAB Campus
What's Happening
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Research on healthy aging flourishes with new partnership between Protective Life Corporation and UAB
Birmingham-based Protective Life Corporation and its parent company, Tokyo, Japan-based Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc., committed $3.5 million of gifts locally in 2015 when Dai-ichi acquired Protective. The dedication to being part of building a strong community has continued since that time with $25.9 million of community contributions.Read more... -
Shufflebarger named chief administrative officer for Live HealthSmart Alabama
Live HealthSmart is a comprehensive plan to work with businesses, schools, faith-based organizations and nonprofits in order to make changes to policies, systems and built environments impacting the health of Alabamians.Read more... -
Volunteers go Into the Streets for UAB student-led day of service, community cleanups
For the 22nd year of this university tradition, 139 UAB volunteers worked with six community partners at 14 sites around Birmingham, including Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Sozo Trading and the Live HealthSmart Alabama community cleanup in Kingston.Read more...
Our Collaborators
Live HealthSmart Alabama is proud to join with the more than 90 national, state, and local collaborators who have signed on to assist with the development and implementation of this ground-breaking initiative.
