Since the Virginia Department of Health’s (VDH) obesity briefing, Virginia’s Expanding Waistline: How it Affects the Bottomline, in September 2004, VDH’s Division of WIC and Community Nutrition Services (DWCNS) has developed a process for creating a state wide plan addressing prevention and control of obesity in Virginia . In order to assure the participation of stakeholders throughout Virginia , DWCNS conducted 6 regional meetings for our Commonwealth’s Healthy Approach and Mobilization Plan for Inactivity, Obesity and Nutrition (CHAMPION). Special meetings were also held with representatives in Public Assistance, Healthcare/Worksites and for ethnic minority populations.
