News under ‘Healthy Central Florida’

Healthy Central Florida marked its one-year anniversary in March with the release of the State of Our Health, the first in-depth study of the physical, emotional, and nutritional health of residents in Winter Park, Maitland and Eatonville.  While the study contains bright spots, it documents the alarming health disparities amongst the three communities and underscores [...]

Health Week—a time to walk, run, ride your bike, hear fascinating free lectures on health, shop at our farmer’s markets, take a picture with our big orange surprise and win a prize – or just get out and play in the beautiful weather—kicks off this weekend.  From the Tour de Cure for Diabetes, a 100-mile [...]

Healthy Central Florida, in an effort to spark some friendly—and healthy— competition among Winter Park, Maitland and Eatonville, will host the 1st Annual Mayor’s Sole Challenge from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 beginning at the stage in Central Park on Park Avenue in Winter Park. Healthy Central Florida (HCF), founded [...]

Surrounded by fellow teachers, administrators, friends, family and community leaders, a surprised Winter Park High School Teacher–Meg Pietkiewicz–on June 7 learned she had won the health and fitness challenge introduced by Dr. Mehmet Oz as part of the launch of the Healthy Central Florida (HCF) initiative in February in Winter Park. Her prize is an [...]

Walkers–some fast and some slow–are regularly winding their way through the streets of Winter Park, Maitland and Eatonville on a mission to help turn Central Florida into the healthiest community in the country. The walks, open to anyone of any age, are part of Healthy Central Florida (HCF), a unique community-based partnership aimed at helping [...]