State and Community Health Media Center | CDC

State and Community Health Media Center | CDC

New Breastfeeding Photos, ‘Move Your Way’ Materials Added to Media Center

In September, the DNPAO staff collaborated with volunteers from the Georgia Breastfeeding Coalition to produce diverse images of women breastfeeding or pumping in everyday settings. Thirteen of these royalty-free photos, such as the one at right, are available in the State and Community Health Media Center at no cost to nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Also, Move Your Way physical activity campaign materials, including social media, are available. Users can add their organization’s logo for a small fee. To access the photos and materials in the Media Center, use the search filters. Click Request this Ad/Material, log in, then complete and submit the request. Photos are immediately available to download. Email schmc@cdc.gov for help finding materials or placing an order.

Obesity Prevention Modules Post for Early Childcare Educators

Healthy Kids, Healthy Future provides practical strategies for early childcare educators to promote healthy weight in young children. The on-demand modules offer background information on obesity prevention and best practice goals to increase physical activity, limit screen time, offer healthy beverages, serve healthy food, and support breastfeeding. Each module provides two hours of professional development credit. Each module is also available in Spanish. The modules are free to access. If a certificate of completion is needed, the fee is $5. Penn State Extension Better Kid Care developed the six-part series in partnership with CDC/DNPAO staff.

Active People, Healthy Nation℠ Design Elements and Healthy State Widget Available

Visit the Active People, Healthy Nation℠ resources page for design elements (including a new animation), badges, advertisements, fact sheets, and sample social media content. This initiative aims to help 27 million Americans become more active by 2027.



The How Healthy Is Your State? widget is a customizable graphic that can be added to your website or blog. It provides a quick and easy way to share your state cholesterol, diabetes, heart attack, high blood pressure, fruits and vegetables, overweight and obesity, physical activity, stroke, and tobacco use data. It now has data from the 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).


See instructions on how to customize and embed the widget. The examples below show national data for obesity on the left and Georgia data for heart attacks on the right.

Upcoming Happenings

Health observances with related social media post suggestions January National Birth Defects Prevention Month Are you pregnant or breastfeeding? Be sure your multivitamin or prenatal supplement has 150 micrograms of iodine. Infants need this essential nutrient to develop their full mental capacity. https://bit.ly/36CVNKh Folic Acid Awareness Week January 5-11 Getting enough folic acid before becoming pregnant can prevent serious birth defects of the brain and spine. Here are three ways to get the recommended daily amount of this important nutrient. https://bit.ly/2oT2RkN  February American Heart Month plus Go Red for Women on February 1 Eating a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight, and getting enough physical activity lower your risk for heart disease and stroke. https://bit.ly/36BO1QV #HeartMonth #ActivePeople World Cancer Day February 4 Did you know that overweight and obesity are associated with at least 13 different types of cancer? Learn what can be done to prevent obesity and promote healthy living. https://bit.ly/33pDPZz #WorldCancerDay #ActivePeople