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• Alaska health survey finds e-cigarette use quadrupled from 2010 to 2013
  ADN: E-cigarette use among adults in Alaska is on the rise as tobacco use is falling, according to the state Department of Health and Social Services.
• School district report tracks student obesity
  Peninsula Clarion: One in every three students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is either overweight or obese. This ratio has held steady for at least the past three years.
• State anti-obesity program takes on sugary drinks (p. 10)
  FDNM: Avoiding sugary drinks is trickier than you think.

Section announcements

New reports, publications, resources and announcements - Archive 

• Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Program - Annual Report FY2015
  
• 2016 Alaska Chronic Disease Brief Report - Posted 04/04/16
• 3 important radio PSAs from the Alaska Diabetes Prevention and Control Program and Living Well Alaska:
• Do you have Prediabetes? Take the test to find out>
  
• Learn how to better manage your diabetes - Take a Diabetes Self-Management Class>
• Improve your health and feel better - Take a Chronic Disease Self-Management Class>
• 2014 BRFSS Survey Highlights - [2016] - POSTED 03/14/16
• Cancer Incidence Data and Statistics 1996-2013 - POSTED 02/12/16
• 2015 Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Preliminary Highlights POSTED 02/02/16
• The Alaska School Salad Book and Family-Size Recipe Cards - POSTED 01/28/16
• 2015 Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Results and Presentations for Traditional and Alternative High Schools - POSTED
  
• Cancer Mortality Data and Statistics 1996-2013- POSTED
• Prevent Adult Falls with Physical Activity - 2015 Radio Ad
  
• Announcing our Public Health Webinar Series - Web Page
  

• Alaska Tobacco Facts - 2015 Update [2015] - POSTED
  
• Alaska Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System releases the 2013 BRFSS Highlights [2015] - POSTED
• Alaska Farmers' Market-Quest Program Report - 2014 [2015] - POSTED
• Alaska Obesity Facts: Weight Status in Alaska [2015 update] - POSTED
• 2013 Alaska Poison Prevention and Control Fact Sheet [2015] - POSTED
  
• Quest at the Market: Cooking with Fresh Alaska Chef Rob Kinneen Videos - Posted on the Quest Farmers Market page>
• Alaska Obesity Facts: The Cost of Obesity in Alaska [2014] - POSTED
• Alaska Obesity Facts: Physical Education Policies & Practices [2014] - POSTED
• Alaska Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan - 2011-2015 - POSTED
• 2014 Alaska Chronic Disease Brief Report
• Cancer Mortality Rates for Alaska, 1996 to 2012 have been posted on the Alaska Cancer Registry site
  
• 2013 Alaska YRBS Highlights
• State of Alaska Gold Standard School Wellness Policy
  
• 2014 Alaska Obesity Facts
• 2014 Alaska Tobacco Facts
• 2011-2012 Alaska BRFSS Highlights (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) - POSTED
• 2013 Final Report: Alaska Farmers’ Market - Quest Program
• Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Annual Report FY2013 - POSTED
• Print Version - POSTED
• Student Weight Status: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District [2014] - POSTED
• Introducing a new resource for Alaska - Safe and Healthy Me!