Iowa Healthiest State Initiative

Join us at the 5-2-1-0 Summit! on October 22

Learn how to create sustainable, impactful change at your 5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count! site or in your community.

Applications now open for 2020 Awards

We want to reward communities, workplaces, schools and Iowans for leading the efforts to improve the well-being of Iowans!

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5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count!

Make the healthy choice the easy choice at your school, early care site, after-school program or in your home.

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Get free fruits and vegetables with Double Up Food Bucks

If you have a SNAP card, you can double your purchases of fresh fruits and vegetables at participating grocery stores and farmers markets across the state.

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Let's make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation

By engaging worksites, communities, child care providers, schools and individuals, we can inspire Iowans to improve their health and happiness, and ultimately achieve our goal.

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According to the 2017 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index®, Iowa is #21 in the nation when it comes to being physically, emotionally, and mentally healthy. Our ranking has moved since the Initiative was announced, but our overall well-being score has been fairly constant the past five years.

To claim the #1 spot, we have work to do. It’s an ambitious goal, but with your help, we can change Iowa and show the rest of the nation the road to wellness.