Welcome to Healthy Living

DASH-NY is Designing a Strong and Healthy New York and encouraging all New Yorkers to make healthy choices by engaging multiple sectors in creating policy, systems and environmental changes that will end the epidemic of obesity.

DASH-NY offers policy analysis, training, technical assistance, and support for sustainable changes that increase access to healthy food and safe places to play and exercise for all New Yorkers.

Highlights from the DASH-NY Coalition Conference - Community Partnerships to End Obesity Disparities DASH-NY held its First Annual Coalition Conference in Troy, NY on March 22, 2013.  To view the live streamed conference video, PowerPoint slides of the presenters and to download a copy of our brochure check out  the conference page.   Resources Healthy Food Procurement Policy for New York State March 2012       Health and Economic Development A resource for the New York Regional Economic Development council meetings. The New York Academy of Medicine, August 2011

Watch Stephen Ritz, a South Bronx teacher/administrator talk about how vertical gardening has transformed his classroom and his student’s lives.