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About Us

Salt Lake County Weigh Active and Healthy is an obesity prevention program that promotes healthy lifestyles for all of county residents. It is a free program and is available to all residents of Salt Lake County! Weigh Active and Healthy offers fun, family-friendly and exciting, nutrition and physical activity programs throughout the year. No matter what physical activity level you are at, we welcome you to participate! The goal is simply to raise awareness about the benefits of an active and healthy lifestyle.

We encourage everyone to participate in the program with friends or family members. Recent statistics show that people who exercise with others are much more likely to make fitness an integral part of their lives, and are more successful in achieving their health goals.

Currently, 57.3% of all Salt Lake County residents are either overweight or obese. Also, approximately only 33% of the counties residents are eating 2 or more servings of fruits each day and about 22% are eating 3 or more servings of vegetables each day. So join Weigh Active and Healthy and let’s make Salt Lake County the healthiest county in Utah!

How To Sign Up

You can sign up any time in a variety of ways. See the right pane for instructions. Weigh Active and Healthy is a one time sign up program. Once you’ve signed up, you’re in for life but there is no obligation to participate in every program we offer throughout each year.

Weigh Active and Healthy is designed so that you can participate in the programs that you would like to participate in but not feel obligated to do them all.

Current Program Information

Salt Lake County Weigh Active and Healthy: A Lean Initiative
is excited to present
MORE MATTERS: 5-a-Day Fruits & Vegetables Challenge!

The Weigh Active and Healthy More Matters Challenge is designed to help you meet the recommended 5 or more fruits and vegetables a day to attain the right amount of nutrients needed for a healthy diet. This 6-week program begins on Monday, July 21st and ends on Sunday, August 31st. The goal of the challenge is to eat a minimum of 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day.

Each week, you will receive a WEEKLY CHALLENGE which will also include tips and recipes to help you with the challenge. We will post the challenge every Monday and encourage you to participate in these challenges through our blog.

To sign up, send us an Email (lblanck@slco.org) and include the following information: name, age, and home address. Then download and print the Participants Guide and Tracking Sheet for more information and instructions.

We are very excited about the Weigh Active and Healthy More Matters Challenge! The summer is a great time of the year to increase your fruit & vegetable intake, so sign-up today!!!