Durham is known as the “City of Medicine,” and strives to foster a healthy, active community for all citizens to enjoy through encouraging healthy behaviors. Cyclists, hikers and joggers enjoy a number of clubs and events, and the City’s Department of Parks and Recreation offers a wide variety of facilities and programming to keep kids and adults trained and entertained throughout the year.
The city’s strategy for healthy eating begins by instilling positive dietary habits at the early developmental stages of life, by using programs in the public school system that help promote healthy eating. This strategy extends through the age-demographic spectrum by providing outreach to the elderly and low-income citizens through program’s like Winner’s Circle and DINE for LIFE (Durham’s Innovative Nutrition Education for Lasting Improvements in Fitness and Eating).