Healthy Eating and Active Living

The Healthy Eating Active Living unit (HEAL) strives to create an environment that encourages all in Cambridge to eat healthy and be physically active in their everyday lives. We believe that everyone in Cambridge should have access to healthy food and opportunities to be active, and that these should be safe and affordable, while reflecting the rich diversity of our city.

Contact

  • Brigitte DeVeau MS, RD, LDN
    Manager, Public Health Nutrition Services, Healthy Eating Active Living
  • 617-665-3759

Healthy Choices

Our goal for Cambridge is to be a place where the healthy choice is the easy choice. We collaborate with residents, community-based organizations, and city departments toward a shared goal of influencing change to public health policies and systems within the city. HEAL also facilitates the Food and Fitness Policy Council and coordinates a priority area of the Community Health Improvement Plan, a citywide partnership for community health. 

Cambridge in Motion

Cambridge in Motion is our citywide initiative of partnerships that enables an equitable environment, making it easier for all people in Cambridge to have access to healthy, affordable, culturally appropriate food options and stay physically active. The initiative is coordinated by the Cambridge Public Health Department.

If your program or organization would like assistance in offering healthy food and activity to those who live, work, and study in Cambridge, let us know.

 

Updated: January 11, 2024