Government and its partners are doing many things to support healthy living in this province.

With the release of Achieving Health and Wellness: Provincial Wellness Plan for Newfoundland and Labrador, government outlined its actions for wellness for the next three years (2006 – 2008).

• Expand the Healthy Students, Healthy Schools initiative to create school environments that support healthy living for children, youth and the larger school community.
• Expand healthy living community-based programs and initiatives throughout the province to support the wellness priorities.
• Develop and implement a Wellness Grants Program to support health promotion initiatives that address the wellness priorities
• Release and implement Eating Healthier in Newfoundland and Labrador: Provincial Food and Nutrition Framework and Action Plan.
• Implement the Provincial Tobacco Reduction Strategy.
• Implement a Social Marketing Strategy to complement the programs, services and environments that promote and support wellness.
• Establish new regional health promotion and community development positions in each of the regional health authorities to strengthen the capacity for health promotion.
• Allocate regional program funding to regional health authorities for the development and implementation of programs and initiatives to support increased efforts for health promotion.
• Establish additional programs and human resources at the provincial level to enhance health promotion capacity to address and support wellness initiatives across the province.
• Develop a Provincial Injury Prevention Strategy based on a review of current injury prevention practices.
• Implement School Food Guidelines to support the serving and selling of healthy foods in schools.