Healthy Arkansas is a comprehensive effort to clearly define specific areas where behavioral changes can lead to healthier citizens. The burden of chronic diseases, including diabetes, stroke, lung and heart diseases, and cancer, is higher in Arkansas than in the nation generally.

Tobacco use, obesity, and physical inactivity are the three primary causes of these and other serious chronic conditions. The Healthy Arkansas website provides strategies to reduce and/or eliminate the three primary behavior-related causes of these diseases with information on nutrition, physical activity and smoking cessation.