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Upcoming Conferences: 2009 School Wellness Conference, Anaheim, CA October 6-7

Proceedings: 2007 California Childhood Obesity Conference available for download

2008 California Food Guide (CFG)

Upcoming CWH Seminars:

Upcoming Seminars: UCB, Bay Area

Taking Action Together

Nutrition Education in School Food Service Tool Kit

Asian Language Brochures on Nutrition and Physical Activity-now available in Cambodian and Lao in addition to Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Hmong and English translations

Book- Everybody’s Different: A positive approach to teaching about health, puberty, body image, nutrition, self-esteem and obesity prevention now available

New CWH papers available: Potential Impact of Menu Labeling of Fast Foods in California

Practical Strategies for Managing and Preventing Childhood Obesity: Saturday, September 13, 2008, Monterey, CA. Presented by the Dept of Pediatrics at Stanford Univ School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. Sponsored by Stanford Univ School of Medicine.

The California Childhood Obesity Conference is a biennial event. The next conference will be held in January, 2009.


 

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2009 School Wellness Conference

October 6-7, 2009

Anaheim, CA

Presented by
California School Boards Association
California Department of Education
California Department of Public Health

New topics, workshops, presenters and much more!
This two-day conference highlights what districts/COEs need to know about student and school wellness.

Conference goals:

Address critical health issues and their link to student academic achievement, such as physical education and activity, nutrition, mental health, oral health, diabetes, indoor air quality, asthma and more.

Focus on school governance and leadership discussions to leverage and expand school wellness policy development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

Bring together school and community leaders to share collaborative and coordinated school health approaches and other successful strategies in creating healthier students and school communities.

Address health disparities through fostering an environment of support, encouragement and commitment to accelerate a cultural shift toward healthier students and increased academic achievement.

Who should attend?
School board members, superintendents, principals, school nurses, food service personnel, physical education and general education teachers, parents, students, community health advocates, nutritionists, state and county public health personnel, researchers and community organizations.

Visit  http://swc.csba.org/ for information and registration.

 

Proceedings: 2007 California Childhood Obesity Conference

Proceedings from the 2007 California Childhood Obesity Conference are now available. Download the Executive Summary, as well as individual session reports: Family and Family Resources, School and School Resources, Health Care and Health Care Resources, Community and Community Resources, and Marketing and Marketing Resources.

Visit the 2007 California Obesity Conference pages : view the conference agenda, topics and speakers, and download available materials presented during the January 2007 conference.

The California Childhood Obesity Conference is a biennial event.

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2008 California Food Guide (CFG)

The 2008 California Food Guide (CFG) replaces the 1990 version of the California Daily Food Guide. It is designed for physicians, nurses, nutritionists, academic institutions, registered dieticians, health educators and others to download, print and distribute copies as needed. Compiled primarily by The California Department of Health Care Services and the California Department of Public Health, the 2008 California Food Guide examines the unique needs of age groups, racial and ethnic groups and low-income populations. It details nutrition needs for pregnant and breastfeeding women and gives an insightful look at how nutrition impacts obesity, diabetes and heart disease. There is also information on vegetarian diets, environmental contaminants in foods, food insecurity and other current topics to promote healthy eating habits and physical activity for Californians.

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Taking Action Together

Taking Action Together (TAT) is a YMCA-based program designed to reduce type 2 diabetes risk among low-income overweight African American children, 9-11 years of age.  This multi-disciplinary project was developed in collaboration with experts in nutrition, exercise physiology, public health, psychology, medicine, education, and cultural sensitivity.  It involved academics and practitioners from numerous universities and community organizations. Sample lessons are available for download.

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tool kit

Nutrition Education in School Food Service Tool Kit

For most children, school is the largest source of meals eaten outside of the home.  School food service offers an ideal setting for experiential learning around food for children and for engaging parents in modeling healthy eating habits at home.  The goal of the Nutrition Education in School Food Service Tool Kit is to take advantage of the potential of school food service settings to positively influence children’s eating – both at school and at home.  The tool kit is designed for use in elementary schools, particularly those serving low-income populations.  Activities are included for food service staff to use in school as well as for parents to use at home.

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Asian language pamphlets on nutrition and families now available

The risk of obesity among Asian-American children increases the longer they are in the United States. Agencies and heath organizations serving this population have expressed the need for educational materials focused on helping children achieve healthy weights. Materials, currently available as downloads from our website, are written in Cambodian, Lao, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Hmong and English.

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Everybody’s Different: A positive approach to teaching about health, puberty, body image, nutrition, self-esteem and obesity prevention

by Dr Jenny O’Dea, past visiting scholar at the Center.

Overweight and body image concerns in children and adolescents are increasing. Overall body dissatisfaction in young people has increased dramatically in the last few decades, with a heightened prevalence of dieting, eating disorders, obsessive exercise and steroid abuse. Everybody’s Different details how to apply a proven self-esteem approach in schools, community settings and clinical situations to improve body image conceptions, prevent eating disorders and obesity, and foster health, nutrition and physical activity in young people. An ideal reference and resource book for anyone working with young people—particularly primary and secondary school teachers and university students—

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New CWH papers available

Potential Impact of Menu Labeling of Fast Foods in California
California, like the rest of the nation, is experiencing an obesity epidemic. Today, nearly 60% of Californians are either overweight or obese. To understand the range of possible consumption and weight outcomes of providing calorie information on menu boards, this analysis explores different assumptions about the percentage of people who frequent fast food restaurants and see calorie information. Americans spend almost half of their food dollars on foods prepared outside the home, and the largest single source of food consumed away from home is fast food. Research shows that consumers are unable to estimate the calories in food accurately, and that even trained nutritionists cannot make accurate estimates without detailed information. Consumers also report using information available on food labels and have expressed interest in readily available calorie information on menus and menu boards.  Posting calories would provide visible, easy-to-locate information to consumers and has the potential to reverse the trajectory of the obesity epidemic in California. 

 

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