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A concrete menu of strategies designed to help you improve nutrition and activity environments on a local level
An online searchable database of promising local policies that affect nutrition and physical activity
In-depth media analysis to help you influence public discussion on nutrition, physical activity, and related chronic diseases
A toolkit for adopting the Taking Action Recommendations in your community
A look at how policy can be a tool to help you make lasting changes to nutrition and physical activity environments

STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

c/o Prevention Institute

221 Oak Street

Oakland, CA 94607
Tel: 510.444.7738
Fax: 510.663.1280

  

The Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments (Strategic Alliance) is a coalition of nutrition and physical activity advocates in California. The Strategic Alliance is shifting the debate on nutrition and physical activity away from a primary focus on personal responsibility and individual choice to one that examines corporate and government practices and the role of the environment in shaping eating and activity behaviors. The Alliance's goal is to benefit the health and wellness of all California residents by promoting environmental solutions and institutional and government policies and practices that support healthy eating and activity. The Strategic Alliance focuses its work on:

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HIGHLIGHTS  

NEW! Joint Use Website Launch

New website helps create safe places for all kids to play.
Prevention Institute joins in launch of www.jointuse.org

Also: Check out The American Academy of Pediatrics'

Joint Use Media Portal

 

NEW! FUNDING PREVENTION IN CALIFORNIA: LESSONS FROM PAST EFFORTS TO RAISE REVENUES

This report explores past efforts to levy taxes and fees to identify and analyze lessons for future proposals to create funding streams for prevention.

  

NEW! Framing Brief:

Talking Upstream

This new framing brief suggests how to create frames that can help people see that environments
affect health.

  

NEW! Endorse Setting The Record Straight:

Nutritionists Define Healthful Food

See what New York times' columnist Mark Bittman and Marion Nestle say about Setting the Record Straight!

  

Realizing the Vision for a Healthy California

Click here to learn how federal stimulus dollars can promote health and well-being in California.

  

CANFIT Launches MO Project

The MO PROJECT is a media competition that encourages youth to get involved in improving the health of their communities. Click here to find out more!

 
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