Pushing for Prevention:

A Look at Industry and Government Practices

In this alert:  Where's the Fruit? backed by the 'Good Housekeeping Seal'  CA Launches New Public Health Department: Potential for Prevention?  Prevention Institute is Hiring  Preview Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well-Being

Where's the Fruit? backed by the 'Good Housekeeping Seal'

Exposing the deceptive packaging of over half of the most aggressively marketed children's foods, Where's the Fruit? now lines the coffee tables of millions of households. The research study, released in January by Prevention Institute and the Strategic Alliance, is currently featured in the August issue of Good Housekeeping magazine (p. 97). As the magazine warns readers of "sneaky" food packaging, other headlines highlight Pepsi's recent and embarrassing admission - it’s best selling Aquafina bottled water is nothing more than tap water. Despite images of snow capped mountains implying a mountain spring water source, the Aquafina bottles are just one more example that we can't count on labels. Don't subscribe to Good Housekeeping? Click here to read the article featuring Where's the Fruit? or follow this link to read the Strategic Alliance recommendations to help the food and beverage industry better address nutrition labeling and marketing to children.

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California Launches New Public Health Department: Potential for Prevention?

"A platform to raise some really important issues...” comments Larry Cohen of the recent California Department of Health Services split, featured July 25th in California Healthline, a publication of the California HealthCare Foundation. The newly differentiated Department of Public Health “…makes it clear that public health is not just about medical care after the fact.” Click here to read the full Healthline article or follow this link to read Prevention Institute’s recommendations for putting prevention at the center of California’s health care reform efforts.

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We're Hiring

Prevention Institute is seeking to fill several positions. Click here to access the full job descriptions and spread the word to others who might be interested.

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Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well-Being

More than an academic text, Prevention is Primary is intended to inspire a new generation of community leaders with the power of primary prevention in practice. Consider Prevention Institute's text for your colleagues, your class, or the prevention leader in you.  To preview and purchase Prevention is Primary, click here.

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