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RESOURCES
The Strategic Alliance offers a number of resources you can access to make your goals a reality. Hold your cursor over each of the blue boxes on the right for a description of user-friendly tools to create healthier food and activity environments. Click on the boxes to explore.
In addition to the tools located on the right-hand sidebar, the links below connect you to programmatic examples, policies, data and more organizations and coalitions.
Make sure to check out the Tools, Tips and How-to section in each of the following six areas:
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NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DATA
2004 California County by County Profiles on hunger and nutrition (PDF)
California Food Policy Advocates has released county profiles which include
data on eligibility and participation for school lunch, food stamps, summer
meals and CACFP, as well as a series of nutrition and health indicators.
Among the key findings: due to low participation and the 1,400-plus schools
that don't offer school breakfast, California turns away more than $437
million in federal school breakfast funding each year. Given the nutrition
problems in your community, we can't afford to lose any nutrition funding, much less resources of this magnitude.
CA County Food Assistance Binder
Contains recent data on food insecurity, poverty, food stamp usage, school breakfast program usage, national school lunch program usage, WIC usage, and body weight status for low-income children, broken down by individual counties or county groups within California.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
The BRFSS, the world's largest telephone survey, tracks health risks in the United States. You can search for prevalence and trend data nationally and by state for fruit and vegetable consumption, exercise, obesity and overweight.
Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section Statewide Surveys
The Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section of the California Department of Health Services conducts four statewide surveys related to diet and activity among California residents. California Dietary Practices Survey, California Teen Eating, Exercise and Nutrition Survey, and California Children's Healthy Eating and Exercise Practices Survey (phone and diary) all provide critical information to helping California meet State and federal goals for activity and nutrition. This site provides an overview of the surveys, links to the survey instruments and related reports.
The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health
The Child and Adolescent Trial for Cardiovascular Health (CATCH) is a school-based health promotion, study. The four study sites included: San Diego, CA; New Orleans, LA; Minneapolis, MN; Austin, TX and a coordinating center in Watertown, MA. The study includes 96 elementary schools targeting changes in dietary behaviors, physical activity and smoking with 3rd through 5th grade children over three school years.
CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Health Disparities Fact Sheets
Portion Distortion Interactive Quiz
Check to see if you know how today's portions compare to the portions
available 20 years ago, by quizzing yourself on Portion Distortion I (2003)
and Portion Distortion II (2004). You will also learn about the amount of
physical activity required to burn off the extra calories provided by
today's portions.
GENERAL RESOURCES
CDC Prevention Research Centers
Center for Advanced Studies in Nutrition and Social Marketing
Citations examining the connection between specific food intake and obesity
University of South Carolina Prevention Research Center
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ORGANIZATIONS AND COALITIONS
Active Living Leadership
American Council on Exercise
California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program
California Center for Public Health Advocacy
California Park and Recreation Society
California Project Lean
YMCA of the East Bay
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
City of Berkeley Department of Public Health
California Association for Health Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
California Center for Physical Activity (CA Department of Health Services)
California Obesity Prevention Initiative (CA Department of Health Services)
Fresno University of California Cooperative Extension
Healthy Transportation Network California
Let's Get Physical Challenge
Local Government Commission
Monterey County Public Health Department
ODYSSEY
Operation FitKids
PE Central: Website for Health and Physical Education Teachers
Project Active Living in Santa Ana
SPARK Physical Education
Sport Time
Sports for Kids
Surface Transportation Policy Project
Team Up For Youth
NUTRITION/PHYSICAL ACTIVITY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
CANFit Program Materials
Nutrition and fitness research, materials, and curricula for health professionals and community members. Available for purchase.
Articles, educational materials, and websites related to adolescent nutrition and body image
Articles, educational materials, and websites related to physical activity
Center for Weight and Health
Contra Costa Child Care Council
Diet and Physical Activity Facts for Children and Adolescents
Feeding Young Children in Group Settings
Feeding Young Children in Group Settings is an educational project developed by the University of Idaho. The project is designed to help you provide a nurturing feeding environment for children. The project integrates concepts from nutrition, child development, and food safety and presents information about best practices in feeding young children.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health
Chapter 4: The effects of physical activity on health and disease.
Sports, Play and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK)
WIC Nutrition Education Review
Report assessing existing nutrition education models and approaches, synthesizing their content and implications for California WIC, and recommends strategic directions for the program.
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