News and Press
President Obama proclaims September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and highlights his newly created Task Force on Childhood Obesity to develop solutions and make recommendations on how to respond to the crisis of childhood obesity. Read More.
The August American Dietetic Association’s Weight Management Newsletter’s lead article on afterschool and childhood obesity is by Andi Fletcher, CCS Chief Consultant. Read More.
Senate Bill 1255, authored by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles, would ban Gatorade and other heavily sugared drinks that masquerade as healthful alternatives from California schools. Read More.
The Healthy Behaviors Conference is December 8-10, 2010 in San Diego, CA. It is now accepting workshop proposals and early-bird registration. Read More.
CCS, A World Fit For Kids! and KidTribe met with top Washington D.C. leaders to share how the Healthy Behaviors Changing Lives, Saving Lives Initiative is a cost-effective approach to addressing childhood obesity in California and the nation. Read More.
A study by UCSF of adolescent BMI’s show emerging racial gaps in child obesity, suggesting that public health programs created to fight obesity need to become more widespread. Read More.
Mt. Diablo CARES’ Teen Garden Corps program, which focuses on instilling healthy eating behaviors in teens through organic gardening, celebrated its 2010 Graduation at Bay Point Community Garden on July 29, 2010. Read More.
U.S. Senate passes child nutrition reauthorization with new standards for all school foods and making more low-income children eligible for free and reduced price meals. Read More.
Featured in TIME Magazine, The Case Against Summer Vacation calls attention to the learning loss and weight gain that children of low-income groups experience during summer due to inactivity and the lack of summer learning opportunities. Read More.
Former Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff explains the implications childhood obesity has on our national security, and how schools can play a stronger role in shaping children’s eating and exercise habits.
Childhood Obesity: A Security Issue
by Edmund P. Giambastiani Read More.
CCS and the After School Technical Assistance Unit of the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) announce the selection of six Los Angeles County afterschool programs to establish additional Healthy Behaviors Learning Centers. Read More.
Two HBI Learning Center programs, YMCA of Silicon Valley and Mt. Diablo CARES, are providing healthy meals to low-income children and families this summer.
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House Child Nutrition Reauthorization Unveiled.
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Youth Today highlights HBI Changing Lives, Saving Lives guide in feature story.
June 2010
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Annual Fitness 4 Life triathlon features afterschool students who have trained throughout the year.
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Recommendations from Federal Interagency Task Force on Childhood Obesity recognize role of afterschool in both nutrition and physical activity.
See comments from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation CEO and President. Read More.
National Public Radio's All Things Considered: Soda in America-Children and Families
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May 5, 2010
Michelle Obama Delves Into the Details on Kids’ Obesity at Task Force Meeting
By Robin Givhan
Washington Post Staff Writer, April 10, 2010
Michelle Obama convenes childhood obesity summit that includes key Administration officials. Read More.
CalSERVES, a Healthy Behaviors learning center program sponsors wildly successful Cesar Chavez Health Fair:
- Cesar Chavez Health Fair–the spirit of diversity alive in festivities, food, music, and community
- Roseland health fair draws more than 3,000
Step-by-Step Guide to Developing Exemplary Practices in Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Food Security in Afterschool Programs is Now Available. Read More.
Bill to Reduce Childhood Hunger and Obesity Advances to Senate
Flesh and Stone
By Kathleen Stone
Bill that will improve child nutrition programs passes Senate Agriculture Committee Unanimously. Read More.
Economics and Childhood Obesity
New research published about the relationship between economics and childhood obesity. Read More.
Banning Junk Foods at Schools Can Help Avoid Childhood Obesity, Study Confirms
Study confirms that banning Junk Foods Can help avoid childhood obesity Read more.
Santa Clara Unified School District in Partnership with YMCA of Silicon Valley Earns Certification to Operate as a Healthy Behaviors Learning Center
By Diane Andrews
A state-funded Central YMCA after-school program at Pomeroy Elementary School serving 100 low-income children is one of only three certified Healthy Behaviors Learning Centers in the Bay Area and one of only ten throughout California. This new certification was announced at an October 23 ceremony at the school, 1250 Pomeroy Avenue. Read More.
Healthy Behaviors Afterschool Program Named “Central Coast School District of the Year” by Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
District’s Fitness 4 Life Program Recognized for its Support of Children’s Fitness.
Watsonville, Calif., Sept. 25, 2009
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District has been named Central Coast Region School District of the Year by the 2009 Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Spotlight Awards for its Fitness 4 Life Program. Fitness 4 Life is dedicated to developing skills in youth for a healthier future and serves 22 afterschool sites in Santa Cruz County, allowing 6,000 kindergarten through 8th graders to take part in various alternative high-energy triathlon training activities. Read More.
California Recommendations for Federal Child Nutrition Reauthorization Legislation
SACRAMENTO — State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell announced today he has joined forces with California Health and Human Services Agency Secretary Kimberly Belshé and California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura to urge Congress to reauthorize the federal Child Nutrition Programs. Read More.
More Articles of Interest:
- New Foundation will Bring Americans Together to Target Childhood Obesity
- Only one in three California Students pass state's physical fitness test.
- RWJF Poll Finds Americans Think Disease Prevention Central to Health Reform.
- New research shows strong parental support for healthier schools.
- School garden resources available from the We Garden in Capitol Park project and more.
- Alliance for a Healthier Generation survey of parents finds overwhelming support for increased physical activity and improved nutrition at schools.
- Governors' Summit Promotes Aligned Efforts for Children.
- Leading Health Foundations Say Prevention is Vital to Health Systems Reform.
- Obesity is a Crushing Weight on US Health Care (SF Chronicle article, August 16, 2009).
- America's Best and Worst Burgers.
- Network for a Healthy California-Latino Campaign Offers Free Healthy Latino Cookbook.
- Childhood Hunger in the News: FRAC Releases Report-Ending Childhood Hunger by 2015.
- New Report Finds that Obesity Epidemic is Increasing. F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America.
- Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher provides recommendations to help children eat well, play more and be ready to learn
- New Study Finds Physically Fit Students Perform Better on Academic Tests.
