[Ailist] healthy eating strategies

[Marti Roach]

Dear Kate

There is a lot of focus in the States on addressing obesity through public
health and community development strategies. These include efforts at policy
change (e.g. making safer, more walkable communities; policies on healthy
school lunches and getting soda machines out of schools). Other efforts
focus on community organizing and fostering programs that support individual
awareness and change.

 

The prevention Institute in Oakland, CA has a number of initiatives that are
foundation funded in this arena of action.  The US Center for Disease
Control also funds multi-million dollar projects targeting high need
communities where there are clear health inequities or high obesity /chronic
disease related to obesity rates.

 

-Marti

 

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Marti Roach, MSW

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Facilitation - Strategic Planning - Grant Writing

PH:   925.376.3853

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[mailto:ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Kate Start
Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 8:01 AM
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Subject: [Ailist] healthy eating strategies

 

Dear Ai-ers, does any one know, or has been involved in, a successful
healthy weight strategy where whole communites, towns etc have been
involved?

 

Many thanks

Kate

London

England

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