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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
- A Public Health Professional's Guide to Key Land Use and Transportation Planning Policies and Processes
This document is an introduction to the major policies and processes in land use and transportation planning and the ways in which public health professionals can shift them to address health and integrate health-promoting community design.
American Planning Association's recently-approved Policy Guide on Community and Regional Food Planning not only includes findings on the food security, but also touches on food system links with the economy, health, ecological systems, social equity, and native/ethnic food cultures. The document includes APA policy positions on a number of these concerns.
This online resource is a searchable database designed to provide community advocates, health professionals, policymakers, and those working in related fields with concrete examples of local-level policies that have been adopted and/or implemented to improve nutrition and physical activity environments.
- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research: Health DATA Program "Turning Knowledge into Action!"
A good overview of strategies used in a variety of communities.
DIABETES:
As a coordinating leader for diabetes prevention and control in California, the California Diabetes Program is guided by national initiatives and statewide goals, as well as community input. Their work ranges from supporting system-wide improvements in health care delivery systems, to developing peer-to-peer education programs led by community volunteers. They promote proven methodologies including the Chronic Care Model and the team approach to care.
EDUCATIONAL TOOLS:
Nutrition Essentials is a series of lessons will help you make healthful eating and physical activity choices. It provides several tools which give you information you need to make educated choices. Nutrition Essentials contains 5 posters: Food for a Day, How Much Do You Eat, Move It, MyPyramid, and Read It. Nutrition Essentials also includes an interactive CD, NutritionDecision, with games and nutrition education information.
- USDA MyPyramid Tools:
- MyPyramid Plan offers you a personal eating plan with the foods and amounts that are right for you. MyPyramid Tracker offers a detailed assessment of your food intake and physical activity level.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in conjunction with the United States Department of Health & Human Services, has put out a publication that easily explains how to put more fruits and vegetables into a daily diet. The full color, two-sided publication uses three simple steps to help individuals get the right amounts based on their gender and age. These easy-to-read handouts are available in English and in Spanish.
Fruits & Veggies-More Matters health initiative offers expert cooking advice, nutrition information and shopping tips. Most importantly, this program demonstrates that eating MORE fruits and vegetables does matter to all of us. It's a great way to stay healthy and a perfect fit for busy lives.
Give your kids some hands-on experience in the kitchen, and let the Fruit & Veggie Color Champions- teach them about the importance of eating a colorful variety of fruits and veggies. Join the Champions as their escapades take them through games, coloring, puzzles, and rhymes.
Want more good information on how fruits and vegetables affect health and more tips on getting them into your daily diet? Download these free resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
All you need to know about recipes and cooking tips for healthy servings. Whether eating out, snacking on the run, or sitting down to a home-cooked meal, make fruits and veggies a staple in your day.
Champions for Change are committed to helping their families eat more fruits and vegetables and be more physically active. They are also involved in making healthy changes in their neighborhoods.
The Dairy Council of California helps to improve the lives of millions of Californians through nutrition education. Dairy Council of California is a state government entity that is funded by California's dairy producers and processors.
The HealthierUS initiative is a national effort to prevent and reduce the costs of disease, improve people's lives and promote community health and wellness. The site provides credible, accurate information to help Americans choose healthier habits.
The HealthierUS initiative is a national effort to prevent and reduce the costs of disease, improve people's lives and promote community health and wellness. The site provides credible, accurate information to help Americans choose healthier habits.
EVALUATION TOOLS:
- In collaboration with CPNS the Center for Advanced Studies in Nutrition and Social Marketing has compiled a collection of evaluation tools (measure both environmental and individual behavior), which are available on the centers website.
FARM TO SCHOOL INFORMATION:
National Farm to School program connect schools with local farms with the objectives of serving healthy meals in school cafeterias, improving student nutrition, providing health and nutrition education opportunities that will last a lifetime, and supporting local small farmers.
The Community Alliance with Family Farmers is building a movement of rural and urban people to foster family-scale agriculture that cares for the land, sustains local economies and promotes social justice.
- Community Food Security Coalition farmtocollege.org
This site presents information about farm-to-college programs in the U.S. and Canada collected by the Community Food Security Coalition. It also provides links to resources for starting and maintaining farm-to-college programs.
A tool to assist in finding local farms to be utilized andpromote farm to school..
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES:
The Healthy Eating Active Living Collaborative funds mini-grants for short term projects which address childhood obesity, food security, physical activity, or increased fruit and vegetable consumption for low income populations in the following California counties: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba Counties.
The Sacramento Region Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1983 to help people connect with the causes they care about. Our mission is to serve as a leader and trusted partner in expanding philanthropic activity and enhancing its impact for the betterment of our communities. In addition to providing financial assistance, the Foundation also works in partnership with other local organizations to encourage charitable giving and meet community needs.
HEALTH CAMPAIGNS:
Fruits & Veggies-More Matters health initiative offers expert cooking advice, nutrition information and shopping tips. Most importantly, this program demonstrates that eating MORE fruits and vegetables does matter to all of us. It's a great way to stay healthy and a perfect fit for busy lives.
Healthy People 2010 challenges individuals, communities, and professionals indeed, all of us to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, are enjoyed by all.
The purpose of the program is to support individuals and groups in their efforts to increase healthful diets, increase physical activity and reduce tobacco usage and exposure.
HEALTHY RETAIL AND LOCAL PRODUCE:Building Local Food Networks is a peer-to-peer forum for food system organizers. It's a place to exchange ideas with organizers like you who are working to establish local food networks around the country and the world.
Search all of California by city, county, or region for a Farmer's Market in your area.
The Healthy Corner Stores Network (HCSN) will bring together people from across the country to share information about best practices and lessons learned, and to brainstorm about how to address common challenges. If you are working to bring healthier foods into corner or small-scale stores in underserved communities, or just considering getting involved with this work, we welcome your participation in this network.
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op is dedicated to providing the highest quality natural foods and products to our shoppers and being a trusted resource for consumer information.
Provides tools to help you begin the process of adopting a
healthy vending machine policy. These tools will help you to
assess, strategize, and implement a healthier way of eating in
your organization and community.
- UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program: Sustainable Community Food Systems
A resource for research and information to help strengthen
connections between farmers, consumers, and communities.
Whole Foods Market is highly selective about what they sell, dedicated to stringent Quality Standards, and committed to sustainable agriculture. Whole Foods Market believes in a virtuous circle entwining the food chain, human beings and Mother Earth: each is reliant upon the others through a beautiful and delicate symbiosis.
HUNGER:
A complete listing of California Association of Food Banks members by county.
Publications on Hunger and Food Insecurity, Food and Nutrition Programs, Nutrition Education, and various bulletins on Hunger and Food Insecurity in the U.S.
The Community Food Security Coalition (CFSC) is a North American organization of social and economic justice, environmental, nutrition, sustainable agriculture, community development, labor, anti-poverty, anti-hunger, and other groups.
The Sacramento Hunger Coalition is a member voting body comprised of diverse representatives of the Sacramento community. The goal of the Hunger Coalition is to eliminate hunger and food insecurity by assuring that all people are able to provide themselves adequate food for an active and healthy life.
No one should go hungry in America. FNS provides children and low-income people access to food, a healthful diet, and nutrition education. We help nearly one in five people. Check out our programs to see if we can help you or your family.
OBESITY:The mission of the California Obesity Prevention Initiative (COPI) is to reduce the prevalence of obesity and its associated health risks in California through promotion of physical activity and health eating, as well as address the societal, technological, and environmental influences on obesity.
- Article: Food Retailers Partner with Low-Income Communities to Fight Obesity Solutions in Local Access to Fresh, Healthy Food- Oakland, CA (October 12, 2005):
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Resource Directories
Increase daily consumption of fruits and vegetables to the recommended amount,
Increase daily physical activity to a minimum of 30 minutes for adults and 60 minutes for children,
Improve food security, including participation in Federal nutrition assistance programs, especially Food Stamps,
Work toward obesity reduction.
3950 Industrial Blvd. Suite 600
West Sacramento, CA 95691
Phone: 916-556-3344
Fax: 916-446-0427
www.healthedcouncil.org
nutrition@healthedcouncil.org