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The Los Angeles Collaborative for Healthy Active Children was formed to
address the epidemic of overweight and unfit children in Los Angeles County.
It is comprised of a group of over 100 stakeholders including school
districts, Head Start providers, health care providers, community-based
organizations, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health programs,
County and City Department of Parks and Recreation, faith-based organizations,
the Network for a Healthy California, the American Heart Association,
the American Diabetes Association, the American Cancer Society, the Dairy
Council of California, the California Food Policy Advocates and many more!
If you would like to join our growing collaborative, please
click here
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December Quarterly Meeting
Updates
Thank you to all members
who attended our RETHINK YOUR DRINK Quarterly Meeting!
Materials from the Meeting:
American Academy of Pediatrics
Corinn Cross, MD
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Susan Babey, PhD
Rethink Your Drink Resources
Michelle Haan, MPH
Rethink Your Drink Resources Handout
Collaborative Member Commitments
September Quarterly Meeting Updates
Thank you to all members who attended our September
Quarterly Meeting!
Please SAVE THE DATE for our December Meeting
Thursday, December 3rd
9:00am-12:30pm
Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE): 9300
Imperial Hwy, Downey, CA 90242
Materials from the September Meeting:
Parents in Action Toolkit
Vilma Hernandez, Health Educator, Project Lean
91 Days of
Walking: PA Presentation
Ismael Aguila, PA Specialist - Network for a Healthy
California--Los Angeles Region
Corina Martinez, PA Outreach Specialist - Network for a
Healthy California--Los Angeles Region
Marc Saenz, Worksite Program Coordinator - Network for a
Healthy California--Los Angeles Region
Regional Sharing Forum
Materials
What Inspires
Parents to Action?
Suzanne Bogert, Project Director, Network for a Healthy
California--Los Angeles Region
USDA Core Nutrition Messages Handout
Champion Mom Billboards Handout
Healthy School Food Coalition
Elizabeth Medrano, Organizer Healthy School Food
Coalition, Center for Food & Justice, UEPI
Fit Families for Life
Dennis Carrillo, Health Education Specialist, Health Net
Parents In Action! Parent
Conference Presentations
To access presentations
from the Parents In Action! event on June 6th, 2009,
please
click here
Eating
Right When Money's Tight: Useful Resources and Weblinks
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The following
resources are provided to assist
SNAP-Ed providers
working with
participants in an environment of rising food
prices.
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Manage Your Food
Dollars Wisely
USDA.
NAL.
SNAP-Ed Connection.
A collection of
web-available, print-ready nutrition education
materials focused on food resource management,
includes shopping tips, food budgeting handouts,
thrifty cooking ideas and more. |
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Money for Food
University of
Wisconsin Extension. Wisconsin Nutrition
Education Program.
The Money for Food
Curriculum is designed to help families with
limited resources become more food secure. The
series of 12 lessons teach meal planning and
food resource management skills. Individual
lesson plans and support materials are available
in PDF
format online. |
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Eat Well for Less
Web based Learning: Stretching Food Dollars
Oregon State
University. Extension Service.
Eat Well For Less is a
series of self-paced, web-based learning modules
offering ideas about how to meet some of the
challenges of running a household. The modules
are available in English or Spanish. The
program’s goal is to share useful information
about how to plan healthful meals, prepare
tasty, low-cost foods that are quick and easy,
and make food dollars last through the month. |
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Squeezed by Rising
Food Prices?
University of
Missouri Extension.
This handout contains
tips on how the consumer can save money at the
grocery store, when eating out, when eating at
home, and when eating at work.
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Hot Topics
A-Z--Food Resource Management
USDA.
NAL.
SNAP-Ed Connection.
Statistics,
Reports, General Information and online
tools relating to Food Resource Management
for
SNAP-Ed providers and other
nutrition educators. |
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Low Cost Recipes
USDA.
NAL.
SNAP-Ed Connection.
Over 100 nutritious
recipes costing less than 25 cents per serving
from the Recipe Finder database. |
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Spend Smart. Eat
Smart.
Iowa State
University Extension.
Web site offers
consumers information to help them build the
skills and knowledge necessary to make or buy
affordable, healthy meals. |
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Champion Moms Radio Spots Sponsored by the LA
Collaborative
To listen to the Champion Moms commercial with
Jillian Michaels of TV's Biggest Loser, please
click
here.
The radio ads feature Jillian Michaels, star of NBC's
reality show The Biggest Loser and host of her own radio
show on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles, along with a number
of our Champion Moms, who are actual local moms here in
LA County that serve as advocates for our Network
statewide “Champions for Change” campaign.
KFI’s promotion website features a contest where
listeners can submit their own champion for change ideas
for a chance to win a mini vacation to a Palm Springs
Luxury Hotel and an opportunity to meet Jillian at the
KFI studio:
http://www.kfi640.com/common/championsforchange/championsforchange.html
Please forward this link to community partners and
program participants who are making positive changes in
their families and communities!
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Change is good. Healthy eating and active living are starting to happen in families and communities. It is not always easy but we are making it happen. And so can you. Become a Champion for Change. And become a champion for your family's health.
Click here to learn how!
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Branding Guidelines from the Network for a Healthy California
Having a uniformed look is essential in having a larger influence on target audiences. To ensure that
Network-funded partners are having the most impact possible, the Network for a Healthy California team has developed guidelines in using the recently released
Network logo. To learn more about these guidelines, and to download the manual,
click here.
In addition, a Microsoft Power Point template has been developed to use when creating presentations for Network sponsored events. Please
click here
to download the file.
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This material
was produced by the California Department of Public
Health, Network for a Healthy California, with funding
from the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(formerly the Food Stamp Program). These institutions
are equal opportunity providers and employers. In
California, food stamps provide assistance to low-income
households, and can help buy nutritious foods for better
health. For food stamp information, call 877-847-3663.
For important nutrition information visit
www.cachampionsforchange.net.
