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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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Parents In Action! Parent
Conference Presentations
To access presentations
from the Parents In Action! event on June 6th, 2009,
please
click here
May Quarterly Meeting
Updates
Thank you to all members
who attended our exciting bike-themed Quarterly Meeting!
Please SAVE THE DATE for our September Meeting
Thursday, September 17th
9:00am-12:30pm
St. Anne's Conference Center
155 N. Occidental Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Presentations from May Meeting:
LA Collaborative ObeseCity Report Card
Dr. Paul Simon
Bicycling and Public Health
Matt Ruscigno
(For more information about the Los Angeles Bike
Coalition, please visit
www.la-bike.org)
Interventions to Reduce Obesity and
Improve Metabolic Health in Latino Youth
Dr. Jaimie Davis
Eating
Right When Money's Tight: Useful Weblinks
FSNEP
Resources:
LA
Regional Network Resources:
SNAP-Ed Resources:
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.
