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Make your Voice Heard on AB 32--California's Climate Change Policy

Food and physical activity advocates have an important opportunity to shape California’s climate change policy by weighing in on the proposed implementation of AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.  Your comments can help to ensure that the final plan supports the goal of creating healthier community environments.

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New Report Calls for School Breakfast Expansion, Warns Inadequate Nutrition

According to new research from the Center on Hunger and Poverty at Harvard University, some ten million American children may be attending school without the nutrition necessary to learn despite the fact that Congress has made the funds available. Read more

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Fast Food TV Ads Linked to Childhood Obesity

In a recent study, economists have found a link between exposure to fast food TV ads and child obesity rates. Using several statistical models to tie obesity rates to the amount of time spent viewing fast food advertising, co-authors Shin-Yi Chou of Lehigh College, and Inas Rashad of Georgia State University, found that viewing more fast food commercials on television raises the risk of obesity in children.

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New Resources and Reports

"Food for Thought this Thanksgiving"

Check out California Food Policy Advocates’ county-by-county analysis of trends affecting low-income families' ability to put food on the table along with action steps you can take at the federal, state, and local levels to improve food security and reduce hunger.

State of the States, 2008: FRAC’s Profile of Food and Nutrition Programs Across the Nation

Food Research and Action Center has released the latest state-by-state data on hunger, poverty, and participation in food and nutrition programs.  Click here to read the full report.  To view a specific state’s profile, click here.

Grocery Store Attraction Strategies: A Resource Guide for Community Activists and Local Governments

Created by PolicyLink and Bay Area Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), this report provides nuts and bolts resources to help communities organize a coordinated strategy for grocery store attraction.

Greening Grocery: Strategies for Sustainable Food Retailing

Upcoming Events

California Project LEAN Local Parent Engagement Trainings

December 3, 2008, Oakland, CA

January 12, 2009, Los Angeles, CA

For more information, call 916.552.9871

California Working Families Policy Summit -- 2009

January 13, 2009, Sacramento, CA

New Partners for Smart Growth

January 22-24, 2009, Albuquerque, NM

The Praxis Project: Learning Circle Series, 2009

Communicating to Advance Racial Justice, January 23-25, 2009, Washington, D.C.

Community Organizing: Building Toward Long-Term Change, March 13-15, 2009

Policy Advocacy: Creating Better Policies, May 29-31, 2009

The 2009 Food Stamp Forum

February 10, 2009, Sacramento, CA

2009 Childhood Obesity Conference: Creating Healthy Places for All Children

June 9-12, 2009, Los Angeles, CA

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WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE?

The Strategic Alliance is reframing the debate on nutrition and physical activity away from a focus solely on individual choice and lifestyle towards one of environmental influences and corporate and government responsibility. Current Steering Committee members are: California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program (CANFit), California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA), California Food Policy Advocates (CFPA), California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, California Park and Recreation Society (CPRS), California Project LEAN, California WIC Association (CWA), Child Care Food Program Roundtable, Latino Health Access, Partnership for the Public’s Health, Prevention Institute, and Samuels & Associates.

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