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In This Edition...
Newsletter Archive
| What's Hot? |
• Climate Change and the Built Environment
• New Research Confirms Link Between Soda and the Obesity Epidemic
• CA State Parks Update: Parks to Remain Open…For Now |
| Reports and Resources |
• IOM Report Affirms Local Governments’ Role in
Creating Healthy Environments
• New Report: The Public Health and Economic Benefits of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
• New CPEHN Report- Unlocking the Playground: Acheiving Equity in Physical Activity Spaces |
| In the News |
• PolicyLink President's Letter in New York Times Magazine |
| Upcoming Events! |
• Dialogue4Health Web Forum: Healthy People 2020
• 2009 School Wellness Conference
• San Mateo County Board of Supervisors: Active Public Spaces Conference
• CCDEH Symposium on Food Systems & Public Health
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A Good Solution Solves Multiple Problems:
Climate Change and the Built Environment
Local advocates and policymakers concerned about healthy food and activity environments now have a new issue to consider: climate change. As climate change becomes an increasingly pressing issue for policymakers, advocates across the nation are working to draw connections to health in order to ensure local policies aimed at addressing climate change also improve food and activity environments.
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New Research Confirms Link Between Soda and the Obesity Epidemic
While health officials have long suspected the link between obesity and soda consumption, research released this month provides strong evidence of the potent role that soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages play. In their landmark study: Bubbling Over: Soda Consumption and Its Link to Obesity in California, researchers from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) and the California Center for Public Health Advocacy (CCPHA) discovered a strong correlation between soda consumption and weight. Read more. . .
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CA State Parks Update: Parks to Remain Open…For Now
In light of California’s recent budget crisis, state and local parks faced a number of serious challenges, including severe reductions in staffing and operational funds and closure. On September 25th, 2009, Governor Schwarzenegger declared "fantastic news for all Californians" in announcing his plan to keep our state parks open. Upon a closer look at the proposed plan, parks and recreation advocates are hesitant to celebrate this news. Read more. . .
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New IOM Report Affirms Local Governments’ Role in
Creating Healthy Environments
On September 1st, The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released their newest report, Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity. This report identifies specific actions that local governments can take to improve healthy eating and increase physical activity in communities. Read more. . .
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New Report: The Public Health and Economic Benefits of Taxing
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
A new study released by leading public health experts, including the Yale Rudd Center's Kelly D. Brownell, presents a strong case for taxing soda. The report examines sugar sweetened beverage consumption and provides adverse health outcome evidence. The paper also discusses how sugar sweetened beverage taxation may reduce intake, lower health care costs and generate federal health program revenue. To read the report in its entirety, please click here.
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New CPEHN Report: Unlocking the Playground
A new report from CPEHN, titled Unlocking the Playground: Achieving Equity in Physical Activity Spaces, presents case studies, expert opinions, and recommendations from their Spring 2009 Convening Series on Joint Use.
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Addressing "Fat Tax"
A letter to the editor by Strategic Alliance Steering Committee member and PolicyLink President, Judith Bell was recently featured in New York Times magazine. In the letter, Judith effectively makes the case for prevention and the built environment as a response to David Leonhardt’s article, Fat Tax.
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San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility: Balanced Menus Challenge Training Teleconference
October 26th, 2009 11-12:30pm (PST)
Please RSVP to Judy Levin by October 16th (judy@ceh.org) and reserve your chance to participate.
Dialogue4Health Web Forum: Healthy People 2020: A New Blueprint for Preventative Health
October 2, 2009 Noon – 1:30 PM (PST)
School Wellness Conference: Register Now!
October 6-7, 2009, Anaheim, CA
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors: Creating & Using Active Public Spaces Conference
October 16th, 8:30am to 1:30pm, Redwood City, CA
California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH):
Symposium on Food Systems & Public Health S3: Safe, Secure & Sustainable
November 4-6, 2009, San Diego, 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, PolicyLink, Samuels & Associates and Public Health Law & Policy.
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