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Almost a million Californians live in food deserts – neighborhoods that lack supermarkets or large grocery stores where fresh produce is easily accessible. The Northern California city of Oakland, which sits just across the Bay from San Francisco, is one such city.

Jun 03, 2013

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First person: Navigating Oakland's food desert to fight the threat of childhood obesity

Almost a million Californians live in food deserts – neighborhoods that lack supermarkets or large grocery stores where fresh produce is easily accessible. The Northern California city of Oakland, which sits just across the Bay from San Francisco, is one such city.

I live in a Latino neighborhood in Chicago called Little Village. A few years ago, I felt like every time I looked around, I saw more and more obese kids.

May 16, 2013

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First person: One family’s “no fry zone”

I live in a Latino neighborhood in Chicago called Little Village. A few years ago, I felt like every time I looked around, I saw more and more obese kids.

Healthy people and healthy neighborhoods don’t happen accidentally. It’s time for community developers to align more strategically and more intentionally with the public health community.

May 07, 2013

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Amanda Timm: Cristina’s walk- Built environments and childhood health

Healthy people and healthy neighborhoods don’t happen accidentally. It’s time for community developers to align more strategically and more intentionally with the public health community.

Obesity is something we can address. If we, as a country, engineered our way into this obesity mess, we must also be able to engineer our way out of it.

May 03, 2013

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John Hoffman: Where is the weight of the nation today?

Obesity is something we can address. If we, as a country, engineered our way into this obesity mess, we must also be able to engineer our way out of it.

I’m a special education teacher in the Boston School District. I use walking as a tool for myself, for my family, and for my students.

May 02, 2013

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First person: A Boston dad walks his way to health (and inspires his community to join him)

I’m a special education teacher in the Boston School District. I use walking as a tool for myself, for my family, and for my students.

Do community- and group-based interventions offer a scalable approach to childhood obesity? Clinical evidence is promising, but we have to we solve the funding dilemma before childhood overweight and obesity levels are significantly reduced.

Apr 08, 2013

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Chris Calitz: 12.5 Million US kids are already obese- How do we meet their needs?

Do community- and group-based interventions offer a scalable approach to childhood obesity? Clinical evidence is promising, but we have to we solve the funding dilemma before childhood overweight and obesity levels are significantly reduced.

Today, Philadelphia has one of the nation’s largest citywide networks of farmers’ markets in low-income communities. But this thriving program, operated for the last 20 years by The Food Trust, had a bumpy road to success.

Apr 01, 2013

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Yael Lehmann: Fighting childhood obesity in Philly: How we got where we are today

Today, Philadelphia has one of the nation’s largest citywide networks of farmers’ markets in low-income communities. But this thriving program, operated for the last 20 years by The Food Trust, had a bumpy road to success.

A San Diego mother of three, Lakeysha fought for her country for 8 years. Now it’s her job to fight for her family’s health and against childhood obesity.

Mar 20, 2013

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First person: A former soldier fights for her kids' health

A San Diego mother of three, Lakeysha fought for her country for 8 years. Now it’s her job to fight for her family’s health and against childhood obesity.

On-the-ground experience in Philadelphia, which recently documented a small but statistically significant drop in childhood obesity rates, shows that community involvement and partnership—among corner store owners and others, including kids—can help make a difference.

Mar 06, 2013

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Sandy Sherman: Childhood obesity—Kids, corner stores and the power of the purse

On-the-ground experience in Philadelphia, which recently documented a small but statistically significant drop in childhood obesity rates, shows that community involvement and partnership—among corner store owners and others, including kids—can help make a difference.

In one study, watching 40 minutes of The Biggest Loser caused viewers to have "significantly higher levels of dislike of overweight individuals." Surely tackling the childhood obesity epidemic should be done from a place of empathetic concern, even love. Not active dislike.

Feb 18, 2013

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Stephen Pont: Childhood obesity & The Biggest Loser—bold step or backward thinking?

In one study, watching 40 minutes of The Biggest Loser caused viewers to have "significantly higher levels of dislike of overweight individuals." Surely tackling the childhood obesity epidemic should be done from a place of empathetic concern, even love. Not active dislike.

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