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nature.berkeley.edu/cwh/activities/child_weight2.shtml
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Children and Weight: What Communities Can Do
Type of Resource: Website
Resource ID: 60
Abstract (full description below): A tool kit designed to respond to the increasing problem of childhood obesity by bringing people together and mobilizing local resources.
Name of Website The Center for Weight and Health, University of California, Berkeley
Website address: nature.berkeley.edu/cwh/activities/child_weight2.shtml
Supporting Organization: University of California at Berkeley
The Center for Weight and Health
Organizations's phone: 510 642-1599
Address: 101 Giannini Hall #3100
Berkeley, California 94720
Contact person: Joanne Ikeda, MA, RD
Contact's email address: jikeda@socrates.berkeley.edu
Contact's phone: 510 642-2790 |
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Description of resource
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In 2002, the Center for Weight and Health published Children and Weight: What Communities Can Do, a tool kit designed respond to the increasing problem of childhood obesity by bringing people together and mobilizing local resources.
The University of California Cooperative Extension county staff helped pilot test the kit by launching coalitions in counties across California in 2001. These groups have now been meeting for about two years and have undertaken a wide variety of activities across the Spectrum of Prevention, from health education to policy reform, to accomplish their goals. The Community Coalition Updates section offers current project and contact information about these groups
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