CHILDREN AND WEIGHT: WHAT COMMUNITIES CAN DO

Children and Weight: What Schools and Communities Can Do is the most recent project in a series of materials on childhood overweight developed through Cooperative Extension at the University of California. The Children and Weight series includes informative publications for parents as well as health care professionals on this high profile public health concern.

The Children and Weight: What Schools and Communities Can Do Resource Kit will serve as a “how-to” guide offering technical assistance to community leaders who wish to launch a local task force dedicated to reducing childhood overweight.

The Resource Kit includes:
Essential, up-to-date information on childhood overweight, including: prevalence, best-practices approaches for prevention, and social concerns related to body image;
Explanation of rationale and philosophy for empowerment approach;
Guidelines for setting the group’s course: developing vision, mission, goals and objectives, and action plan;
Tips for facilitating effective meetings;
Step-by-step guides (including agendas, overheads and handouts) for initial task force meetings;
Suggestions for how to help the group maintain momentum;
Extensive list of print and electronic resources on childhood overweight as well as community building;
“Make A Change,” an inspiring video that shows different ways local communities mobilized to improve kids’ access to nutritious foods and fun ways to stay fit.

A final version of the kit was released on October 1, 2002. The price is $100. Order from the publications division web site at: anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu

Source: Press Release; September 17, 2002

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