Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center - Nutrition

Obesity Action Coalition

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:32:15 -0500

This site offers educational and advocacy information and support to those impacted by obesity.

Operation Frontline

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:30:13 -0500

This program, from Operation Share Our Strength offers interactive and educational tools to support healthy eating on a tight budget—and 2007 evaluations prove it is effective.

Bread for the World: Why Obesity & Hunger Can Co-exist

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:25:21 -0500

Emerging research suggests that hunger, poverty and obesity may be intricately linked, even though they seem paradoxical. Bread for the World has good background and data.

Fact Sheet on The Impact of Rising Food Costs on Low-Income Americans

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:23:28 -0500

It may seem strange to some, but the "hunger and obesity paradox" continues to find scientific backing. Periodically going without food has been linked to obesity, as has relying on cheaper, high-calo

Food Stamp Participation in April 2008 Hits Record Highs; Many Eligible Missed

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:18:53 -0500

This Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) factsheet looks at the record-high numbers of people to accessed food stamps, and why one in three eligible people are still going without the benefit.

2008 Changes to the Summer Food Service Program

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:02:13 -0500

A simplified version of the USDA Summer Food Service Program has just gone national. It lessens the paperwork involved for groups or out-of-school time programs that want to incorporate summer meals.

Child Nutrition Blog from FRAC

Tue, 27 May 2008 17:07:25 -0500

Check out this blog from the nonprofit Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) for the latest happenings in child nutrition, with easy-to-digest writing about policies, research and what we can all do to help kids eat and live more healthily in and out of school.

Campus Kitchen Project Leadership Conference

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:53:44 -0500

Start: Oct 5 2006 - 9:00am

End: Oct 7 2006 - 5:00pm

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

The Campus Kitchen Project (CKP) will mark its fifth anniversary with a leadership conference on October 5-7.

Schools Need Better Nutrition Grades

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:00:24 -0500

With 23 states flunking CSPI's report card on school foods, the Center for Science in the Public Interest says Congress should pass national legislation to ensure that all of America's children get healthy foods in their schools all day long.

Public Welfare Foundation Grants for Hunger and Nutrition

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:57:27 -0500

The Public Welfare Foundation's Hunger and Nutrition grants average $25,000 and $50,000.

Scouting Out School Wellness

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:35:28 -0500

Thanks to new legislation, schools across the country have to roll out comprehensive new wellness policies before the start of the next school year. It's an issue that the Girl Scouts of America has been focusing on, so Connect for Kids decided to find out what Girl Scouts across the country have to say about staying healthy and how schools can help. Sisters Lauren and Megan from Columbia, S.C. kick off a series of interviews prepared by Emerson Hunger Fellow Roshin Mathew.

Partnership to End Childhood Hunger In The Nation's Capital Within The Next Ten Years

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:55:47 -0500

CFK Reports From: Release of the Ten Point Plan To End Childhood Hunger In The Nation's Capital
Event: Press Conference
Organized By: DC Hunger Solutions, The Food Research and Action Center, and Share Our Strength
Where/When: Kennedy Recreational Center; April 18, 2006

Hunger advocates, politicians, students, teachers, parents and bureaucrats from Washington D.C. gathered to witness the public presentation of the city's plan to end childhood hunger in the nation's capital. Kim Perry, founding Director of D.C. Hunger Solutions, kicked of the event by questioning the crowd, "Guess what?" She answered her own question, "We are going to end childhood hunger in D.C."

Schools Face New Mandate on "Wellness"

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:54:46 -0500

While the federal government has played a role in regulating school feeding programs for low-income children for about 40 years now, school districts are now working to comply with a new, much broader federal requirement calling for the development of local "wellness policies" that address issues of all the foods and drinks made available to all students during the school day, along with nutrition education, physical education, and the encouragement of healthy habits. Roshin Mathew explains.

The Future of Children: Childhood Obesity

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:43:36 -0500

CFK Reports From: The Future of Children: Childhood Obesity
Event: Forum
Organized By: Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and The Brookings Institution
Where/When: Faulk Auditorium - The Brookings Institution, March 14, 2006

A panel of four policy makers discussed their approaches to the problem of childhood obesity in the U.S., at an event marking the release of the third volume in The Future of Children series on the issue.

Facilities in the Neighborhood Matter to Teen Obesity and Weight

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:19:45 -0500

The headline says it all: "Inequality in the Built Environment Underlies Key Health Disparities in Physical Activity and Obesity." That's the bottom line from a new study in the journal Pediatrics, which finds that areas with higher socio-economic status were significantly more likely than lower-economic and high-minority blocks to have one or more recreational facilities that enable physical activity. This is the first study to look at the disparity in access to recreation sites and the activity and overweight patterns in U.S. teens.