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Congratulations to Sunnyvale Unified
School District on their health &
wellness systemic changes! With
support from BANPAC partner, Dan McClure
of Generations Community Wellness, Santa
Clara County Public Health Department,
and Kaiser Permanente South Bay,
Sunnyvale School District, led by
Superintendent Benjamin H. Picard,
implemented a policy meeting PHI’s 100%
Healthy Beverage Standards for all
staff, student, and community functions
and are improving their Safe Routes to
School Program with a program audit
yesterday with SRTS expert Mark Fenton.
Find Sunnyvale Unified’s policy on the
BANPAC Website at
www.banpac.org/toolkit_HFBPE/section7/7-ssd_ewg_12_4_12.pdf.
Find BANPAC’s Healthy Beverage Policy
Toolkit other healthy beverage wellness
policies at
banpac.org/toolkit_hfbpe.htm.
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Congratulations to the thirty Bay Area
organizations with 100% healthy beverage
policies—let us know about any others
you know of! This year, BANPAC is
working with an additional 20
organizations, funded by Kaiser
Permanente. Let us know if you want to
be one of them: African American
Community Health Advisory Committee (AACHAC),
Fairwood Elementary School, Ravenswood
Family Health Center, America
Scores--Bay Area, Genesis United
Methodist Church, San Jose (City of) --
Youth Program, Nutrition and Physical
Activity Standards, Asian Americans for
Community Involvement (AACI), City of
Gilroy Recreation Department, San Mateo
County, Boys and Girls Clubs of San
Francisco, Golden Alter Ministries, San
Mateo County Sherriff’s Activities
League, City of Burlingame, Lift/Levántate!,
Santa Clara County, The Children’s
Pre-School Center (CPSC), Marantha
Christian Center, Sunnyvale Community
Services, Mountain View Recreation Dept,
City of Marin, County of (vending only),
Sunnyvale School District, City of San
Jose Public Libraries (vending only),
Mid-Peninsula Housing, YMCA of Silicon
Valley, Collective Roots Palo Alto
Community Child Care (PACCC), Contra
Costa Health Plan, Portola and Excelsior
Family Connections, Contra Costa Health
Services (Vending), City of Daly City.
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Posted 05.17.12
- Food Marketing to Children Through
Toys: Response of Restaurants to the
First U.S. Toy Ordinance, Jennifer J.
Otten, et al Am J Prev Med
2012;42(1):56–60) Will be posted next
week at
BANPAC: Sugar Savvy Research Articles.
- The
Skinny on Obesity. Series of films which
highlights the obesity epidemic and its
correlation to sugar and unhealthy
foods. To view the films please visit
the
University of California Television’s
YouTube channel.
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Chicago hospital group to drop
sugar-sweetened drinks. Chicago
Tribune/Business April 24, 2012. To get
the article please visit
ChicagoTribune.com.
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Sports and Energy Drinks Responsible for
Irreversible Damage to Teeth. The
Academy of General Dentistry, May 1,
2012. To get the article please visit
www.agd.org.
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Accelerating Progress in Obesity
Prevention: Solving the Weight of the
Nation. May 8, 2012. To get
the report released from the IOM please
visit
Visit www.iom.edu.
- New
Healthier US School Challenge Criteria.
Information to changes in the National
School Lunch Program and School
Breakfast Program. For more
information please visit
www.cde.ca.gov,
www.fns.usda.gov,
www.gpo.gov.
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Information on Weight Bias and Stigma
and how these fuel the obesity epidemic
from the Rudd Center for Weight and
Health at Yale
www.yaleruddcenter.org including an
image gallery of non-stigmatizing
pictures of overweight and obese
individuals.
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Obesity could affect 42% of Americans by
2030. Sci-Tech Today.com May 8,
2012at
www.sci-tech-today.com.
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Special Report: How Washington went soft
on childhood obesity. Friday, April 27,
2012. To get the full article
please visit
www.reuters.com.
- The
Weight of the Nation. This 4-part
series hosted by HBO Documentary Films
looks at America’s obesity epidemic.
Premiers May 14 and 15 at 8pm on HBO.
For more information please visit
theweightofthenation.hbo.com.
To request a screening kit, go to
theweightofthenation.hbo.com.
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Health Reform Rapid Response: the
conversation on prevention.
Discusses Prevention and Public Health
Fund, provides brief background and it
highlights talking points. For
more information please visit
preventioninstitute.org.
- Food
Marketing to Children Through Toys.
This article evaluates the effectiveness
of the Santa Clara County ordinance
which prohibits restaurants from giving
incentives to children along with
unhealthy food items. Please refer
to the attachment labeled
“Otten_toy_ordinance” for the full
article.Healthy Beverages in Childcare
website is now live! Go to
www.healthybeveragesinchildcare.org.
Please pass on suggestions for content
and links to
Justin@cfpa.net and
ellen@cfpa.net.
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Healthy Kids Challenge. Six afterschool
and summer programming ideas.
Please visit
www.healthykidschallenge.com.
- Spark
eNewsletter from April 2012 has a lot of
great resources on physical activity in
schools. To get more information
please visit
campaign.r20.constantcontact.com.
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Posted 01.03.12
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Four Fast-food
Chains Quit Giving Free Toys
A San
Francisco McDonald's may have been able
to skirt a new fast food law there
banning free toys with unhealthy meals,
but Santa Clara County's similar attempt
appears to have more teeth.
Read the whole story here.
- The
Impact of
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption
on the Health of Richmond Residents
Bubbling
Over: Soda Consumption and Its link to
Obesity in California. Susan H.
Babey, Malia. Jones, Hongjian Yu, and
Harold Goldstein; view:
PubHlthNutr-2011.pdf.
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Richmond Moves
forward on a Soda Tax
At its December 6th meeting, the
Richmond City Council voted to put a
local soda tax measure on the November
2012 ballot. Richmond is the first
city in California to take this step;
Richmond which is located in west Contra
Costa County was also the first city in
California to adopt a local tobacco
ordinance decades ago. KQED, the
Bay Area, national public radio station,
covered the action on its
blog.
- Is
That Soda Safe?
December 19, 2011: If you’ve always
suspected that neon-colored sodas like
Mountain Dew, Fanta Orange and various
citrusy Gatorade drinks contain
less-than-savory ingredients, you’re
right. Brominated vegetable oil (BVO),
found in 10% of sodas in US, is linked
to reproductive problems, early puberty
and altered thyroids;
view article. A blog posting
about “energy” drinks and a new film
about youth;
view blog.
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McDonald's using SF Happy Meal ban as
fundraiser while skirting law; 11.29.11,
San Francisco Examiner
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Limited Resources Placing Fresh Fruits
and Vegetables Out of Reach for Many
Americans
New FRAC Report Outlines Needed
Strategies to Support Households’
Ability to Afford Healthy Food;
Washington, DC, 12.15.11. A
new report (pdf) by the Food
Research and Action Center (FRAC)
provides a unique look at the struggle
to access healthy food that is being
faced by millions of Americans, and
especially low-income people.
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Healthy Vending Machines in Schools!
- New
Fact Sheet on Drinking Water
View
Bringing Free Drinking Water Back to
California Schools to learn more
about how schools can comply with new
requirements. With an array of
strategies designed to make drinking
water more readily available, the fact
sheet highlights promising practices,
funding opportunities, and ways for
parents and community members to get
involved.
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Posted 11.23.11
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California Center for Public Health
Advocacy (CCPHA) and
the UCLA Center for Health Policy
Research released the study today, A
Patchwork of Progress: Changes in
Overweight and Obesity Among California
5th, 7th, and 9th Graders, 2005-2010.
The study offers hope that the state may
be getting a handle on its 30-year
battle with childhood obesity, but also
showcases a patchwork of progress that
leaves the majority of counties in the
state still registering increases in
obesity rates among school-age children.
Click here to find out more.
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Potter, the Otter
now flies proudly above the Children’s
Discovery Museum in San Jose, which
experimented with a soda free week
during the launch, conducted by Kaiser
Permanente, FIRST 5 Santa Clara, and the
Santa Clara Co Public Health Department,
lead agency for BANPAC. Leadership
Council member Jo Seavey-Hultquist of
Kaiser Permanente was a leader of the
event.
Click here to see more.
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Soda Bans in Schools Have Limited
Impact: The New York Times, 11.07.11
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Marketing of Sugary Drinks to Kids and
Teens:: As Strong as Ever Kelly
Brownell: The Atlantic Monthly, 10.31.11
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Report Slams Makers of Sugary Drinks for
Targeting Kids: New York Daily News,
10.31.11
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Rage ensues as study shows soda ads
target minorities: New York Daily News,
11.05.11
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Fatty Foods Addictive Like Cocaine in
Growing Body of Scientific Research:
Bloomberg News, 11.02.11
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Is Big Soda as Bad as Big Tobacco?: Time
Magazine, 10.26.11
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"We’re Not Buying It” a video detailing
deceptive food marketing to children.
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Posted 10.27.10 :: New research on HFCS
in sodas!
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Posted
9.13.10 :: BANPAC’s ReThink Your Drink
initiative and Soda Free Summer Campaign in
the News
Other Related
News:
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Posted
6.01.10 :: The California Center for Public
Health Advocacy released the results of
a statewide poll on Californians’ attitudes
about taxing soda and other sugar-sweetened
beverages as a way to fund obesity
prevention programs. The poll found that,
even in the midst of the current recession,
a solid majority (56 percent) of California
voters support taxing sodas and other
sweetened beverages to fund childhood
obesity programs. The poll also showed
majority support in all major regions of the
state, except the Central Valley: San
Francisco Bay Area (60 percent), Los Angeles
County (61 percent) and other Southern
California counties including San Diego and
Orange Counties (54 percent). Support was
particularly strong among low-income (60
percent) and Latino (66 percent) voters.
Legislation CCPHA is sponsoring (SB 1210,
Florez) would establish a tax of one penny
per teaspoon of added sugar or high fructose
corn syrup, raising $1.5 billion for
childhood obesity programs. For detailed
findings and summary information, you can
visit the Soda Tax Poll page on the CCPHA
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Posted 4.27.10 :: Santa Clara County:
Supervisors ban
toys with fast-food meals;
read article... |
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5.31.10 :: MercuryNews.com: Soda Free Summer
launch in Santa Clara County;
read article... |
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The Public Burden of Liquid Candy:
The Cost of Sugared Beverages to
San Francisco
Posted 5.08.12 |
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Consumption of Sugar Drinks in the US,
2005–2008: Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD, MRP; Brian K.
Kit, MD, MPH; Margaret D. Carroll, MSPH; and
Sohyun Park, PhD, MS
Posted 10.24.12 |
Perspective: The Taxing Power and
the Public’s Health
Posted 10.18.12 |
Food Marketing to Children Through Toys:
Response of Restaurants to the First US Toy
Ordinance
Posted 5.15.12 |
Changes in beverage consumption in Norwegian
children from 2001 to 2008
Posted 1.31.12 |
Sucrose-sweetened Beverages
Increase Fat Storage in the
liver, muscle, and visceral fat depot
Posted 1.19.12 |
SSB Mechanisms
Posted 1.19.12 |
NCHS Data Brief: Consumption
of Sugar Drinks in the
United States, 2005–2008
Posted 10.31.11 |
Sugary Drink FACTS:
Food Advertising to Children
and Teens Score
Posted 10.31.11 |
The Perils of Ignoring History:
Big Tobacco
Played Dirty & Millions Died. How Similar is Big
Food
Posted 5.16.11 |
Soda's Contribution to Obesity:
Public Health
Nutrition
Posted 2.01.11 |
Impact of Sugar-Sweetened
Beverage Consumption
on Black Americans' Health
Posted 1.31.11 |
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Soda Consumption &
Its Link to Obesity in CA
Posted 11.04.10 |
Healthy Policy Research Brief::
Soda Consumption &
Its Link to Obesity in CA
Posted 11.04.10 |
Healthy Policy Research Brief::
Obesity and Diabetes:
Two Growing Epidemics in
CA
Posted 11.04.10 |
Sugar Content of Popular Sodas:
What Lab Tests
Uncovered
Posted 11.04.10 |
The Negative Impact of Sugar-
Sweetened Beverages
on
Children's Health
Posted 11.04.10 |
Reducing Childhood Obesity
Though Policy Change:
Acting
Now To Prevent Obesity
Posted 11.04.10 |
Trends In Snacking Among
US Children
Posted 11.04.10 |
Snacking in Children: The Role
of Urban Corner
Stores
Posted 11.04.10 |
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
& Risk of Metabolic
Syndrome & Type 2 Diabetes
Posted 11.04.10 |
Bottled Water Vs. Tap Water: Understanding
Consumers'
Preferences
Posted 11.04.10 |
Health Policy Research Brief:
Teen Dietary Habits
Related
to Those of Parents
Posted 11.04.10 |
Impact of Change in
Sweetened Caloric Beverage
Consumption on Energy
Intake Among Children &
Adolescents
Posted 11.04.10 |
American Academy of
Pediatrics: The Use & Misuse
of Fruit Juice in Pediatrics
Posted 11.04.10 |
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Policy Brief: Fulfilling the Promise of
Free Water in K-12 Schoolss
(short brief)
Posted 8.22.12 |
Policy Brief: Fulfilling the Promise of Free Water in K-12 Schools
(full brief)
Posted 8.22.12 |
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Posted 5.15.12
Congratulations to Sunnyvale
Community Services, the San Mateo County
Sheriff’s Activity League, and Bay Area Scores
who have become Sugar Savvy Policy Leaders by
passing wellness policies (healthy
beverages/healthy foods/physical activity) and
implementation plans! In addition, all SAL
parents will now sign a Wellness Policy Parental
Agreement Form when their child participates.
Each organization will receive an implementation
incentive from BANPAC funder Kaiser Permanente.
Congratulations to BANPAC partners Santa Clara County Public Health
Department Chronic Disease and Injury
Prevention’s CPPW Program and Kaiser Permanente.
The 2012 Hugo Television Awards were announced
in Chicago and Kaiser Permanente, along with our
writer/director Brian Leonard from b.e.
Creative, were awarded a Silver Plaque for Best
PSA Campaign for the three Rethink Your Drink
spots starring Dexter and Martina developed for
and with Santa Clara County Public Health
Department and previewed at the last BANPAC
meeting.
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6.23.11
Rethink
Your Drink is on the Move!
San
Francisco:
Sugar Savvy Train-the-Trainer
Workshops
- Sugar Savvy Train-the-Trainer Workshops
at SFDPH conducted by Marianne Szeto and
colleagues Valerie Azinheira, Caridad Taber,
Rene Blanco:
- For 15 community partners on April 20
- For 20 community partners , including
summer program staff on May 4
- For Summer Lunch Programs—75 trained at
multiple locations
- San Francisco and other Bay Area
counties are celebrating the fourth annual
“Soda Free Summer," to encourage individuals
and families to drink less soda and more
water this summer,
SFKids.org: SF’s Family Resource Center
- A Sugar Savvy workshop and exhibit for
250 kids and their parents at a Jr. Giants
Kick-off Meeting
- Project Read’s Learning Wheels at the
South San Francisco Farmers’ Market was June
4, 2011, 10:00 AM to Noon and included
ReThink Your Drink/Soda Free Summer
activities.
View event photos!
- ReThink
Your Drink Artwork Riding SF Buses
Congratulations to BANPAC Members Mark Elkin
and Laura Brainin-Rodriguez.
View event photos!
San Mateo:
Sugar Savvy Train-the-Trainer
Workshops
- In Belmont conducted by Jennifer Gabet,
Eliana Schultz, and UCCE interns on 5.17.11
in Belmont for about 20 participants,
including a discussion of wellness policies
and challenges they anticipate to healthy
beverage practices & policies
- At Daly City Parks and Recreation for 14
summer staff conducted by Jennifer Gabet,
Jennifer Gross, and UCCE interns where they
discussed asking parents not send any sweet
beverages with their kids to camp.
- From the Peninsula Family YMCA Summer
Camp Handbook: SODA FREE SUMMER!
- Y Camp will be participating in San
Mateo County’s “Soda Free Summer
initiative”. Every week we will do an
activity to educate campers about the
importance of health, exercise and reducing
the consumption of high sugar foods and
drinks. As a Y camp, we have made a pledge
to not consume soda and to reduce the
consumption of other high sweetened
beverages & snacks.
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Make it Soda Free, Chides Mayor Ed Lee, June
21, 2011
Alameda:
- BANPAC member Pamela Alston, DDS
presented the ReThink Your Drink/Soda
initiative and Soda Free Summer campaign to
the Alameda County Medical Center’s
Ambulatory Care Forum June 22. They
are planning a roll out in all three
wellness centers this summer! Go Dr. Alston!
- Let’s
Move! Alameda wants to promote a Soda Free
Summer
Contra Costa:
- Board of Supervisors is working on a
ReThink Your Drink resolution
- Contra Costa Health Services Nutrition
and Physical Activity Promotion presented on
summertime healthy living to Mental Health
staff June 24th, including ReThink Your
Drink
- Pleasant Hill and Richmond YMCA’s have
committed to modifying their parent letter
to discourage bringing sweetened beverages
to summer camp
- Juneteenth included ReThink Your Drink
activities sponsored by CCHS and Weigh of
Life!
Marin:
Santa Clara:
- Soda-Free Summer...but let's not stop
there!
VMC Foundation Newsletter, June 13, 2011.
- BANPAC partner Santa Clara County Center
for Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention
has shared BANPAC’s Pledge the Practice!
Pass the Policy!! Organizational Change
Toolkit with CPPW partner Silicon Valley
Leadership Group, to help local businesses
develop healthy beverage and food policies.
- BANPAC member Sally Chavez conducted
Sugar Savvy workshops as part of the mostly
Spanish-language Cooking Matters 6 week
course at San Miguel Grammer School in
Sunnyvale on May 17th and May 24th.
The kids and parents were really interested
and involved. We also read “Drink
Water!” Said the Otter during the subsequent
class as a follow up, and discussed with the
kids what they would choose when thirsty.”
- FIRST 5 Santa Clara conducted a ReThink
Your Drink and Sugar Savvy Training
(English), 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM,
May 12,
2011 in their community room. The
program highlighted Potter, the Otter: A
Tale About Water.
- All 15 cities within Santa Clara County
have become Let’s Move! Cities, under the
leadership of the SCCPHD CPPW program.
At least four cities are planning to create
nutrition standards policies, some for all
city programs and others for Departments of
Recreation that serve thousands.
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1.12.11
BANPAC/Rethink Your Drink
Update
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BANPAC’s ReThink Your
Drink Committee is gearing up for 2011!
Help us work on an organizational change
initiative, local healthy beverage policy
updates, and a new early childhood
educational campaign! Calls are
normally the second Wednesday of each month
from 2:30-3:30PM. Our first call will
be an Organizational Change Initiative
focus: Wednesday, January 12th at 12:30 PM.
Call 877.814.7306, pass code 2222384#.
Rethink Your Drink
Update
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9.13.10
Re-Think Your Drink/Soda Free
Summer Updates
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7.20.10
Re-Think Your Drink/Soda Free
Summer is sizzling!
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www.sodafreesummer.org has been
beautifully re-designed by Alameda County
Nutrition Services—be sure to check it out
and provide a link from your Website
- Alameda County has extended their Soda
Free Summer brand to year-round “Soda Free
for Life”
- Become a fan of Soda Free Summer on
Facebook
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San Francisco’s Soda Free Summer is covered
in Hot Trends
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The Association of State and Territorial
Public Health Nutrition Directors is
promoting BANPAC’s SFS Campaign
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BANPAC partner Collective Roots promotes
Soda Free Summer on Facebook
- July Sugar Savvy Marin County Latino
outreach activities include (Thanks to Oscar
Guardado for sharing!!):
- Sugar Savvy workshop for Latino
Seniors in Pickleweed Park, Canal
Neighborhood, San Rafael, Marin County
July 16, 2010, 11:00 AM -12:00 PM
- Nuestros Niños Radio Talk Show:
Discussing the SFS/Rethink your drink
effort and the work in Marin County
(Featuring Drink Water!”, said the
Otter!), July 18, 2010, 8:00 AM - 9:00
AM
- Reading “Drink Water!”, said the
Otter! at a workshop for Latino children
in Novato Public Library, July 22, 2010,
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
- Champions for Change workshops: in
these monthly nutrition and physical
activity workshops for Latino families
we are featuring the Rethink your
Drink/SFS campaign, reading the book
Drink Water!”, said the Otter! to
children and parents. August 9, 2010,
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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San Mateo County’s July employee newsletter
encourages employees to take the Soda Free
Summer Challenge
- Clifford Yee, MD, Outpatient Pediatrics
Chief at Kaiser Santa Clara wrote: I wanted
to send a quick note of thanks for all your
help and support in the Soda Free Campaign.
The pediatricians at Kaiser Santa Clara love
your Soda Free Summer, your emphasis of
health promotion, your collaboration, and
materials. We are really excited and
there is quite a bit of enthusiasm.
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Feds say soda price boost may make U.S.
leaner, SF Chronicle 7.08.10
- BANPAC member & Shape Up SF staffer,
Marianne Szeto, interviewed on NBC 11 about
Soda Free Summer by Traci Grant on July 6,
2010
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A new report from the USDA’s respected
research branch analyzed the
relationship between taxes and consumption
of sugar-sweetened beverages and concluded
that raising taxes on soda will decrease
consumption and help address the
out-of-control obesity crisis.
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Richmond kids urged to stay off soda pop, SF
Chronicle 6.30.10
- NACCHO (National Organization of City
and County Health Officials) is sponsoring a
series of conference calls on Reducing Sugar
Sweetened Beverages- Media Campaign and Big
Cities for CPPW grantees
- Channel 2 coverage of Contra Costa BOS
proclaiming Soda Free Summer will soon be
online at
http://www.banpac.org/resources_sugar_savvy_latest.htm#media
(Thank you, Gwenn!)
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Reduce the access to soda to reduce the
obesity rate?, SF Examiner 7.10.10
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Pass the pot brownies, but drop the soda,
Washington Times 7.07.10
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County urging kids to stay away from soda,
6.30.10
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XXX Vitamin Water: Marketing a Myth, Posted
at Huffington Post 5.25.10
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7.16.10
Re-Think Your Drink/Soda Free Summer is hot!
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Thank you to those
who tracked campaign activities in our 6
county Bay Area in June at
http://www.banpac.org/member_online_tracking_sodafree_training.asp
- and please keep it up in July!
Congratulations to Raffle winners for June:
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RYD/SFS Exhibit
Boards: Suellen Haggerty, Amber Watson,
Gwenn White
- How to Get Kids to Eat…But Not Too
Much by Ellyn Satter (thanks to Carol
Danaher & The Childhood Feeding
Collaborative) Jo Seavey-Hultquist
- $25 Gift Certificates to Starbucks:
Darlene Fujii and Madoka Gaspar
- Our top trackers for June: Darlene
Fujii (and crew), Suellen Haggerty,
Madoka Gaspar and Amber Watson
- Keep tracking on
http://www.banpac.org/member_online_tracking_sodafree_training.asp.
Next raffle drawing: August 1!
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Sugary-drink
ban starts to affect SF sites 7.05.10 in the
SF Chronicle
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San Francisco puts the cap back on sugary
sodas, 7.06.10
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San Francisco starts soda ban as soda tax
still pending in Michigan Legislature
MLive.Com, 7.06.10
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Sugary sodas are out of San Francisco city
vending machines, soy milk is in in USA
Today online, 7.06.10
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San
Francisco Mayor Bans Soft Drinks on City
Property
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Declare Your Health Independence in the SF
Chronicle, 7.04.10
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City’s
Anti-Obesity Soda Ban Won’t Affect Obesity
in SF Weekly Blogs
- KCRA Channel 3 News at 6:30 yesterday
featured a segment on Gavin Newson banning
sodas on County property.
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Pediatrician petitions U.S. Rep. Miller on
nutrition in kids’ lunches BANPAC Leadership
Council Member Rina Shah, MD, FAAP in The
Times Herald Online
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Why I Oppose Fast Food in Toys (and why you
should) Tuesday, June 15th in the Wilder
Side of Health
- Silver Trees Day Camp, part of SF
Recreation & Parks includes the following in
their parent letter: “This year we will be
following the guidelines of Shape UP San
Francisco so we are encouraging a healthy
lunch and a SODA free summer. Thank for your
understanding!”
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Contra
Costa Kicks off Campaign to Steer Kids Away
From Soda This Summer News Release from
Contra Costa Co Board President John Giola,
June 21, 2010
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Soda
Free Summer and Sugar Savvy Training by
Joanne Seavey-Hultquist in the Tri-City News
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Mayor Issues Soda Free Summer Proclamation,
City & County of SF
- The California Summer Meal Coalition is
having a webinar about how summer meal
programs can integrate sugar savvy messages
July 9th at 10:00 AM. BANPAC
Coordinator Susan Karlins will be reviewing
campaign materials online at
www.banpac.org. Register at
http://www.ccrwf.org/.
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Re-Think Your Drink/Soda Free Summer is going
strong throughout the Bay Area. A few examples
of local activities include:
- Contra
Costa County launched their Rethink Your
Drink/Soda Free Summer campaign yesterday to
lots of media attention—congratulations
BANPAC members Luz Gomez and Andrea Menefee!
(Members, please send more media about this
event!)
- Mayor
Newsom declared a Soda Free Summer in San
Francisco June 21 SF Examiner
- The SF Dept
of Children, Youth and their Families is
working with Shape Up San Francisco to
include Rethink Your Drink/Soda Free Summer
in SF Summer Feeding Programs,
www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=76761.
Congratulations on both items to BANPAC
members Marianne Szeto and Christina Goette!
- More media
on the Santa Clara County Kick-off at the
Children’s Discovery Museum.
Congratulations to BANPAC members Jo
Seavey-Hultquist and Elizabeth Sills!
- The
California Dental Association promotes
BANPAC’s Sugar Savvy Tip Sheets, curriculum
and Otter materials at
http://cda.org/patient_&_community_resources/patient_oral_health.
Congratulations to BANPAC members Joe
Prickitt and Darlene Fujii!
- Pediatricians at Lucille Packard Children’s
Hospital clinics are encouraging their
patients to have a Soda Free Summer, placing
a sticker in their chart so that the patient
is asked about sweetened beverage
consumption at the next follow up
appointment, distributing BANPAC’s Rethink
Your Drink/Soda Free Summer action cards,
and distributing “Drink Water!” Said the
Otter in English and Spanish to young
children. Children who turn in their soda
tracker at the end of the summer will
receive a certificate. Stanford Peds
residents are ready to launch, along with
Drs. Harris and Foreman, in July!
Congratulations to BANPAC members Candace
Roney & Colleen Haesloop and Chris Wilder!
- Shape Up
San Francisco is working with SF Recreation
& Parks Department to integrate the campaign
into summer day camps. The camp counselors
will be presenting part of the Sugar Savvy
curriculum to prepare for Rethink Your Drink
week, modeled after Mark Elkin’s successful
program at SFUSD. A poster contest will
include prizes from Shape UP SF. The camp
parent letter includes instructions not to
send soda or candy to camp with children.
The counselors will review this with the
kids at the beginning of each week-long
session. Congratulations to BANPAC member
Marianne Szeto!
- Healthy
Silicon Valley and the FIRST 5 Early
Childhood Obesity Prevention Collaborative
will be offering a Sugar Savvy Training
Workshop June 29, 2010 from 10:00 AM - 11:30
AM, one of a series of FIRST 5 Santa Clara
workshops tailored for those working with
parents, youth and young children. RSVP by
June 24th to
Joanne@first5kids.org. Campaign action
cards and Otter books will be given to
participants. Congratulations to BANPAC
member Jo Seavey-Hultquist!
- The
Executive Director of Valley Medical Center
Foundation, BANPAC’s fiscal agent, cut out
diet soda as a result of the campaign at
http://wildersideofhealth.blogspot.com/2010/06/saying-goodbye-to-my-diet-soda.html.
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Soda
Free Summer now in Boston
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Posted 06.02.10
BANPAC’s Sugar Savvy Tip Sheet for Elected
Officials will be distributed to local City and
County policy makers at the Steps to a Healthier
Santa Clara County’s Policy Forum on May 24th.
The California Dental Association has agreed to
post BANPAC’s Sugar Savvy Tip Sheets for
Professionals and Dental Patients on their
Website! More on that soon.…
Soda In America: Children And Families
Among many resources available at the Rudd
Center:
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A map of soft drink
legislation filed in 2009 - 10 and other
resources are available at the Rudd Center
Website,
including...
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Trends in
Television Food Advertising: Progress in
Reducing Unhealthy Marketing to Young
People?
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The Rudd
Center, together with The Obesity Society,
has created new comprehensive guidelines for
the portrayal of overweight and obese
persons in the media. Designed to assist
journalists in their coverage of
obesity-related topics, the guidelines help
ensure that stigmatizing and pejorative
portrayals of overweight and obese persons
in the media are avoided.
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Posted 06.02.10
BANPAC partner Santa
Clara County again in the media for their local
healthy food ordinance, part of Santa Clara’s
Sugar Savvy/Rethink Your Drink initiative: Santa
Clara County votes to ban toys that attract kids
to high-caloric meals:
Boston Globe, 4.28.10.
Also taking
note:
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California Center
for Public Health Advocacy
California Center for
Public Health Advocacy conducted a May 6, 2010
webinar on sweetened beverages and their
contribution to obesity, and an overview of the
four beverage bills being considered by the
California Legislature.Speakers will include
Gail Woodward Lopez (UC Berkeley Center on
Weight and Health), Harold Goldstein (CA Center
for Public Health Advocacy), Katie Woodruff
(Berkeley Media Studies Group) and Kumar
Chandran (CA Food Policy Advocates). |
Posted 06.02.10
Revised Sugar Savvy
Curriculum
Revised Sugar Savvy
Curriculum is now online at
www.banpac.org/resources_sugar_savvy.htm.
A Spanish revision is in the works thanks to
Darlene Fujii & Alameda County Nutrition
Services. |
Posted 06.02.10
Sugar Savvy Workshop for Statewide Jr.
Giants Commissioners
Darlene Fujii
will be presenting the Sugar Savvy workshop to
the statewide Jr. Giants Commissioners who
represent 16,000 members at AT&T Park on
Saturday, May 15! Many thanks to master
trainer Darlene Fujii for “pinch hitting” on a
Saturday with short notice and also to Marianne
Szeto, Tuline Baykal, and Joe Prickitt for
establishing the partnership with Jr. Giants. |
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BANPAC’s 2010
Rethink Your Drink Initiative and Soda Free
Summer Campaign
BANPAC’s 2010 Rethink Your
Drink initiative and Soda Free Summer Campaign
got off to a great start at the April 28th
BANPAC meeting at the Elihu Harris Building in
Oakland. After an inspiring introduction
by BANPAC Leadership Council member Jennifer
Gabet and updates by committee chairs Tuline
Baykal and Sara Marin.
Lorrene Ritchie,
PhD, RD, Director of Research, The Dr. Robert C.
and Veronica Atkins Center for Weight and
Health, U.C. Berkeley, spoke on Ten Years of
Research on Sugar Sweetened Beverages and
Obesity: Where we have been?… Where we are
going? Her immensely valuable presentation
provided critical data for supporting our
campaign! It will be available at
www.banpac.org/resource_meeting_materials.htm
by Tuesday. A rousing PA break, led by
Carmen Bogan, got us moving, dancing, and
smiling. Very fun!! Carmen demonstrated
the difference between different levels of
activity with three terrific models (thanks
Denys, Jennifer and Lisa!). She also explained
that moderate activity is less moderate than one
might think—you can talk but you don’t want to.
A panel of experts, moderated by Jackie
Richardson of The Network for a Healthy
California introduced BANPAC’s new Sugar Savvy
Tip Sheets for engaging priority community
partners, including dental professionals,
elected officials, schools, youth programs, and
early childhood care/education providers.
Pamela Arbuckle Allston, DDS captivated us with
photos and stories of her innovative efforts to
get her pediatric patients to stop drinking
sweetened beverages—very creative! Luz
Gomez, former BANPAC Chair, provided useful tips
for working with elected officials, she is
deputy chief of staff to Supervisor Giola in
Contra Costa Co. BANPAC Leadership Council
members Mark Elkin and Tuline Baykal presented
useful strategies for working with schools and
youth organizations and BANPAC member Elaine
Taylor recounted her integration of “Drink
Water!” Said the Otter into preschool nutrition
education lessons. Jackie ended the
presentation with a helpful summary of how these
materials can be used by USDA funded projects
and programs. We were reminded that all of our
funding is dependent upon evaluation data and
encouraged to track train-the-trainer workshops,
community presentations and workshops, exhibits
and distribution of materials through a link on
the BANPAC Website. A raffle of all entries
(multiple entries will be considered separately)
will be held monthly.
BANPAC Rethink
Your Drink Committee member Marianne Szeto
summarized the recent Field Research poll
indicating support among Californian for a soda
tax—see below. After lunch, Annette
Laverty and Lindsey Orbeta presented the updated
Sugar Savvy train-the-trainer curriculum and we
sampled delicious flavored waters prepared by
Tuline Baykal. BANPAC’s Food Security
Committee met at 1:00 PM; the Youth Action
Committee and New Member Orientation group met
at 3:00 PM.Thank you!!! to all those listed
above for your contributions to the meeting! And
thanks to our enthusiastic particpants!! A
big round of applause to the BANPAC Leadership
Council: Andrea Menefee, Joanne
Seavey-Hultquist, Darlene Fujii, Mark Elkin,
Lisa Craypo, Liz Sills, Jennifer Gabet, Shirley
Watt, Tuline Baykal, and Sara Marin who
developed and formatted the Tip Sheets,
recruited our wonderful speakers, supported our
funding efforts with Kaiser, and provided coffee
and tea water for participants.
Thank you also to the Rethink Your Drink
initiative committee for contributing to the
development of materials and strategies.
Many thanks to Network for a Healthy
California—Bay Area and Santa Clara County
Public Health Chronic Disease & Injury
Prevention colleagues—including Joe Prickitt,
Suellen Haggerty, Denys Williams, Tuline Baykal,
Carmen Bogan, Maritza Rodriguez, and Lisa
Chin—who did so much— setting up multiple
displays throughout the day, making amazing
flavored waters, researching updated Sugar
Shockers data, providing recommendations for
improving our tracking system, realizing we
needed signs and figuring out how to make them
without tape, finding AV equipment when there
wasn’t any and making sure all the parts were
there, stuffing and then re-stuffing folders,
and keeping watch over the meeting to make sure
everything went smoothly. Thank you to the
Alameda Co. Community Food Bank for providing
coffee and tea and Sara Marin for showing up at
7:30 AM to prepare them! If your name is
inadvertently missed here—many thanks to you
too. |
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BANPAC Development of an Updated Rethink Your Drink/Soda
Free Summer Handout
BANPAC just
completed development of an updated Rethink Your Drink/Soda Free
Summer handout with action card which will be printed with a
grant from Kaiser Permanente. Thanks to everyone who
contributed to the development of the card: Marianne Szeto,
Maritza Rodriguez, Darlene Fujii, Lisa Craypo, Shirley Watt,
Gwenn White, Suellen Haggerty, Tuline Baykal, Mark Elkin, Liz
Sills, and many more! Special thanks to Jo
Seavey-Hultquist and FIRST 5 Santa Clara for contributing
design, typesetting, and translation into Spanish and
Vietnamese. The card is currently in translation &
typesetting and will be printed in early May. Each county
will receive a supply. |
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BANPAC received a grant from Kaiser Permanente Northern
California Community Benefit Program
BANPAC received a grant from Kaiser Permanente
Northern California Community Benefit Program to develop a
one-page SFS/RYD handout w/ reply card. The reply card will
suggest options along the spectrum of prevention and those who
return the pledge card tear-off will receive ongoing emailed
messages from BANPAC. The grant will also help support the
BANPAC Website to include Soda Free Summer information. |
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Californians’ Attitudes about Taxing Soda and Other
Sugar-sweetened Beverages Poll
The California Center for Public Health Advocacy released the
results of a statewide poll on Californians’ attitudes about
taxing soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages as a way to fund
obesity prevention programs. The poll found that, even in
the midst of the current recession, a solid majority (56
percent) of California voters support taxing sodas and other
sweetened beverages to fund childhood obesity programs.
The poll also showed majority support in all major regions of
the state, except the Central Valley: San Francisco Bay Area (60
percent), Los Angeles County (61 percent) and other Southern
California counties including San Diego and Orange Counties (54
percent). Support was particularly strong among low-income
(60 percent) and Latino (66 percent) voters. Legislation
CCPHA is sponsoring (SB
1210, Florez) would establish a tax of one penny per
teaspoon of added sugar or high fructose corn syrup, raising
$1.5 billion for childhood obesity programs. For detailed
findings and summary information, you can visit the
Soda Tax Poll page the CCPHA Website. |
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California
Dental Association
The
California Dental Association decided to conduct a Sugar Savvy
training at their annual meeting in San Francisco in September,
after observing Suellen Haggerty conduct the revised training at
the Santa Clara County Public Health Department on March 23. |
Posted 06.01.10
California Legislature: Sugar Savvy Related Bills
In April, the California legislature will
considered four “sugar savvy” related bills, including:
* SB
1210 (Florez), a soda tax to fund childhood obesity prevention
* SB 1255 (Padilla), a ban of the sale of electrolyte
replacement beverages in public schools
* SB 1413 (Leno),
the requirement that schools provide free drinking water in
school food service areas
* AB 2084 (Brownley), nutrition
standards for beverages in licensed child day care facilities. |
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Last Day to Order “Drink Water!” Said the Otter in
English or Spanish
Friday April
16 was the last day to order “Drink Water!” Said the Otter in
English or Spanish. Cost is $.77/each plus shipping. Jo
Seavey-Hultquist of FIRST 5 Santa Clara is coordinating the
reprint/revision, funded by Santa Clara County Public Health
Department’s Steps to a Healthier Santa Clara County. If
your organization wants to purchase these materials (they are
not Network approved) e-mail Jo TODAY at
Joanne@FIRST5KIDS.ORG. |
Posted 06.01.10
Last
Year's Soda Free Summer Brochures
Please DO NOT use last year’s Soda Free Summer brochures, and
tell your partners not to, unless you remove the reply card
(address is no longer valid) and update the annual average sugar
consumption (using stickers) to 100 pounds per year and ¼ pound
per day. With both side panels removed, it provides an effective
tracking form for use at workshops and community events. |
Posted 06.01.10
Marianne Szeto Reported Recently Touring a SFUSD Campus
BANPAC member Marianne Szeto reported
recently touring a SFUSD campus. They had several built-in
locked glass displays, and she suggested to the principal that
she put a rethink your drink display in one of them that can be
there year round without worrying about tampering. Send us
your events & suggestions for the next e-blast! |
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06.01.10
Rina Shah, MD, FAAP had a letter to the editor published
in the Times Herald on March 12, 2010
BANPAC member and February 23rd meeting presenter
Rina Shah, MD, FAAP had a letter to the editor published in the
Times Herald on March 12, 2010: Doctors can't cure childhood
obesity about how small but critical improvements to school
lunches could make a big difference for childhood obesity. Check
out the article and send in your response as a BANPAC member at
www.timesheraldonline.com/opinion/ci_14661994.
An
article in the January 2010 Diablo magazine features Dr. Shah
and her husband, Dr. Parikh from Kaiser Walnut Creek who both
have doctor blogs at
www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/January-2010/Health-Care-20/. |
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San Jose
Mercury News: Big Soda Should Pick Up Tab Role
in Obesity Crisis, 3.15.10
Harold
Goldstein, the executive director of the
California Center for Public Health Advocacy,
whose agency credited BANPAC’s Rethink Your
Drink Initiative for setting the stage for
current policy work to reduce sweetened drink
consumption published an opinion piece in the
San Jose Mercury News: Big Soda Should Pick Up
Tab Role in Obesity Crisis (3/15/10 online).
BANPAC members: here’s a good opportunity to
comment online about what your program is doing
to counter the obesity crisis:
www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_14681249?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com&nclick_check=1. |
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Suellen
Haggerty, Network Worksite Wellness Coordinator,
Inspired Newsletter
Network Worksite
Wellness Coordinator Suellen Haggerty sent us
the Oakland Airport Hilton’s newsletter,
featuring the wellness program Suellen
inspired. The newsletter reports that “The
Hilton recently launched a new employee wellness
program that focuses on consumption of healthier
foods…The first topic was Rethink Your Drink in
an effort to minimize soda consumption.” Other
topics including eating more fruits & vegetables
and “enjoying 30 minutes of exercise daily.” |
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Sugar Savvy
Summer Tip Sheets
BANPAC Introduced
Sugar Savvy Summer Tip Sheets at our April 28th
BANPAC meeting. Tips sheets will help dental
offices, childcare providers/preschools, elected
officials, schools, and youth programs become
more “sugar savvy” and participate in BANPAC’s
Rethink Your Drink/Soda Free Summer Campaign.
Thank you to Darlene Fujii, Jo Seavey-Hultquist,
Mark Elkin, Andrea Menefee, and Tuline Baykal
for developing the Tip Sheets, to the Rethink
Your Drink Committee and Leadership Council for
finalizing them, and to Andrea Menefee for the
final design. |
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The Rudd
Center has just Launched a New Legislative
Database
The Rudd Center has just
launched a new legislative database for policy
makers, journalists, advocates, researchers and
concerned citizens. The Legislative Updates
database, which tracks federal and state bills
filed during the current Congressional and state
legislative sessions, provides detailed bill
language and status updates. Issues include
access to healthy food, school initiatives, menu
labeling, sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, and
more. |
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