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The Y-Fit program at the San Luis Obispo YMCA

Do you want to look great, have more self confidence, and create a lasting, healthy lifestyle?
Get ready to change your mind, body and life today!…

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Congress pushes back on healthier school lunches

“Congress wants pizza and french fries to stay on school lunch lines and is fighting the Obama administration’s efforts to take unhealthy foods out of schools.

The final version of a spending bill released late Monday would unravel school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year. These include limiting the use of potatoes on the lunch line, putting new restrictions on sodium and boosting the use of whole grains. The legislation would block or delay all of those efforts.

The bill also would …

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Healthy For Life, Nutrition Lecture Series

Healthy For Life, Nutrition Lecture Series is a lecture series put on by CHW at the CAPSLO Child Care Resource Center. The dates are March 6, 13, 20, 27 from 6:30pm-8:00pm the workshop series are about Nutrition and Physical Activity. To register call 805-541-2272. If you would like more information see the attached flier in both English and Español. HFL Flyer-CAPSLO…

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Declining Rates of Obesity, Slowly but Surely

So it looks like we are starting to make an impact, but we still have a long way to go.  “The obesity rate among some San Luis Obispo County youths dropped from 2005 to 2010, a new study says. Still, 32.1 percent of the county’s youths were overweight or obese in 2010, compared with 33.5 percent in 2005, according to a study being released today by the California Center for Public Health Advocacy and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.”…

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10 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity!

The Department of Health and Human services (DHHS) put together 10 tips to live actively and eat healthy.  It is relevant not only to everyone across the nation but to us here in San Luis Obispo.

 

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Dec
29

2010 HEAL-SLO Summit – Video and Presentations available

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The HEAL-SLO Summit hosted over 240 people to discuss obesity prevention at the SLO Embassy Suites on Friday, October 22. The summit addressed the multifaceted obesity epidemic and provided different strategies for building a healthy community together. Here are some highlights from the summit:

Agenda:

Prevention of Childhood Obesity: National Strategies and the CATCH Program by Steven H Kelder, MPH, PhD – Professor, Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, Austin

California Campaign of Healthy Beverages: An Effective Obesity Prevention Strategy by Stefan Harvey – Assistant Director, California Center for Public Health Advocacy

Santa Clara County – What We Accomplished (Toy Ordinance) by Lori Martin, M.S., R.D. – Nutrition & Wellness Manager, Santa Clara County Public Health Department

Overview – Where was San Luis Obispo in 2007 and where are we now? Childhood Obesity Prevention Task Force 2007 Report & Recommendations by Joel Diringer, JD, MPH – Diringer & Associates and Janice Fong Wolf – Director of Grants & Programs, San Luis Obispo County Community Foundation

Local SLO County Panel:

1.  School Wellness Program at Lillian Larsen Elementary
Laverne Buckman – San Miguel Resource Connection

2.  School Wellness Program at Oceano Elementary
Moyses Murguia – Oceano Boys and Girls Club

3.  Be a Health Hero! Preschool and K–2 Countywide Poster Campaign
Christine Enyart-Elfers – San Luis Obispo County Office of Education

4.  Jump roping, ReThink Your Drink, and more…
Jenifer Rhynes – YMCA

Implementation of the Affordable Care Act by Herb Schultz – Director of Region 9, US Department of Health & Human Services

Break Out Sessions:

1.  Together We Can Build a Better Food System for San Luis Obispo County
Joseph McIntyre – President, Ag Innovations Network 
Kim Pasciuto – Executive Director, Central Coast Agricultural Network

2.  The Built Environment and its Role in Obesity Prevention
Jeffery Rosenhall, MA – California Active Communities 
James Lopes, AICP – Department of Planning & Building, County of San Luis Obispo

3.  Worksite Wellness: How to Make your Work Environment Healthier
Dayna Ravalin, RD, CDE – Public Health, County of San Luis Obispo 
Nick Duggan – Business Development Manager, American Heart Association 
Nickole Sutter – Wellness Coordinator, City of San Luis Obispo 
Cecilia Fontes – Benefits Coordinator, County of San Luis Obispo

Jessica Borja – Health & Wellness Coordinator, Lucia Mar School District

4.  Behavior Change: Research and Clinical Implications for Obesity Prevention
Suzanne Phelan, PhD – Associate Professor of Kinesiology, Cal Poly 
Robert Wolff, MSW – Clinical Social Worker, Atascadero State Hospital


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Dec
29

What is wrong with our food system – by an 11 year old

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At age 9, while traveling with his family and being “roadschooled,” Birke Baehr began studying sustainable and organic farming practices such as composting, vermiculture, canning and food preservation.  Soon he discovered his other passion: educating others — especially his peers — about the destructiveness of the industrialized food system, and the alternatives.

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Nov
16

Mobile Dairy Classroom on the Central Coast

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Mobile Dairy ClassroomTo coincide with the Be a Health Hero! campaign, the Mobile Dairy Classroom will be on the Central Coast this week. Students learn about the anatomy of a cow by interacting with a real live California cow! The Mobile Dairy lesson will cover what a dairy cow eats and drinks and how milk gets from the cow to the milk containers in their homes.

This assembly integrates Language Arts, Math and Science, while teaching about agriculture’s contribution to our food supply and providing your students with knowledge of healthy food and activity choices. The assembly for the lower elementary grades lasts 30 minutes and the upper elementary assembly lasts 45 minutes.

The cow will be here the whole week in SLO area schools. Here’s the run-down for you:

Tuesday, November 16 / Virginia Peterson Elementary, Paso Robles /
9:15am and 10:30am

Wednesday, November 17 /Bishop’s Peap/Teach Elementary, San Luis Obispo /
9:00am and 10:30am

Thursday, November 18 / Bauer/Speck Elementary, Paso Robles /
9:15am and 10:30am

Friday, November 19 / Baywood Elementary, Los Osos /
9:30am and 10:15am

Check out this article that featured the  mobile dairy unit visiting the local schools: http://www.capitalpress.com/content/JBedell-mobile-dairy-w-art

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Nov
16

3rd Anuual Midnight 5K Costume Fun Run!

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READY…… SET…… GLOW!

Come join in on the fun for the 3rd Annual Cal Poly Midnight 5K Fun Run on Friday, November 19 at 12:00 a.m. If you missed last year’s run, you certainly don’t want to miss out this year! Have fun, get your glow on, and raise money for the Special Olympics.

featuring NADA RASTA and DJ Dirty Laundry
November 18 at 10:00pm – 1:00am
at Campus Market Plaza, Cal Poly

$20 covers glow in the dark T-shirt, registration, goodie-bag & donation towards Special Olympics

Not a runner? Come anyways! Set up a booth, volunteer or come hang out!
Games, food, costume contest & tons of prizes.

find more info on facebook www.facebook.com/calpolyfunrun
or REGISTER ONLINE at www.sosc.org/runcalpoly

A registration booth will also be at the UU
Nov. 8 and 15 12-2pm
Nov 16 10:30 -12:30

Questions? Call: (805) 544-6444
or
e-mail: sanluisobispo@sosc.org

At the stroke of 12, it is time to get your glow on!

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