Part I: Michael's Story
Airdate: Tuesday, October 1st, 2002

Guest

Dr. Francine Kaufman
Childrens Hospital
Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Childrens Hospital
4650 Sunset Blvd MS 61
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 669-4606
www.childrenshospitalla.org

Reports

A Special Report on Policy Implications from the 1999 California Children's Health Eating and Exercise Practices Survey (PDF)*
This report provides highlights and analysis from the first-ever statewide nutrition and physical activity survey of California elementary school children. Findings focus on the eating and exercise habits of 9 to 11-year-olds throughout California.

CalTEENS: A Generation at Risk (PDF)*
This report details results of the first comprehensive survey of eating and exercise habits of California's more than 2 million adolescents, ages 12 to 17 years old. The poor diets and physical inactivity revealed in the survey indicate a future generation of adults who may face increased incidences of major chronic diseases.

Weblinks

Kidshape Foundation
www.kidshape.com



Part II: Soda Wars
Airdate: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2002

Guest

Dr. Harold Goldstein
California Center for Public Health Advocacy
P.O. Box 2309
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 297- 6000 (Davis Office)
(310) 319-9133 (Los Angeles Office)
www.publichealthadvocacy.org

Weblinks

LAUSD Nutrition Network
A large-scale project to teach healthy eating choices to students and to encourage them and their families to get more physical activity. The project, LAUSD Nutrition Network, focuses on the positive. Students sample delicious fresh fruits and vegetables, experience growing and harvesting their own produce, cook with professional chefs, eat at salad bars, and weave lessons about nutrition into all of the curricular areas.
(818) 761-3967

www.lausdnutritionnetwork.org
Contact: Nonnie Korten, Project Director, LAUSD Nutrition Network

Federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention Nutrition
www.cdc.gov/health/nutrition.htm

USDA's Food and Nutrition
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/fnic.html


Part III: Whose Fault is Fat?
Airdate: Thursday, October 3rd, 2002

Guests

Shirley Thornton
Andrea Giancoli, Nutritionist

L.A. Region Project Lean
3530 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 351-7889
www.lapublichealth.org/nutrition

Weblinks

California Project Lean
California Project LEAN (Leaders Encouraging Activity and Nutrition)
Organization to create healthier communities through policy/environmental changes that support healthy eating and physical activity.
www.californialean.org

Public Health Institute
The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world.
www.phi.org

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