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A concrete menu of strategies designed to help you improve nutrition and activity environments on a local level
An online searchable database of promising local policies that affect nutrition and physical activity
In-depth media analysis to help you influence public discussion on nutrition, physical activity, and related chronic diseases
A toolkit for adopting the Taking Action Recommendations in your community
A look at how policy can be a tool to help you make lasting changes to nutrition and physical activity environments

STRATEGIC ALLIANCE

c/o Prevention Institute

221 Oak Street

Oakland, CA 94607
Tel: 510.444.7738
Fax: 510.663.1280

 

The Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments (Strategic Alliance) is a coalition of nutrition and physical activity advocates in California. The Strategic Alliance is shifting the debate on nutrition and physical activity away from a primary focus on personal responsibility and individual choice to one that examines corporate and government practices and the role of the environment in shaping eating and activity behaviors. The Alliance's goal is to benefit the health and wellness of all California residents by promoting environmental solutions and institutional and government policies and practices that support healthy eating and activity. The Strategic Alliance focuses its work on:

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HIGHLIGHTS  

Does Race Define What's in the Shopping Cart?

Geography and the availability of healthy foods play a substantial role in determining what African Americans in Los Angeles eat

 

Designed for Disease (PDF)

The Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes

 

Federal Safe Routes to School Program Cycle 2 Call for Projects. Applications due on July 18, 2008  

 
Healthy Eating, Active Communities The HEAC initiative aims to improve the food & physical activity environments for school-age children  
UPCOMING EVENTS  

Healthy Community Planning Webforum Series

Multiple dates June-October

 

Legislative Black Caucus Summit on Diabetes and Obesity

June 27th, Oakland, CA
 

Review of National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs

July 9th, Washington D.C.

 
 
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