Register now for a free obesity prevention webinar Thursday, February 9, 4 – 5:30 PM Eastern time. "Improving Children's Health through Federal Collaboration" will highlight Let’s Move!, the First Lady’s initiative to solve the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation, as well as several other federal initiatives.
CDC has a new article, “Primary health care providers’ attitudes and counseling behaviors related to dietary sodium reduction” published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The findings from this article indicate that more effort is required to inform health care providers about the need to reduce sodium intake according to current Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Click here to view additional resources from CDC to help primary care providers counsel their patients in reducing sodium intake.
A new report concludes that a penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages would prevent thousands of heart attacks, strokes, cases of diabetes and premature deaths, avoiding billions of dollars in medical costs over ten years. Click here for more information on this new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, published in Health Affairs.
Prevention Institute’s most popular resources available. The Prevention Institute continues to build its library of free, online publications, tools and resources to help advocates put prevention and equity at the center of community wellbeing. Click here to read the 12 for 2012: The Prevention Institute's Most Popular Resources.
Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards -- Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs (3rd ed.) represents the best evidence, expertise, and experience on quality health and safety practices and policies that should be followed in early care and education settings. The updated book was produced as a joint project of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Public Health Association, and the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education with support from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Maternal and Child Health Bureau. The new edition includes guiding principles, advice to the user, and information about new and significant changes.
The Baby-Friendly Hospitals Project seeks to improve maternity care practices to support breastfeeding. CDC has awarded nearly $6 million over three years to the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality to help hospitals nationwide make quality improvements to maternity care to better support breastfeeding. The goal of the project is to accelerate the number of Baby-Friendly hospitals in the United States. Click here to learn more about the initiative.
CDC’s FY2010 Funding Profile Tool is searchable by Congressional District. The tool now contains a Query View that offers the ability to view and download detailed grants information behind the state and territorial summaries available through the Map View. The query function offers details about each grant, such as grantee name, address, Congressional District and more.
CDC-DNPAO recently released a new report, “State Initiatives Supporting Healthier Food Retail: An Overview of the National Landscape.” The report outlines the rationale for and components of healthier food retail legislation enacted in the last decade. The report also provides public health practitioners and their partners with potential action steps to inform and educate others about the benefits of improved access to fruit and vegetables and other healthier foods through Healthier Food Retail initiatives in their state. CDC-DNPAO also has these resources: State-Based Programs Tools and Resources, and State Legislative and Regulatory Action to Prevent Obesity and Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity Database (SLRA).
The USDA has taken many steps in the last year to implement the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. For example, the agency provided guidance to enhance local wellness policies in schools. The agency also bolstered Farm to School connections. New USDA policy ensures that children have access to fresh produce and other agricultural products and gives a much-needed boost to local farmers and agricultural producers. For more examples of USDA's actions to implement the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, go to the ASTPHND Advocacy page.
The new SNAP to Health website, from the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, creates a "virtual town hall" for dialogue on how to strengthen SNAP. The new site also provides a forum for nutrition, food insecurity and obesity prevention issues. This website serves as an online community for discussion about SNAP and provides updates on the most current SNAP news.
Current funding opportunities in public health nutrition.
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