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…nter the private space that children share with their adults. The physical exams are intimate, of course, but in many ways that is the least of it. To be of help, I had to learn how families work, hour by hour, week by week, year by year. People trusted me to pry and spend time with them to learn about them. To cross the ocean that divided us. My attention gradually turned to problems related to primary calorie imbalance, both malnutrition and obe…
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…eve of CLOCC’s 15th year, it is a good time to reflect on the myriad accomplishments of our Consortium. If the best predictor of the future is the past, then I am confident that, together, our public health community will rise to meet the challenges we may face in 2017. Over the past year, our partners have tirelessly and passionately fought to increase opportunities for all children in Chicago to have healthy and active lives. We have conti…
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…mpts from contract bidding requirements contracts for goods, services, or management in the operation of a school’s food service, including a school that participates in any of the United States Department of Agriculture’s child nutrition programs. STATUS: CLOCC SUPPORTS Witness Slip Opportunity: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 lllinois procurement code requires school districts to accept food contracts based on the lowest bid. The curren…
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…with Children: Americans spend more of their food budget on foods prepared away from home than on foods at home.2 89% of parents report making a purchase from a fast-food restaurant for their children in the previous week.3 In a typical day, 1 in 3 children eat foods/beverages from fast-food restaurants4 In 2015, 10% of children obtained 25-40% of daily calories from fast food; 12% of children obtained more than 40% of daily calories from fast foo…
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…would be pushed to the margins of our local and national agendas. Yet, as data emerged about the virus, its consequences, and the inequities related to both infection and resulting illness, it became quickly apparent that the obesity epidemic and the global pandemic were intrinsically linked. Obesity is understood to be one of the most, significant risk factors for serious illness or death resulting from COVID-19. What’s more, the same upstream fa…
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…lopment. Our Neighborhood Walkability and Accessibility Assessment Tool (NWAAT) will go digital this year, making the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data easier for communities when advocating for policy, systems, and environmental changes. In November, our celebration of CLOCC’s first 20 years will conclude with a network convening, where we will introduce new resources to connect upstream root causes with downstream effects on nutrit…
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…e the 97th percentile.2 These statistics suggest a lifetime of obesity for alarming proportions of the United States population as these children age. Weight gain and obesity in early life are known to be highly predictive of weight as children get older and eventually become adults. For more information about Early Childhood obesity, please refer to the Blueprint. References Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NHANES (National Health and…
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…l context, not just curriculum or programs. Improvements are needed in the availability of healthy foods in and outside of the cafeteria, opportunities for students to engage in physical activity before, during, and after school, and the alignment between school practices and health education delivered in the classroom. 50% of elementary school students at American public schools have access to sugary and high-fat foods. 15% Less than 15% of schoo…
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Business Sector and Industry Practices There are significant opportunities to work with businesses to align their benefits, goods and services, and giving so that they support obesity prevention rather than contribute to obesity prevention. There are 26 million employees with children in the United States and one-quarter of their lives is spent at work. This makes the workplace an important setting for sharing information and resources about kee…
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