PDF Ebook California Obesity Prevention Plan: A Vision For Tomorrow, Strategic Actions For Today
In recognition of california’s growing obesity epidemic, competing environmental forces and fragmented efforts, the legislature mandated that california department of Health services (cdHs) create this strategic plan to guide a statewide response to this crisis. (Budget Act of 2005, sB 77, item # 4260.001.0001, Provision 7)
case for Action: california, like much of the rest of the world, is experiencing an obesity epidemic for which there is no single cause or simple cure. The case for action to address this epidemic is based on three principal factors:
1. california’s current Health status - Poor nutrition and inactivity are causing serious health problems – including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer – now, and if left unchecked, will lead to worsening conditions in the future.
2. competing environmental forces – choices that lead to poor nutrition and inactivity are often more available, affordable, and convenient than healthier options.
3. fragmented, Uncoordinated efforts – many actions are being taken by government, industry, voluntary, and philanthropic sectors, but without concordance.
call to Action: we have a vision for a healthier california. governor schwarzenegger developed a 10 step Vision for a Healthy california and convened the summit on Health, nutrition, and obesity in september 2005 as a call to action to bring focus and momentum to the transformation that is needed to create a healthy california in which we all want to live. Through california’s internationally recognized tobacco control programs, we have experience and success in effecting a major societal change that resulted in significantly improved health for the people of our state. It was a difficult task but we did it. And we can do it again. As california has been a leader in reducing tobacco use, we can be a leader in the campaign to reduce obesity.
The Plan: This california obesity Prevention Plan serves as a guide for each sector of society to take part in creating the shift to healthy eating and active living. This plan was constructed with input from a number of advisorygroups, forums, and meetings including, the governor’s summit on Health, nutrition, and obesity, the strategic Alliance, and the California Obesity Prevention Initiative. It identifies recommendations for action for all sectors to make sustainable changes in physical activity and food environments. The strategic actions are organized under these four goals:
goal 1: ensure state level leadership and coordination that reaches into communities across the state.
goal 2: create a statewide public education campaign that frames healthy eating and active living as california living.
goal 3: support local assistance grants and implement multi-sectoral policy strategies to create healthy eating and active living community environments.
goal 4: create and implement a statewide tracking and evaluation system.
This California Obesity Prevention Plan is meant to serve as a springboard for
government, business, voluntary and philanthropic sectors to convert fragmentation into collaboration and synergy, to carefully align and invest resources, and to create a shared response to a societal crisis.
Contents
case for Action
call to Action
The Plan: recommendations for Action
goal 1: ensure state level leadership and coordination that reaches into communities across the state.
goal 2: create a statewide public education campaign that frames healthy eating and active living as california living.
goal 3: support local assistance grants and implement multi-sectoral policy strategies to create healthy eating and active living community environments.
goal 4: create and implement a statewide tracking and evaluation system.
summary
Acknowledgements
Appendix
governor’s summit on Health, nutrition, and obesity Honor roll fact sheet references.
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PDF Ebook California Obesity Prevention Plan: A Vision For Tomorrow, Strategic Actions For Today
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