The California Childhood Obesity Conference is a biennial event. The next conference will be held in January, 2009.
Asian language pamphlets on nutrition and families now available
The risk of obesity among Asian-American children increases the longer they are in the United States. Agencies and heath organizations serving this population have expressed the need for educational materials focused on helping children achieve healthy weights. Materials, currently available as downloads from our website, are written in Cambodian, Lao, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Hmong and English.
Everybody’s Different: A positive approach to teaching about health, puberty, body image, nutrition, self-esteem and obesity prevention
by Dr Jenny O’Dea, past visiting scholar at the Center.
Overweight and body image concerns in children and adolescents are increasing. Overall body dissatisfaction in young people has increased dramatically in the last few decades, with a heightened prevalence of dieting, eating disorders, obsessive exercise and steroid abuse. Everybody’s Different details how to apply a proven self-esteem approach in schools, community settings and clinical situations to improve body image conceptions, prevent eating disorders and obesity, and foster health, nutrition and physical activity in young people. An ideal reference and resource book for anyone working with young people—particularly primary and secondary school teachers and university students—
Visit the 2007 California Obesity Conference pages : view the conference agenda, topics and speakers, and download available materials presented during the January 2007 conference.
The California Childhood Obesity Conference is a biennial event. The next conference will be held in January, 2009.
Author Raj Patel will speak on the food crisis and children's health.
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
4pm
Morgan Hall Lounge (114 Morgan Hall)
Raj Patel is currently a researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and a visiting scholar at the Center for African Studies at the University of California at Berkele. He is the author of Stuffed and Starved (http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/frontpage)
