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		<title>Bringing Fresh Produce to Food Banks</title>
		<link>http://www.healthycal.org/archives/3730</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 12:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[food banks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leafy green vegetables, Brussels sprouts, beets and leeks aren’t typically the kinds of foods available at food banks. Fresh foods are hard to salvage for people in need, even though perfectly edible produce that doesn’t meet grocery store standards is often left to rot in the fields. But a Salinas organization, Ag Against Hunger, has developed some innovative methods for distributing fresh produce to food banks.]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting Childhood Obesity with Bikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[childhood obesity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Fresno’s Susan B. Anthony grade school, located in one of the most impoverished area of Fresno, 78 percent of fifth graders don’t meet the state’s requirements for healthy fitness. Fresno pastor Mike Slayden decided to tackle the problem by encouraging students to walk or bike to school. Through his not-for-profit, he offers them a shiny prize for their work: a brand new bike.]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity, diabetes, more prevalent among poor and less educated Californians</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest look at obesity and diabetes trends in California from the UCLA Center on Health Policy Research shows how closely the twin maladies are tied to income and education levels. The poor are more likely to be obese and have diabetes than more affluent Californians, and people without a high school education are two times as likely to be obese and three times more likely to  have diabetes than college graduates. The report suggests that environmental factors play a big role in driving these numbers.]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity rates levelling off among some children</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Childhood obesity rates in California are showing signs of leveling off or even declining among some adolescents, a new study led by UC San Francisco researchers has found. But the rates continue to climb for some ethnic and racial groups, and the worst cases are as numerous, and as serious, as ever.]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity rates keep climbing in US</title>
		<link>http://www.healthycal.org/archives/2028</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Health Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A record number of US adults are now obese, with 2 million more people crossing that unhealthy weight threshold between 2007 and 2009, according to new numbers released by the US Centers for Disease Control. California's obesity rate is 24.8 percent, which is below the US average but higher than 16 other states.]]></description>
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		<title>Putting walkability to the test</title>
		<link>http://www.healthycal.org/archives/1748</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ashby Wolfe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greater Sacramento]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[walkability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On a recent trip to Washington, DC, I decided to test my belief that walking is an important way to promote  weight loss and healthy lifestyles by doing as much walking as possible in our nation's capital. I decided to keep track of my efforts and see just how easy it was to stay physically active while on a highly scheduled two-day business trip.]]></description>
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		<title>State Senate bans sport drinks in high schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 19:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Health Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The state Senate has approved a bill to ban the sale of sugar-sweetened sport drinks in the public schools during school hours. The bill would tighten a restriction that already forbids the sale of soft drinks but did not include electrolyte replacement beverages in the ban.]]></description>
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		<title>Hospitals pressured to back more breastfeeding</title>
		<link>http://www.healthycal.org/archives/1609</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 04:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Health Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breastfeeding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[    California advocates for women and children are making a major push for breastfeeding and laying the groundwork for proposals in the Legislature that could require hospitals that deliver babies to reduce the number of newborns fed with bottled formula.]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Clara to restrict linking of toys, unhealthy food</title>
		<link>http://www.healthycal.org/archives/1574</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Health Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has given tentative approval to an ordinance that would restrict the ability of restaurants to use toys or other incentives to entice children into eating meals that are high in fat, sugar, and calories. The ordinance is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States.]]></description>
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		<title>Majority of voters back soda tax to fight obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.healthycal.org/archives/1502</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California Health Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dean Florez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A majority of Californians would support a "small" tax on sweetened soda as a way to fight obesity, according to a Field Poll survey sponsored by a public health advocacy group. The poll found that 56 percent would support such a tax, with 43 percent opposed.]]></description>
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