Childhood Obesity Prevention in Texas Workshop Summary (2009) / Chapter Skim
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7 A Look at the Austin Landscape
7 A Look at the Austin Landscape
Pages 39-46
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As a child, Carrozza suffered from asthma and chemical allergies. He discovered that limiting his time indoors, maintaining an active lifestyle by running, and eating organic foods dramatically improved his symptoms.
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Each year, the Marathon Kids program culminates in a final mile medal celebration held at a college or university with Olympians in attendance to sign autographs. Access to the program is promoted through school activities and free transportation to events.
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. As a whole, the Texas Food Bank Network consists of 19 member food banks that provide emergency food assistance to all Texas counties.
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It provides emergency food assistance to 21 central Texas counties through a network of 355 partner nonprofit organizations. Recognizing that children living in poverty lack access to high-quality, nutritious foods, the food bank endeavors to increase access to such foods for low-income children and families through several locally based programs (Box 7-1)
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Deinhammer noted that, in addition to efforts to promote physical activity and access to nutritious foods, stakeholders seeking to prevent childhood obesity need to fund and advertise the right messages to children through television ads. "Today … a typical child sees 40,000 commercials a year, and more than half of those are for fast food, candy, soft drinks, and sweetened breakfast cereals," she stated.
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The share portion of the continuum is represented by the Farm Direct program, which provides farmers with numerous outlets for partnering with organizations and distributing fresh, healthy food to various venues in the community.
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Through additional funding, the Sustainable Food Center is conducting a pilot project aimed at accomplishing a comprehensive community intervention by implementing all of its programs in specific communities near Sprouting Healthy Kids schools.
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