Fighting Obesity in Sacramento
Did
you know that 29.1% adults and 27.2% of teens are Obese in Sacramento County?
Obesity increases your risk of other diseases and health problems, such as
heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and certain cancers. The good news is that modest weight loss can
improve or prevent the health problems associated with obesity. Dietary changes
increased physical activity and behavior changes.
What we do?
We provide families with access to
healthy and nutritious foods
Free or low-cost healthcare
services We offer free/low-cost fitness classes at local recreation centers.
The Bigger Picture
While we do what we can to help our community we want to make a
bigger impact in California and are pushing to pass legislation that will help
families become healthier. We are
striving to make a long-term impact to help future families live a healthier
and better life.
· We are pushing to pass a law that provide 200 million dollars a year in
produce vouchers that partner with local California farms to provide access to
healthy food to disadvantaged families.
· We are passing a law banning any juices and sodas being served at
schools. We can as a result analyze the
reduction in soda and juice consumption overall because schools are major
suppliers in sugary drinks.
· We will push to pass legislation to require
classes to teach nutrition and how to read food labels. This will also be tested on yearly state
exams so we can measure how much students understand.
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