CLOCC NEWS - November 16, 2015
CLOCC News
CLOCC Quarterly Meeting to Focus on Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood; Registration Now Open   

CLOCC's next Quarterly Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, December 9, and will focus on Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood. The agenda will include a walk-through of new and existing early-childhood materials from CLOCC as well as a panel presentation on early-childhood resources and programs from local partners. The keynote presentation "Encouraging Healthy Active Living for Families" will be delivered by Alison Baker, MS, the Director of Division of Safety and Health Promotion of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Mala Thapar, MPH, Program Manager, Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight at the AAP. Additionally, CLOCC will recognize the recipient of the 2015 Katherine Kauffer Christoffel Founder's Award.

The meeting will take place at the UBS Tower, 1 North Wacker Drive. For individuals who are new to CLOCC, an "Intro to CLOCC" session will be held beginning at 11:00 a.m. Please RSVP to attend. CLOCC Interest Group sessions will take place beginning at Noon.   

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For additional information, contact [email protected].

Chicago Department of Public Health Releases Report of Local Health Data

Recently, the Chicago Department of Public Health published Measuring Chicago's Health: Findings, a report constructed using data from the 2014 Healthy Chicago Survey.  This report is a first-of-its-kind for the City, and while the data focus on adult residents, the findings provide insight into the health status and health behavior of Chicago's 2.7 million residents. Data from the survey have served to influence the priorities of the Chicago's four-year health improvement plan, Healthy Chicago 2.0, which is due to be released next month.

Among the findings included in the report:
  • Approximately 49% of Chicago's residents reported using walking paths, parks, playgrounds or sports fields in their neighborhood for physical activity, while seven percent responded that their neighborhood does not have any of these facilities 
  • 22.7% of adults reported eating three or more servings of vegetables daily
  • 18.3% of adults in Chicago reported not participating in any physical activity in the past month, with older residents, women, non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics reporting the highest rates of inactivity
  • 28.8% of Chicago adults reported being obese

Click the image below for the full report.

 


 
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking applications to Empower Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participants.  Up to $16.8 million is available to help participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) increase their purchases of fruits and vegetables under the second round of awards to be made under the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) program created by the 2014 Farm Bill.  Application deadline is December 16th.

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