"Healthy Start   Poll: Majority believe "personal choices" are behind obesity
Data from a Reuters/Ipsos online survey indicate that 61% of adults believe personal choices about food and exercise play key roles in the obesity epidemic, and 49% of respondents said they favor higher health insurance costs for obese patients. Researchers found that 52% of respondents support government interventions to address obesity, while 48% oppose it, but 87% said they support requiring schools to promote 30 minutes of daily exercise. Reuters"

"Mike Magee

Health Commentary has been focused on the challenge of obesity for over a decade. The facts have been clear. But the will to deal effectively with this crisis has been spotty at best. The costs are rising – in financial, human, social and cultural capital – and weighing us down in a thousand different ways. What will it take to effectively respond?"

Link to film: http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/?cmpid=ABC1215

Read the report:

http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2012/Accelerating-Progress-in-Obesity-Prevention.aspx

Radio program on The Diane Rehm Show. http://thedianerehmshow.org

"More than one-third of adults in the U.S. and nearly 17 percent of the nation’s children are obese. Obesity’s human toll includes diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and some cancers. Relative medical costs of the obese are estimated to be up to 100 percent higher than for Americans of healthy weight. A new report by the Institute of Medicine warns these social and economic costs will increase in the coming years unless we do more to prevent people from becoming overweight -- especially young people. And researchers say a real solution will require leadership from educators to employers to the president. Diane and her guests discuss America’s obesity epidemic.
Guests
Barbara Linder

Senior Advisor for Childhood Diabetes Research at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Christina Economos

Director of Child Obesity 180 at the Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts University. Committee member for Institute of Medicine report, "Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation"
Ross Hammond

Director, Center on Social Dynamics and Policy and
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
J. Justin Wilson

senior research analyst, Center for Consumer Freedom.
Sylvisha Perry

Subject in Berrie Diabetes Center, Columbia University, site of NIH TODAY Study (Treatment Options for type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth)."
 

Click here for a direct link to the show:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-05-10/facing-americas-obesity-crisis

Dear JCLTeam cycling participants/Queridos partcipantes del equipo ciclista de JCLTeam:

It was an honor to have you participate in JCLTeam's FIRST Group cycling event representing Washington Heights and Inwood!

We know that your cycling abilities ranged greatly and we thank everyone for your patience as we learned how to best guide you from the starting to the finish line this weekend.  

JCLTeam is proud to say that we registered 16 Latino participants to the 2012 Five Boro Bike Tour and 16 Latinos ranging from ages 10-53 COMPLETED the 40 mile tour without a scratch on them! 

Inwood Branch

http://www.nypl.org/locations/inwood

Fort Washington Branch

http://www.nypl.org/locations/fort-washington

Example: Hip Hop Dance classes May 1,8, 15, 22, 29 and June 5th3:30pm at Inwood Branch

Some snippets from our task force weekly email blast. If you'd like to join this weekly list, email chalk@nyp.org, subject: I want to join task force email list

For more info, visit http://bit.ly/kdNcsg

Dear CCPH service-learning colleagues,

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is delighted to announce the Community Health Partnership of the Heights in New York City as the recipient of the 11th Annual CCPH Award. The award highlights the power and potential of partnerships between communities and academic institutions as a strategy for social justice. It honors community-campus partnerships that are striving to achieve the systems and policy changes needed to overcome the root causes of health, social, environmental and economic inequalities.

Date:                           Wednesdays, May 2^nd , Miércoles 2 de mayo

Time:                          3:00PM

More Information:     Adriana Zorrilla, Adriana.zorrilla@fns.usda.gov, (703) 305-2385.

“The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host a conference call and webinar in Spanish to introduce the new La Mesa Completa tool kit.  This e-tool in Spanish is made for faith-based and community leaders to learn about various ways in which they can partner with USDA to ensure that Latinos have access to nutrition programs. The toolkit includes helpful links, best practices, stories, and even videos of personal testimony.”

The session will be available via Microsoft Office LiveMeeting (Webinar) and is free for all participants.  You will need access to a phone line and a computer with internet access to participate.  Please note that you must register for the webinar to receive additional information. Please find the registration information here.

(invitation from Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer)

“Youthbucks is a free program from my office, in collaboration with Go Green and the NYC Department of Health, designed to encourage school-aged youth ages 4-17 to make healthy food choices through coordinated field trips to farmers markets in East Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood.  In 2011, 4,000 school-aged children participated in the program and we have set an ambitious goal of 6,000 youth for 2012.  I hope that your organization will join us in meeting this goal by participating in this year’s program. 

Schedule Your Field Trip Today! Scheduling a field trip is easy!  Trips can be scheduled right away beginning July through November 2012 and my office will coordinate everything.  Simply designate a point of contact from your organization and we will work with your organization to schedule a convenient date, time, and market location for your trip with farmer’s market operators Harvest Home and GrowNYC-Greenmarket.

Email Kate Spaulding from my office at kspaulding@manhattanbp.org to register and to schedule your organization for a farmer’s market visit.  You can also call her at 212.669.2094, though email is preferred.  As a reminder, participating organizations are responsible for coordinating travel for all field trips and securing the necessary permission slips from parents.

The Youthbucks Program has created a model where youth can learn more effectively about the benefits of healthy eating and embracing a healthier lifestyle at a young age.  We look forward to the youth from your organization participating in this year’s program so please contact my office at 212.669.2094 if there are questions and to schedule your trip.”