Fruits and Vegetables The Flavor of Life

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Los Angeles Collaborative for Healthy Active
Children
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LA Collaborative

• Children and families of Los Angeles County are
  physically active, eat healthy foods, and live in
  communities where policies and environments
  promote a healthy lifestyle.

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Goals of LA Collaborative RYD Initiative

• Reduce or eliminate the consumption of
  sugar-sweetened beveragesespecially soda!
• Promote the consumption of water

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What is a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB)?

• Definition
• Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) include all
  beverages that contain added caloric sweeteners.

• Examples
• sodas
• fruit drinks and juices
• sport drinks
• energy drinks
• flavored milk
• sweetened tea and coffee
• rice drinks/horchata
• sugar cane beverages

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Obesity Rates are Climbing in America

• Adult obesity has doubled since 1980
• Since 1990 rates have increased in every state
  
• 1990 2008

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(2009). Graph illustration of U.S. obesity
trends by state 1985-2008. U.S. Obesity Trends.
Retrieved from http//www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/tr
ends.html
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Trend Sweetened Drink Consumption
ml/day
(Jacobson, 2001)
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Dramatic Increase in Consumption

• In California
• 41 of children ages 2-11 and 62 of adolescents
  ages 12-17 drink at least one soda or other
  sugar-sweetened beverage every day.
• In LA County
• 38.8 of adults and 43.3 of children consume
  one or more sodas or sugar-sweetened beverages
  EACH DAY.
• Between 1977 2002 Americans increased their
  calorie intake from soft drinks by 228

Sources LA County Health Survey, 2007 and Babey
SH, Jones M, Yu H, Goldstein H. Bubbling Over
Soda Consumption and Its Link to Obesity
in California. UCLA Center for Health Policy
Research and California Center for Public Health
Advocacy, 2009.
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Trend Per Capita Soft Drink and Milk Consumption
(USDA/ERS, 2003)
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• 1993 Energy from beverages added to, and did
  not displace, energy consumed in other forms
• De Castro, 1993

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• 1996 Daily calorie intake is higher on days
  when an energy-containing beverage was consumed
  at lunch.

Mattes, 1996
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1999 Daily Calories increase with amount of
soda consumed
CSFII 1994 Harnack L., 1999
Soda consumption
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Soda is the largest source of added sugar in
the diet
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Newsroom. (1999). Graph illustration of Where
added sugar comes from. Retrieved from
http//www.cspinet.org/reports/sugar/sugarorigin.h
tml
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2009 For both adults and adolescents, rates of
overweight and obesity are 18 higher among those
who drink one or more sodas every day compared to
those who do not drink any soda at all.
Babey, S. H., Jones, M., Yu, H., Goldstein, H.
(2009). Bubbling over Soda consumption and its
link to obesity in California. UCLA Center for
Health Policy Research, pp 1-8. Retrieved from
http//www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/pubs/files/Soda2
0PB20FINAL203-23-09.pdf
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Health at What Cost?
McDonalds Food/Drink Options
Center for Science in the Public Interest.
(2000). Graph illustration of calories in
7-eleven soft drinks. From wallet to waistline
The hidden costs of super sizing. Retrieved from
http//www.cspinet.org/w2w.pdf
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Soda-Free Options

• Tap water
• Seltzer waters
• Fat-free or low-fat milk (plain)
• 100 fruit juices in limited amounts
• Unsweetened tea and coffee

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Water Quality Reports

• The water delivered by your local water company
  to your meter meets all water quality standards.
  However, it is important to know that your home
  plumbing may affect your water quality.
• To find your local water quality report
• LA County Department of Public Works
• http//dpw.lacounty.gov/wwd/web/waterquality/
• California Water Services
• http//www.calwater.com/your_water/ccr/2009/index.
  php
• If information for your city is not available on
  either of these sites, please contact your citys
  Public Works department.

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Los Angeles Collaborative for Healthy Active
Children

• The LA Collaborative is a regional collaborative
  of public and private organizations involved in
  nutrition and physical activity promotion.
• www.lacollaborative.org
• Become a Member and Sign up for the Email
  Listserv!

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• For further information about the LA
  Collaborative please contact
• Lauren Neel, MPH, CHES
• Coordinator, LA Collaborative
• Network for a Healthy California, Los Angeles
  Region
• County of Los Angeles Public Health Nutrition
  Program
• 3530 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 800
• Los Angeles, CA 90010
• Phone [phone]
• Email lneel_at_ph.lacounty.gov