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Winter Park Health Foundation Awards $300,000 for Health Improvement ProjectsThe Winter Park Health Foundation (WPHF) has awarded its first round of Think~Act~Be Healthy Communities initiative grants totaling $300,000 to nine organizations for projects to improve the health of residents in Eatonville, Maitland and Winter Park. WPHF launched the Healthy Communities initiative in November, 2007 in an effort to inspire community projects that would change the environment and/or culture in ways that encouraged healthy behaviors. Individuals and groups were invited to submit ideas that would promote physical activity, promote healthy eating and reduce tobacco use in the Foundation's three target communities. more |
NEWS ON THE WEB4/29/08 Local Food Action Initiative a recipe to cure society's ills? HHS, Ad Council Extend Childhood Obesity Prevention PSA Campaign Researchers Evaluate Video Games as Tool to Boost Families' Physical Activity Levels |
Regional Approach to Cutting Childhood Obesity Gets AttentionKey health care stakeholders and advocates for children from throughout Central Florida attended a recent work session in Orlando with representatives of the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC), and informally agreed they would like to try to replicate the CLOCC program locally. And they also agreed they would like to focus on the health of very young children. The CLOCC program, which has received national recognition for its work in childhood obesity prevention, research and innovation, is led by community leaders in the health sector and guided by community-based groups from across the Chicago area. CLOCC fosters and facilitates connections between researchers; public health advocates and practitioners; corporations; policymakers; and children, families, and communities. All work is focused on promoting healthy and active lifestyles for children throughout the Chicago area.
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