California Center for Public Health Advocacy

Kick the Can

Laurie David | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Coca-Cola, Soft Drinks, Blood Sugar, Sugar Addiction, Soda Industry, Celebrity Endorsements, Kick the Can, Obesity Epidemic, Soda, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Obesity, Coke, Childhood Obesity, Sugar, Food News
Laurie David

In the midst of an epidemic that threatens to kill far too many of our kids, we appeal to the common sense and decency of our celebrities and ask them -- no, beg them -- to stop accepting soda and sugary drink endorsements.

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Are We Winning The Battle Against Childhood Obesity?

| Joanna Lin | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: UC Davis Obesity, California Department of Education, Physical Fitness Test, Physical Fitness, UC Davis Research, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Physical Fitness Students, Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch By Joanna Lin Obesity is still on the rise among California students, but after years of p...

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Super Bowl Sunday and the Elixir of Fat

Joel Epstein | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Soda, Pepsi, Giants, Coke, Diabetes, Fitness, Super Bowl Commercials, Patriots, Public Health, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Obesity, Super Bowl, Health News, Kick the Can, Healthy Living News
Joel Epstein

This Super Bowl Sunday both on and off the field viewers watched the Giants and the Patriots. Between plays and at halftime, the off-the-field giants were Big Soda, with their ads for their elixir of obesity and diabetes.

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Longing for CicLAvia

Joel Epstein | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Soda, Project RENEW, Bogotá, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Los Angeles, Childhood Obesity, Junk Food, Air Pollution, 30/10 Initiative, Bicycling, Diabetes, Transit-Oriented Development, La Metro, Fitness, America Fast Forward, Public Transit, Ciclavia, Public Health, Traffic, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

CicLAvia is certainly about giving Angelenos a break from the stress of car traffic. But it is also a new way of thinking about how we engage with our city, and how we exercise in LA.

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CicLAvia Is What I'll Be Doing in LA This Sunday

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago, Quito, Bogotá, Santa Monica, Green LA Institute, Walking, Summer Streets, Diabetes, Fitness, Streetsblog, NYC DOT, Jonathan Parfrey, Public Transportation, El Paso, Miami, Mexico City, The Social Network, Portland, 30/10, High Line, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Park 101, Los Angeles, Facebook, New York, Santiago, Biking, Metro, San Francisco, Ciclavia, Guadalajara, Obesity, CiclovíA, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

The City of LA recognized in CicLAvia an opportunity to give Angelenos a taste of what LA can be like, at least for a bit, without cars. It will temporarily turn the streets over to those who deserve them the most. Us.

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Public Space = Public Health

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: El Paso, Mexico City, Chicago, Public Health, Soda Tax, Obesity, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Guadalajara, Pepsi, Los Angeles, Metro, New York, Bike Culture, Santiago, Infrastructure, In-N-Out Burger, Bogota, Diabetes, Lax, Sacramento, San Francisco, Miami, GOOD Magazine, Amazon, Ciclavia, Portland, Michael Pollan, Nokia Theatre, Mass Transit, Los Angeles News
Joel Epstein

In a city with many neighborhoods starved for public space, CicLAvia promotes a creative way to make over LA for a few hours a week by converting city streets to pedestrian thoroughfares.

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Food, Inc. Inspires Moms to Cut the Crap

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Center for Science in the Public Interest, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, White House, Takepart.com, Congress, Childhood Nutrition, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Obesity, Cspi, Junk Food, Child Nutrition Reauthorization, Food Inc., Nutrition, Moms Rising, Soda, Desperate Housewives, Healthy School Lunch Brigade, School Lunches, Diabetes, Deidre Hall, Andrea Bowen, Childhood-Diabetes, Politics News
Sarah Newman

Parents have had enough. They know their kids need nutritious, fresh ingredients that encourage healthy growth and fuel their minds instead of foods that fuel an obesity epidemic amongst kids.

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