Greetings! And Eid Mubarak! This week we're sharing another great round of reports, resources and videos, as well as a report-back from the recent Good Food Force Meet Up in Orlando, Florida. Have something you'd like to share in a future Good Food Force Update? Please email karen@momsrising.org. Have a great week!
1. HOT LINE
Quick links
- New Study from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: How Children’s Social Skills Impact Success in Adulthood. “Overall, research findings show that teacher-rated social competence in kindergarten was a consistent and significant predictor of future outcomes across all major domains: education, employment, criminal justice, substance use and mental health.”
- New study from Berkeley Media Studies Group: Accelerating policy on nutrition: Lessons from tobacco, alcohol, firearms, and traffic safety. Public health advocates in tobacco, alcohol, firearms, and traffic safety struggled for years before understanding that individual approaches alone won't suffice and that environmental (or policy) approaches to prevention had to be part of the mix. This report from BMSG looks at how public health got to the point of pushing policy in other arenas so that public health funders, researchers, and practitioners might adapt and apply those lessons to preventing and reducing obesity.
- Should There Be a Tax on Soda and Other Sugary Drinks? Check out the debate in the Wall Street Journal. Says Kelly Bronwell (pro tax): “Tobacco and alcohol taxes are now commonplace and are considered a permanent part of the public-health and economic picture. Soda taxes are likely to follow the same course and will provide considerable benefit in the U.S. and around the world.”
2. JOIN THE CONVERSATION
TODAY, Fri July 10, 1pm ET: #FoodFri Tweetchat: Eid Mubarak! Join us and several amazing mom food justice activists and bloggers as we break the fast and share the great work they're doing building healthy communities. As always, we'll be on Twitter at 1pm ET. Join #FoodFri to participate! And be sure to check out the #HealthyRamadan toolkit, developed in partnership with the Muslim Wellness Foundation.
Save the date! Please join @MomsRising, @AmHeartAdvocacy and @CSPI Friday, July 24th at 1pm ET for a #FoodFri tweetchat to discuss sodium.
3. RECESS
Kids health shouldn't be a laughing matter! Check out this new video from the American Heart Association, Nick Offerman and Funny or Die: Pizza Farm.
4. YEARBOOK: GOOD FOOD FORCE MEETUP IN ORLANDO, FL!
On May 16th, MomsRising and members of the Nu Iota Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated set their sight on the Margaret Square Housing Project in Winter Park, Florida. The group participated in a playground beautification project, and shared healthy veggies and recipe ideas with over two dozen families from the community. For about 3 hours, the children played and ate a healthy snack while the moms engaged in some good ol’ fashion community conversation. Over 90 pounds of fresh produce was given away, about 50 recipes were handed out and hopefully some new relationships were made between good food and good people.To find out more about Good Food Force events in your area, join our GFF Facebook group!
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Good Food Force (GFF) Volunteers are real-life superheroes who take action in their schools and communities, and/or on their blogs and online networks, to get the word out about healthy school foods, junk food marketing to kids, and strategies that are working to reduce childhood obesity. Together with MomsRising.org staff, they help advocate for healthier kids and families. Help spread the word! Contact us: karen@momsrising.org
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