UC-CalFresh Child Nutrition Materials

Children & Weight: What Communities Can Do

This resource kit is a "how-to" guide for community leaders who want to launch a local task force dedicated to reducing childhood overweight. Kit includes up to-date information and statistics on childhood overweight, guidelines for mapping community resources and setting task force goals and objectives, and extensive list of print and electronic resources on childhood overweight, and Make a Change, an inspiring video that shows different ways local communities have mobilized to combat childhood overweight. This item can be purchased online under the Nutrition and Eating Right category at: http://www.anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu.

Children & Weight: What's a Parent to Do

This 12-minute video and companion publications (If my Child is Overweight, What should I Do About It?, Food Choices for Good Health, and Children and Weight: What's a Parent to Do?) emphasizes the importance of building self-esteem in an overweight child; how good eating habits and more activity help overweight children grow into their weight. A great educational tool for nutrition professionals working with children and parents. This item can be purchased online under the Nutrition and Eating Right category at: http://www.anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu.

Children & Weight: What Health Professionals Can Do

This kit contains everything you need to conduct in-service training for health professionals on diagnosing, assessing, and treating pediatric obesity. This item can be purchased online under the Nutrition and Eating Right category at: http://www.anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu.

The Fit Families Novela Series

A bilingual kit for health professionals working with parents of young children. Using characters that are struggling to make improvements in their own families' eating habits, the videos and novelas help parents see how small changes can make a big difference. This item can be purchased online under the Nutrition and Eating Right category at: http://www.anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu.

Let's Get Moving

A resource kit that introduces quick and easy ways to incorporate short bursts of physical activity into the daily routine of kids ages 2-7. Includes a training video and activity cards. This item can be purchased online under the Nutrition and Eating Right category at: http://www.anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu.