Tag: Childhood Obesity Initiative

  • State Patches Hole in Nutrition Funding Left by Fiscal Cliff Deal

    City Heights mother Latonya Frazier has started substituting healthier ingredients in her soul food recipes, thanks to nutrition education from the Network for a Healthy California. Federal funding for the program was cut in January’s fiscal cliff deal. | Photo Credit: Amina Sheik Mohamed By Megan Burks State Patches Hole in Nutrition Funding, Aired Feb.…

  • San Diego Offers Free Gardening Classes to Produce Healthy Lifestyles

    By Susan Murphy Published May 17, 2011 on San Diego County will offer free gardening classes as part of an initiative to improve health and combat obesity. The hope is for people to eat healthier by learning to grow their own fruits and vegetables and incorporate them into healthy meals. San Diego County officials and community…