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Organization |
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Black Infant Health Projects, Los Angeles
Target population: pregnant, breast feeding and parenting women and their families |
Nutrition Education Class focused on health eating for family members including children and adults. |
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World Kidney Day Forum sponsored by Charles Drew University and University of California Los Angeles
Target population: patients living with kidney disease; health care professionals and community residents. |
“Nutrition in Health and Disease”
1. Identify healthy food options for prevention and treatment of chronic diseases i.e. diabetes, hypertension, and obesity.
2. Identify and utilize nutrition information on food packages as tools in planning healthy food options.
3. Plan healthy meals that meet their daily nutritional intake recommendations.
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Jenesse Center, Inc
Target population: domestic violence intervention program
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Series of Nutrition Education Classes:
"Healthy eating choices-including cultural foods”
"Food Label Reading when both cooking at home and eating outside of the home” Recycle, Reuse considerations while preparing meals for the family
“Physical activity exercises for family members. “
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Los Angeles Urban League Head start/State Preschool
Target population: Families of children enrolled in program. |
Nutrition Education Classes: "Healthy eating choices- including cultural foods"
"Food Label Reading" when both cooking at home and eating outside the home
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Project Access Health Fair
Target Group: Families and Seniors in residental housing
| Interactive Nutrition Display:
- Healthy eating choices-including cultural foods
- "Food Label Reading" when cooking at home and when eating outside of the home
- Measuring food portion sizes.
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Solid Rock Baptist Church
Target Group: Adults
| Baptist Church
- Nutrition Education Class on "Food Label Reading" when both cooking at home and eating outside of the home.
- Activity was undertaken as Partner for the American Diabetes Association's African American Programs.
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6th Avenue Block Club
Target Group: Residents in a neighborhood of Inglewood, CA
| - Making Healthy Food Choices including dairy products, fruits and vegetables
- "Food Label Reading" when both preparing food at home and eating meals outside of the home.
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United American Indian Involvement
Target Group: Natvie American Families and their children
| Nutrition and physical activity classes (4 weeks at 2.5 hrs. each) for families and their children (under 18 years of age) focused on childhood obesity prevention.
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Los Angeles Community Garden Council's 3rd Annual Gathering of Community Gardens
Target Group: Community Gardeners
| Panel Presentation: "How Community Gardens in Los Angeles can improve how their neighborhoods eat?" Nutrition/ Registered Dietitian comments focused on:
- Ensuring the cultural relevance of produce grown to the residents of the specific neighborhoods
- Actively promoting the nutritional values of the produce grown in the gardens
- Involvement of youth in the gardening projects as a way of continuing the legacy.
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