Is Breastfeeding Protective Against Obesity?
Kay Dewey, PhD Professor of Nutrition, UC Davis

Presented for the UCLA Public Health Nutrition Colloquium, Feb. 3, 2005
Dr. Dewey summarizes the evidence relating increasing childhood obesity rates
with low breastfeeding rates.

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Nutrition-Friendly Schools and Communities: 
School-Based Environmental Intervention
Charlotte Neumann, MD
School of Public Health, UCLA

Presented for the UCLA Public Health Nutrition Colloquium, May 5, 2005
by Stephanie Vecchiarelli, Project Director
This research project conducted with the L.A. Unified School District
developed 15 steps to promote healthy nutrition and physical
activity, using a multilevel school/community intervention model.

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Development and Implementation of the LAUSD 
"Soda Ban" and "Junk Food Ban"
Stephanie Vecchiarelli, EdD, MPH
School of Public Health, UCLA

Presented for the UCLA Public Health Nutrition Colloquium, Dec. 1, 2005
Getting low-nutrient foods out of public schools involved a dramatic,
cutting-edge policy shift for the L.A. Unified School District. Students
and staff in two high schools were interviewed 9 months after the junk
food bans to determine the impact on healthy eating in the schools.

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