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Dear Shape Up Coalition Member,
Happy New Year! We hope you are starting your year off with healthy habits. We had lots of updates and a great presentation by Dr. Kristine Madsen on evidenced-based strategies to increase physical activity at our January Coalition Meeting. Read the minutes and don't miss Dr. Madsen's presentation.
We hope to see many of you at our quarterly Coalition meeting in April:
April 14 from 2 - 4 PM
DCYF, 1390 Market St. Suite 900
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What's Shape Up SF doing?
Physical Activity Council
Walking Challenge
Rethink Your Drink
Southeast Food Access
SEVA
Safe Routes to School
Food Update
What can I do?
San Francisco H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine and Education Week
Affordable Regional Afterschool Conference January 29 & 30 in SF
Physical Education Research for Kids Policy Brief: Feb 4
Register for Kaiser Permanente SFs Half Marathon & 5K Fun Run
Save the Date for BANPAC's Membership Meeting: Feb 23
Childhood Obesity 2010: The Next Generation of Prevention and Management
California Center for Public Health Advocacy's 10th Anniversary Awards Luncheon
UCSF Diabetes Teaching Center offers free diabetes group instruction
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 By Marianne Szeto
Shape Up's Physical Activity Council (PAC) is continuing its work on the policy analysis, funded by The California Endowment. Members of the PAC have met with more than half of the Board of Supervisors, sharing with them our accomplishments, and letting them know about the policy research and the report of policy recommendations to be completed this spring. Outreach to community-based organizations is underway.
PAC Member and Lead Researcher on this project, Dr. Susan Zieff, has had two abstracts accepted for poster presentations at the 3rd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health to be held May 5-8, 2010 in Toronto, Canada. She will be presenting on the Policy Analysis work: "Implicit and Explicit References to Physical Activity in Policy Discussions among Key Local Decision-Makers" as well as on Sunday Streets: "Can a Community-Based Event Change Physical Activity Behaviour?" The submission process was highly competitive, and the acceptance of BOTH Susan's abstracts speaks volumes about the value of Shape Up's work and how lucky we are to be working with Susan. For more info about the PAC, contact marianne.szeto@sfdph.org. (back to top)
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 By Amy Portello Nelson
The 4th Shape Up Walking Challenge will be: March 1-May 7, 2010, so get ready to form a team of friends, family, community, coworkers, and on February 1st, go to: www.shapeupsfwalkingchallenge.org to register your team.
Be physically active in any way that you like and log all your “miles” on our website. If you do something that can’t be logged in miles, we have a simple equation (20 min or moderate to vigorous physical activity = 1 mile). Your miles add to your team’s total. In 10 weeks, your team miles should equal 1,016 miles, the equivalent of the coastline of California. If your team surpasses this milestone, you may continue to walk across the country and around the world!
Participate on a team and recruit others to participate - it's free and fun! Sponsor, partner or support the Walking Challenge. The proposal (PDF) and flyer (PDF) are available online. If you have any questions, please email Amy at shapeup@dcyf.org. (back to top)
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 By Marianne Szeto
Shape Up has implemented Soda Free Summer for the past two years, but this year, we will convey a broader, year-round message that encompasses both of our components – Soda Free Summer and Drink Water Said the Otter, through Rethink Your Drink (RYD).
This year we are working with our partners on ways to integrate RYD into their existing programs. Now is the time to think about how to do this. As members of SUSF, we ask that you or your organization participate and help spread this important message. Soda is the only "food" that has been linked to obesity. It's time that we change the beverage environment and the first step is for people to rethink their drink.
Shape Up will be hosting two Sugar Savvy Train-the-Trainer sessions. If your organization plans to implement the SFS campaign, please send a representative to one of these trainings. Download a flyer (PDF) to post at your organization.
April 21 and May 19 from 10-11:30 AM
30 Van Ness Ave., Suite 2300
RSVP by email to marianne.szeto@sfdph.org
* If your organization contacts me before Feb 15 with the quantities of brochures (available in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese) and signs up for (and actually attends) a Sugar Savvy Training, Shape Up will deliver materials to you in May.
Shape Up has developed a Sponsorship Proposal packet. If you know of any organizations who might be interested in supporting and helping to fund the RYD campaign - or if you are an organization who is interested in integrating RYD into your existing programs, please contact Marianne at marianne.szeto@sfdph.org. (back to top)
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 By Sabrina Wu
The Southeast Food Access (SEFA) Working Group’s Food Guardian Project welcomes four new Food Guardians: Ashley Clark, Kenneth Hill, Jameela Toups, and Antonia Williams. All residents of Bayview Hunters Point, the Food Guardians have been hired to raise awareness about sustainable food systems and healthy food access in their community. Their work will begin with trainings to familiarize them with SEFA’s work and introduce them to food systems. They will then focus on one of SEFA’s three pillars—food access—as they explore the food retail landscape in BVHP through trainings, store visits, and surveys with community residents. We are excited for the Food Guardians to continue SEFA’s work of improving access to healthy, fresh, local, sustainable, and affordable food for BVHP residents. For more info about SEFA's Food Guardian Project, contact Sabrina Wu at sefa.foodguardianproject@gmail.com. (back to top)
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 By Jeffrey Betcher
What if policymakers at all levels heard from those who live, work and play in San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point (BVHP) neighborhood about real experience and grassroots responses to community health and wellness?
Seva*, a partnership between the BVHP community and San Francisco General Hospital’s Internal Medicine Residency Program, believes they should.
Residents, doctors, community-based organizations and leaders from throughout the neighborhood are engaged in a series of grassroots dialogues that have taken them from the table of the African American Community Health Equity Council to the gym at the Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club.
Seva* participants are listening to the people who suffer most from health disparities and other challenges affecting wellness, and discovering untapped community wisdom for addressing the needs of the people who live within that community.
There are still involvement opportunities for anyone interested in Seva*’s work. BVHP organizations can host a community dialogue and sign-up as an organizational supporter, and individuals can serve on the Seva* Accountability Council to review drafts of the brief. Contact Roberto Ariel Vargas (pochteka@sbcglobal.net) for more information.
*Seva emerged from relationships built within the Southeast Sector Food Access Working Group, and is funded by University of California Partnerships. (back to top)
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By Ana Validzic
San Francisco Safe Routes to School Project started the 2010 spring semester off and running:
The Safe Routes to School SF website is hosted by the SF Bicycle Coalition. For info about SRTS-SF contact Ana Validzic (415) 581-2478 or ana.validzic@sfdph.org. (back to top)
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Food Update By Amy Portello Nelson
San Francisco is one of the thousands of cities nationwide to receive federal funding for social service programs involving child nutrition. The government currently funds school meal and child nutrition programs, which provide funding to ensure that low-income children have access to healthy and nutritious foods. Although the programs are permanently authorized, Congress must review these programs every five years to adjust funding and program requirements. The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act (CNRA) legislation provides an opportunity to improve and strengthen these programs so they better meet the needs of children.
The CNRA was set to expire and be reauthorized in September 2009, but the deadline has been extended for one year to allow time for further review. Since this important piece of legislation can be reintroduced at any time, it's important that food and nutrition advocates continue to contact legislators and encourage them to push for increased funding and less administrative restrictions toward child nutrition programming nationwide.
The CNRA affects many programs such as school breakfast, school lunches, WIC, afterschool snack, child and adult care food programs, summer lunch programs, and more. There are many improvements that can be made to these programs that might help toward feeding more youth, improving the quality of meals, and increasing the access youth have to healthy food options.
It is important that we stay educated and reach out to legislators to make this CNRA a priority. Please visit the websites of the School Nutrition Association and the Food Research Action Center for more information and letter templates. The Shape Up Steering Committee has agrreed to send a letter of support on behalf of SUSF, but we also encourage all individuals and organizations to do so on their own as well.
On another nutrition topic, as of the first week in February, Berkeley Farms will no longer be using high fructose corn syrup in the fat free chocolate milk which is offered in SFUSD cafeterias; instead they will be using ordinary table sugar (sucrose.) Berkeley Farms has indicated that the change was made in response to repeated requests from SFUSD's Student Nutrtition Services Director, Ed Wilkins. While we continue to have concerns about the milk having too much added sweetener in general, at least the concerns related specifically to HFCS have been eliminated. (back to top)
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What can I do?
This week is San Francisco H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine and Education Week. Please help us Beat the Next Flu Wave by supporting this effort to vaccinate and educate.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health and Mayor Newsom encourage everyone to protect themselves from a potential third wave of the flu by getting vaccinated with the H1N1 vaccine and learning about the flu.
Until recently, the H1N1 swine flu vaccine was available only to those at high risk. However this safe and effective H1N1 swine flu vaccine is now widely available to all San Franciscans. Click here for a list of vaccine sites.
Go to http://www.sfcdcp.org/flumaterialsforproviders.html to view the FREE Flu Prevention materials and to download the order form with instructions. Most materials are available in English, Chinese and Spanish. In addition, the FAQs are available in Vietnamese, Russian and Tagalog.
Affordable Regional Afterschool Conference January 29 & 30
Attend the Bridging the Bay Afterschool Conference at Balboa High School:
Friday, January 29 from 11 am to 4:30 pm
Saturday, January 30 from 8 am to 3:30 pm
Balboa HS is walking distance from the Balboa Park BART station and several MUNI lines.
Registration is $50 for one day; $60 for both days; group rate available.
To register now or for more information, go to: http://www.bridgingthebay.blogspot.com/
Physical Education Research for Kids (PERK) is holding a policy briefing on February 4 from 2-3:30 in Sacramento to summarize research findings and policy recommendations to support physical education in California’s K-12 schools. Download flyer (PDF).
Bay Area Nutrition and Physical Activity Collaborative (BANPAC) Membership Meeting will be on February 23 in San Jose. Details to be announced. It should be a great meeting on advocacy, the built environment, and more. Visit www.banpac.org for more info.
Register for Kaiser Permanente SF's Half Marathon and 5K Fun Run
Presented by Pamakid Runners Club
February 7, 2010, start time 8 AM
Golden Gate Park
This event helps support the Koret Family House, The Harbor Light Center for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, and Support for Families of Children with Disabilities.
Limited to 10,000. No race day registration, so register now. (back to top)
Childhood Obesity 2010: The Next Generation of Prevention and Management
The purpose of this training to address the science behind obesity and provide a science-based foundation for understanding the complex issues of childhood obesity. The student fee is $50 and if you register in 5 or more people, it’s $75, individual rate at this point is $100. Registration for training includes breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, and CME/CEU’s and conference materials. There is no on-site registration, so register today! Download the schedule (PDF).
* As a sponsor and presenter at the training, Shape Up has a few tickets available. If you'd like to attend for FREE, we'd be happy to provide a ticket in exchange for volunteering to staff the Shape Up table at one of the nine Sunday Streets this year. As you know, Shape Up SF is understaffed, and while we are thrilled with the growth of Sunday Streets, we need help to have a presence at Sunday Streets. Please contact Marianne at marianne.szeto@sfdph.org for more info. We have only a few tickets, so act fast! (back to top)
CCPHA's 10th Annivesary Awards Luncheon: March 3, 2010
CCPHA will be honoring author Michael Pollan, former FDA Commissioner Dr. David Kessler, Congresswoman Doris Matsui and local advocates. Hear the honorees speak, and have the opportunity to meet and talk with colleagues from across the state including other public health professionals and advocates.
CCPHA will be sending more information about the luncheon to be held in San Francisco including how to purchase tickets right after the first of the year. In the meantime, save the date: March 3, 2010! (back to top)
UCSF Diabetes Teaching Center offers free diabetes group instruction
As a public service to the San Francisco business community, the UCSF Diabetes Teaching Center is launching a program to offer free, one-hour diabetes group instruction to employees.
The Diabetes Teaching Center brings together the skills of physicians, nurses, counselors, pharmacists and nutritionists to provide individuals with diabetes education and self-management resources. These informational sessions will be led by Peggy Huang, RN, CDE, an accomplished diabetes nurse educator who co-founded our program. Sessions may be conducted in both English and Cantonese.
If you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, contact Lorraine Stiehl at lstiehl@diabetes.ucsf.edu. (back to top)
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January 2010
Shape Up SF Gold Medal Partners:
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