Health and Fitness
Health and fitness activities occur throghout the 21st Senate District. This page lists upcoming events, information on the Web, and other resources.
- Alzheimer's Foundation of America e-newsletters To keep you informed and connected, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) publishes a bi-weekly e-Newsletter that contains information and research related to Alzheimer's disease, and news about AFA. AFA archives past editions on our Web site .
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Healthy People Healthy People provides science-based, 10-year national objectives for promoting health and preventing disease.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Childhool Overweight and Obesity Obesity is a serious health concern for children and adolescents.
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Healthy Youth Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The prevalence of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008.
- The Obesity Society - Childhood Overweight In the past 30 years, the occurrence of overweight in children has doubled and it is now estimated that one in five children in the US is overweight.
- Medline Plus - Obesity in Children Obesity means having too much body fat. It is different from being overweight, which means weighing too much. Both terms mean that a person's weight is greater than what is considered healthy for his or her height.
- California Department of Education - Healthy Eating and Nutrition Education Information about improving nutrition and establishing healthy eating habits in school, child care, adult, and after school settings.
- California Department of Public Health - Healthy People 2010 is a set of health goals and objectives for the Nation to achieve over the first decade of the new century. It represents a comprehensive and systematic health promotion and disease prevention agenda that provides 467 health improvement objectives and 434 subobjectives in 28 Focus Areas to be achieved by the year 2010.
- Network for a Healthy California - 12th Network for a Healthy California Conference The Mission of the Network for a Healthy California (Network) is to create innovative partnerships that empower low-income Californians to increase fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity and food security with the goal of preventing obesity and other diet–related chronic diseases.
- Los Angeles County Department of Public Health The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health protects health, prevents disease, and promotes the health and well-being for all persons in Los Angeles County.