Mission
Our goal is to prevent obesity in kids age 0-5, by building partnerships and environments for healthy eating and active play.
Healthy and Active Before 5 (HAB45) is a collaborative project in Contra Costa County.
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Category Archives: play
Healthy Marketing with Parents’ Help.
Healthy and Active Before 5 and First 5 Contra Costa are working on a 3 year social marketing campaign to reduce the consumption of sugary sweetened beverages and promote drinking tap water. There is no single cause of childhood obesity. … Continue reading
Posted in breastfeeding, partners, play, research, tools
Tagged brown miller, First 5 Contra Costa, parents
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A fantastic opportunity!
Wow, what would you do if you were offered a million dollars to create obesity prevention programs in your local community? You can imagine the excitement of the B45 Executive Committee in February when Kaiser Permanente’s Healthy Eating Active Living … Continue reading
Posted in breastfeeding, food access, partners, play, policy
Tagged Diane Dooley MD, HEAL, Notes from the Chair, stay tuned
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Parents Groups take action with the help of First 5 Contra Costa
One of the founding agencies involved in the creation of Healthy and Active Before 5, First 5 Contra Costa’s mission is to help young children grow up healthy, nurtured, and ready for school. With revenue from Proposition 10, a 50 … Continue reading
Posted in partners, play, success
Tagged advocay, empowerment, First 5 Contra Costa, residents, spotlight
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Why focus on beverages and play in child care?
In 2010, a new California law (AB 2084) passed that will improve the beverage offerings for children in child care. Effective January, 2012 child care programs will be offering the same healthy beverages offered in schools: only 1 percent or … Continue reading
Posted in food access, play, policy
Tagged beverages, Child & Adult Care Food Program, child care, report, Rethink Your Drink
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