Healthy & Active Before 5 is a leader in advocating for health equity for young children and their families in Contra Costa County. HAB45 is committed to building capacity and taking action alongside its partners for local policy change. The HAB45 Executive Committee collaboratively determines its top priority areas that shape the HAB45 Public Policy […]
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Reducing Unhealthy Marketing
We support the elimination of  exposure to marketing of foods of low nutritional value to children. We also encourage the reduction of TV and other screen time for children 0-5. Exposure to unhealthy marketing in television and other materials can lead to unhealthy habits. Companies that market soda, sports drinks, energy drinks, and other high-calorie […]
Our Model Policies
Our Pledge the Practice, Pass the Policy (4Ps) Initiative is comprised of 6 sample policies. These model policies are a free tool available to you and your agency to help you get started with healthy policy change. To see how other organizations have adapted our model policies, check out our Policy Library. UPDATE We modified our […]