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California Project LEAN
MS 7211 PO Box 997413
Sacramento, CA 95899

Telephone: (916) 552-9907
Fax: (916) 552-9909
Website: http://www.californiaprojectlean.org/
Available from the website.

This guide provides resources that can be utilized when discussing school district policy on soft drinks and other sweetened drinks with parents, students, community members, and school decision-makers. It contains fact sheets on child and adolescent soda consumption and the related health consequences, and it details the commercial implications of school soft drink contracts. The guide includes an overview of soft drink contracts, a blueprint for success, action tools, resources, and a PowerPoint presentation.

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Keywords: Oral health, Advocacy, School food services, Beverages, Nutrition, Contracts, Parents, Children, Adolescents

Action for Healthy Kids
600 W. Van Buren Street, Suite 720
Chicago, IL 60607-3758

Telephone: (800) 416-5136
Fax: (312) 212-0098
E-mail: info@actionforhealthykids.org
Website: http://www.actionforhealthykids.org

This national profile, which is designed to be used in conjunction with state profiles containing information on children's nutrition and fitness, highlights data on nutrition and fitness in a broader scope and helps place the state profiles in a national context. The profile deals with the following topics: (1) school demographics; (2) health behaviors and risks, (3) oral health data, (4) school food programs and hunger, (5) national 2000 income demographics, (6) legislation, (7) policies on food, physical education and physical activity in schools, (8) standards and assessment, (9) state priorities, and (10) resources. Statistical information is presented in tables throughout the profile. The profile includes a list of endnotes and acknowledgments.

Keywords: Nutrition, Physical fitness, Children, Adolescents, Health behavior, Statistics, Data, Schools, Oral health, Hunger, School food services, Demography, Federal legislation, Health policy, Assessment

Missouri Dental Association
3340 American Avenue
Jefferson City, MO 65109

Telephone: (573) 634-3436
Fax: (573) 635-0764
Website: http://www.modental.org
Available from the website.

This kit contains materials from a state-wide public education campaign to address dental disease brought about by the overconsumption of soft drinks. Materials include a brochure, information sheet, PowerPoint presentation, and displays. Information on how tooth decay starts, how to reduce tooth decay, what tooth decay looks like, and facts and figures are provided. The kit also contains materials order forms, Web resources for students in grades 7-12, and Web links of interest.

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Keywords: Oral health, Children, Adolescents, School food services, School age children, Nutrition education, Dental caries, Educational materials, Missouri

National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center
Georgetown University Box 571272
Washington, DC 20057-1272

Telephone: (202) 784-9771
Fax: (202) 784-9777
E-mail: OHRCinfo@georgetown.edu
Website: http://www.mchoralhealth.org
Single photocopies available at no charge.

This folder contains resources from a child-oral-health awareness campaign in Kansas. Contents include (1) a poster illustrating dental development from birth to age 17; (2) postcards on the impact of poor oral health on school-age children, the importance of good oral health to overall health and child development, and supporting healthy food options in schools; (3) a booklet of facts to encourage conversations about oral health; and (4) fact sheets on public policy priorities, extended care permits, Medicaid dental coverage for adults, and oral health care for older adults. A series of television commercials is also available at no charge from the Oral Health Kansas Web site. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Oral health, Public awareness campaigns, Infants, Children, Adolescents, Adults, School food services, Dental care, State programs, Medicaid, Dental insurance, Kansas, Health policy, Mass media