Local Nutrition and Physical Activity Resources

Click here to link to San Mateo County Specific resources.

Click here to link to a listing of local events sponsored by community-based organizations in San Mateo County.

Map of San Mateo County Public Elementary School Gardens - Please email Jenn Gross (jgross@co.sanmateo.ca.us) if you want to add or remove a school garden or revise information on this map. 

Local Activity Resource Directory

Be Active Resource Directory - San Mateo County

Books

Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin Company, 2001.

Chew On This by Eric Schlosser (a teen version Fast Food Nation)

Food Politics by Marion Nestle

What To Eat by Marion Nestle (a guide to food choices, shopping and eating)

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingslover

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan

Wallack L, Woodruff K, Dorfman L, and Diaz, I. News for a Change: An advocates' Guide to Working with the Media, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999. Available from Sage Publications.

Wallack, L, Dorfman, L, Jernigan, D, & Themba, M. Media Advocacy and Public Health: Power for Prevention. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1993. Available from Sage Publications.

Healthy Eating Cookbooks and Recipes lists books available through bookstores and online.