UCLA Health Policy Fact Sheet. One out of three Latino Adolescents Overweight or At Risk.

Prevention Institute, with funding from Kaiser Permanente, wrote Addressing the Intersection: Preventing Violence and Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living to provide guidance and deepen the understanding of the inter-relationship between violence and healthy eating and activity.  Paper also provides findings and recommendations to practitioners and advocates in their work to prevent chronic disease in communities heavily impacted by violence. 

UCLA Health Policy Research Brief Teens Living in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Lack Access to Parks and Get Less Physical Activity

Latino Coalition for a Healthy California published Obesity in Latino Communities: Prevention, Principles and Actions.

The Trust for Public Land published Healthy Parks Healthy Communities.

Addressing Health Disparities and Park Inequities Through Public Financing of Parks, Playgrounds and Other Physical Activity Settings published by Prevention Institute.

Prevention Institute published Healthy Eating and Physical Activity: Addressing Inequities in Urban Environments.

California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness (CANFit) Program published Communities of Color Briefing Paper: Addressing the Obesity Epidemic-Public Policies for Healthier Eating and Physical Activity. This brief describes social and environmental factors that contribute to childhood obesity from the perspective of communities of color, propose policy solutions directed at community-level environmental change, and stresses that public policy responses are requisite for this epidemic.

UCLA Health Policy Research Brief Access to Safe Parks Helps Increase Physical Activity Among Teenagers.

Days of Dialogue. Obesity and Diabetes Prevention in Communities of Color. California Adolescent and Nutrition Fitness (CANFit) and California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) conducted a series of meetings with policy experts and representatives from communities of color to increase their understanding of, solicit recommendations for, and increase their involvement in state and local obesity prevention efforts.

The California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness (CANFit) Program conducted Project REAL (Redefining Excellence, Activity, and Leadership) to encourage physical activity and healthy eating among Asian American and Pacific Islander (API) adolescents in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative published Health Inequities in the Bay Area.

Disparities in Obesity: Prevalence, Causes and Solutions by Patricia B. Crawford, May-Choo Wang, Sarah Krathwhol, Lorrene D. Ritchie. Changes in rising obesity rates are significantly greater for ethnic/minority populations than for white populations, making it critical to understand the roots of these recent trends. The solution must be a coordinated multi-level environmental approach.

California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness (CANFit) Needs Assessment Guide outlines a process for uncovering the role of culture in nutrition and physical activity habits in multi-ethnic youth so that information may be used in to improve their habits in a multi-culturally appropriate way.