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Central Valley to slim down
FRESNO January 16, 2006 7:37am 
• Millions to be spent to combat obesity • Central Valley residents too fat, say experts A region-wide effort to combat obesity among Central Valley residents has been launched, funded by a grant of $2.6 million.
The goal of the program is to improve social and physical environments for healthy nutrition and physical activity through advocacy, policy and system change in Central California, according to the Central California Public Health Partnership.
“The manifestation of the national epidemic of obesity is particularly severe in California’s Central San Joaquin Valley,” says Alonzo Plough, vice president of program, planning, and evaluation of the California Endowment, which is paying the bills for the program.
“The over-consumption of junk food, combined with a lack of physical activity, is a very real threat to the health and well-being of the region’s residents,” he says.
The regional obesity prevention initiative is administered by the Central California Center for Health and Human Services at California State University, Fresno.
Program activities include collaboration between public health departments and broad-based community coalitions in six counties: Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced and Tulare.
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