Tag Archives: obesity

Battling obesity in Richmond’s Iron Triangle

By: Kamila McDonald | November 26, 2011 – 2:18 pm

The Iron Triangle has long been known for its crime rate, but now it is working on a new reputation: A more fit and healthy...

Childhood obesity in Contra Costa on the rise

By: Hasan Dudar | November 10, 2011 – 5:02 pm

Sugar-sweetened drinks and street violence have contributed to a rise in childhood obesity across low-income areas of Contra Costa County, according to county health officials...

$1 million grant hopes to take a bite out of unhealthy food

By: Tyler Orsburn | August 3, 2011 – 12:54 pm

Kaiser Permanente wants to HEAL Richmond. Not with expensive medicine or shiny surgical knives, but with good old-fashioned Healthy Eating Active Living, or HEAL Zones,...

County urging kids to stay away from soda

By: Ian Stewart | June 30, 2010 – 5:00 am

Contra Costa County has declared the next few months “Soda-Free Summer,” and is planning a campaign to fight childhood obesity rates by urging kids and...

Making Richmond healthy on a dime

By: Natalie F. Jones | January 14, 2010 – 6:01 am

As obesity sweeps the nation and a book about health or food seems to come out every other week, a few people in Richmond are...