[PHNUTR-L] Asian languages pamphlets to Prevent Childhood Obesity

[jikeda]

Dear Colleagues,

         Last year we released pamphlets in Korean and Vietnamese for 
parents on helping children achieve healthy weights.  We have added 
pamphlets in Hmong, Chinese, Cambodian, and Lao.  The pamphlets are not 
replicates of one another.  Each set is unique and features food and people 
representative of the culture. You may download these pamphlets and print 
as many as you need (see below).  This project was made possible with 
funding from the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program (FSNEP), USDA.

         We hope you find these educational materials useful with Asian 
immigrants to the United States whose primary language is the one they 
spoke in their homeland.  Please help us spread the word about the 
availability of these materials.  Thank you!

  Joanne P. Ikeda, MA,RD
Nutritionist Emeritus
Nutritional Sciences Department
University of California
Berkeley, CA

Current address
1777 View Drive
San Leandro, CA 94577

phone (510)895-5300
FAX (510)351-8147
email: jikeda at berkeley.edu


   Asian Languages Pamphlets to Prevent Childhood Obesity


Increase in obesity among Asian-American immigrant children in United States

  The risk of obesity among Asian-American children increases the longer 
they are in the United States. Agencies and heath organizations serving 
this population have expressed the need for educational materials focused 
on helping children achieve healthy weights. In collaboration with county 
staff, the University of California Berkeley, Center for Weight and Health 
used focus groups to identify the needs and interests of non-English 
speaking food stamp recipients about childhood overweight.


The results of the focus groups were used to design a series of culturally 
sensitive and relevant educational materials that can help immigrant 
parents understand how they can adapt to a new environment and food supply 
in a way that will foster the health and welfare of their children. The 
educational materials were pilot-tested with small groups of parents for 
cognitive knowledge, change in attitudes about overweight in children, and 
any intentions to change family health behaviors.



Download Asian language pamphlets



Both low and high resolution materials are available for download in 
Chinese, Cambodian, Hmong, Korean, Lao, Vietnamese and English at 
<www.cnr.berkeley.edu/cwh/activities/asian_lang_publications.htm>www.cnr.berkeley.edu/cwh/activities/asian_lang_publications.shtml







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