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•	School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children Virginia A. Stallings, Carol West Suitor, Christine L. Taylor, Gail G. Harrison This report, co-authored by Center Senior Research Scientist Gail Harrison, recommends a new set of nutrient targets and standards for menu planning for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. The ...	Outside Publication	Oct 2009

•	School Lunch Source and Adolescent Dietary Behavior (Preventing Chronic Disease) Theresa A. Hastert, Susan H. Babey Using data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, the authors examine the association between dietary behaviors and the number of days that adolescents bring lunch to school.	Journal Article	Sep 2009

•	Bubbling Over: Soda Consumption and Its Link to Obesity in California Susan H. Babey, Malia Jones, Hongjian Yu, Harold Goldstein This study reports geographic variations in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages among children, adolescents, and adults and examines the correlation between soda consumption and obesity.	Policy Brief	Sep 2009

•	Teen Dietary Habits Related to Those of Parents Allison L. Diamant, Susan H. Babey, Malia Jones, E. Richard Brown Every day, over two million California adolescents (62%) drink soda and 1.4 million (43%) eat fast food, but only 38% eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables. This ...	Policy Brief	Feb 2009

•	Adolescent Preventive Services: Rates and Disparities in Preventive Health Topics Covered During Routine Medical Care in a California Sample (Journal of Adolescent Health) Sally Adams, Sheila Husting, Elaine Zahnd, Elizabeth Ozer The authors studied rates and disparities in preventive health topics covered during routine medical care for adolescents, using a California sample.	Journal Article	Dec 2008

•	Low-Income Adolescents Face More Barriers to Healthy Weight Theresa A. Hastert, Susan H. Babey, Allison L. Diamant, E. Richard Brown In this policy brief, the authors examine why low-income teenagers are almost three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households.	Policy Brief	Dec 2008

•	Trends in the Health of Older Californians: Data from the 2001, 2003 and 2005 California Health Interview Surveys Steven P. Wallace, Jennifer Lee, May Jawad Aydin California's population is getting older. By 2026 the elderly population will double to nearly 8 million.	Research Report	Nov 2008

•	Dietary Micronutrients Are Associated with Higher Cognitive Function Gains Among Primary School Children in Rural Kenya (British Journal of Nutrition) Constance A. Gewa, Robert E. Weiss, Nimrod O. Bwibo, Shannon Whaleya, Marian Sigman, Suzanne P. Murphy, Gail G. Harrison, Charlotte G. Neumann With the exception of iodine and Fe, there is still very limited information on the effect of micronutrients on cognitive function, especially among school-age children.	Journal Article	Sep 2008

•	Health of California's Adults, Adolescents and Children: Findings from CHIS 2005 and CHIS 2003 Sue Holtby, Elaine Zahnd, Y. Jenny Chia, Nicole Lordi, David Grant, Mirabai Rao This report provides a summary of the statewide findings from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), with highlights of changes from 2003 to 2005.	Research Report	Sep 2008

•	Designed for Disease: The Link Between Local Food Environments and Obesity and Diabetes Susan H. Babey, Allison L. Diamant, Theresa A. Hastert, Stefan Harvey, Harold Goldstein, Rebecca Flournoy, Rajni Banthia, Victor Rubin, Sarah Treuhaft People living in neighborhoods crowded with fast-food and convenience stores but relatively few grocery or produce outlets are at significantly higher risk of suffering from obesity and diabetes. The ...	Policy Brief	Apr 2008

•	Process Evaluation of the Los Angeles Unified School District Nutrition Network (Preventing Chronic Disease) Richard E. Kratz, Ninez A. Ponce, Antronette Yancey This study evaluated the Los Angeles Unified School District Nutrition Network, a large multicomponent nutrition and physical activity program in an ethnically diverse school district, launched in 2000. Thirty-six ...	Journal Article	Apr 2008

•	Effect of a Targeted Incentive on Intake of Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Women in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (American Journal of Public Health) Dena R. Herman, Gail G. Harrison, Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Eloise Jenks This study tested the effectiveness of a subsidy for fruits and vegetables to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).	Journal Article	Jan 2008

•	Perceptions of Diet and Physical Activity Among California Hmong Adults and Youths (Preventing Chronic Disease) Loan Pham Kim, Gail G. Harrison, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer This journal article reports the findings of a qualitative study designed to inform the development of a proposed community-wide campaign to promote increased physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income Hmong families.	Journal Article	Oct 2007

•	Food Security Among California's Low-Income Adults Improves, But Most Severely Affected Do Not Share in Improvement Gail G. Harrison, Matthew Sharp, George Manolo-LeClair, Anthony Ramirez, November McGarvey This policy brief reports that, according to the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, more than 2.5 ...	Policy Brief	Jun 2007

•	Falls, Disability and Food Insecurity Present Challenges to Healthy Aging Steven P. Wallace, L. Cricel Molina, Mona Jhawar Falls, disability and hunger are surprisingly common aspects of life for California seniors, according to this policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.	Policy Brief	May 2007

•	Fighting Cancer with Fitness: Dietary outcomes of a randomized, Controlled Lifestyle Change Intervention in Healthy African-American Women (Preventive Medicine) William J. McCarthy, Antronette Yancey, Gail G. Harrison, Joanne Leslie, Judith M. Siegel This study tested the efficacy of an eight-week, culturally targeted, community-based nutrition and physical activity promotion intervention: Fight Cancer with Fitness! (FCF).	Journal Article	Mar 2007

•	Adult Smoking Rate Declines, While Asthma, Diabetes and Obesity Rates Rise Susan H. Babey, David Grant, E. Richard Brown Using newly available data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2005), as well as data from CHIS 2001 and CHIS 2003, this fact sheet provides an early look at changes over time in the prevalence of smoking, asthma, diabetes, and overweight and obesity in California.	Fact Sheet	Nov 2006

•	Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States: Health Care Access Elena Zúñiga, Xóchitl Castañeda, Al Averbach, Steven P. Wallace This report focuses on the population of Mexican ancestry in the United States and in California, with an emphasis on immigrants.	Research Report	Oct 2006

•	Health of California's Adults, Adolescents and Children: Findings from the CHIS 2003 and CHIS 2001 Sue Holtby, Elaine Zahnd, Nicole Lordi, Christy McCain, Jenny Chia, John Kurata Many Californians are still struggling to reach good health, according to this report from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), the country's largest population-based state health survey.	Research Report	Jun 2006

•	Choices Made by Low-Income Women Provided with an Economic Supplement for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Purchase (Journal of the American Dietetic Association) Dena R. Herman, Gail G. Harrison, Eloise Jenks Herma DR, Harrison GG, Jenks E. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. May 2006; 106; pp.	Journal Article	May 2006

•	Diabetes on the Rise in California Allison L. Diamant, Susan H. Babey, E. Richard Brown, Theresa A. Hastert Nearly 1.7 million California adults age 18 and over (6.6%) have been diagnosed with diabetes, up from 1.5 ...	Policy Brief	Dec 2005

•	Seizing the Moment: California's Opportunity to Prevent Nutrition-Related Health Disparities in Low-Income Asian American Populations (Cancer) Gail G. Harrison, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Susan B. Foerester, Henry Lee, Loan Pham Kim, Allyn Fernandez-Ami, Tu-Uyen Nguyen, Valerie Quinn, Dileep G. Bal Harrison GG, Kagawa-Singer M, Foerster SB, Lee H, Pham Kim L, Nguyen TU, Fernandez-Ami A, Quinn V, Bal DG.	Journal Article	Dec 2005

•	California Fruit & Vegetable Intake Calibration Study Charles A. DiSogra, Mark Hudes The California Dietary Practices Survey (CDPS) is nationally recognized as the oldest, state-specific tracking survey for fruit and vegetable intake in the country.	Research Report	Oct 2005

•	More California Teens Consume Soda and Fast Food Each Day Than Five Servings of Fruits and Vegetables Theresa A. Hastert, Susan H. Babey, Allison L. Diamant, E. Richard Brown Each day two-thirds of California teens drink soda, nearly half eat fast food, and only a quarter eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables, as reported in this new health policy research brief that uses data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2003).	Policy Brief	Sep 2005

•	More Than Half of Californians in HMOs Are Overweight or Obese Gerald F. Kominski, Dylan H. Roby, Natalya Mostovskaya More than 5 million Californians enrolled in HMOs (over 50% of enrollees aged 12-64) are overweight or obese.	Policy Brief	Jul 2005

•	More Than 2.9 Million Californians Now Food Insecure -- One in Three Low-Income, An Increase in Just Two Years Gail G. Harrison, George Manolo-LeClair, Anthony Ramirez, Jenny Chia, John Kurata, November McGarvey Compiled with data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey, this study found that more than 2.9 ...	Policy Brief	Jun 2005

•	The Public Health Perspective on Aging (Generations) Steven P. Wallace Wallace, Steven P. The Public Health Perspective on Aging. Generations. 29:2(2005), 5-10.	Journal Article	Jun 2005

•	One out of Three Latino Adolescents Overweight or At Risk Michael A. Rodriguez, Marlena Kane, Lupe Alonzo-Diaz, George R. Flores This fact sheet describes overweight among Latino adolescents in California based on data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2003).	Fact Sheet	Apr 2005

•	Too Many California Adults Are Tipping the Scales at an Unhealthy Weight Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Mona Jhawar, Steven P. Wallace This policy brief highlights the geographic variations in obesity and overweight rates among California adults for counties, county-groups, Los Angeles Service Planning Areas, as well as for state legislative and Congressional districts.	Policy Brief	Apr 2005

•	Nearly One in Five California Adults Obese and Most Still Gaining Weight Parisa Mirzadehgan, Gail G. Harrison, Charles A. DiSogra This fact sheet, based on findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), describes the prevalence of overweight and obesity among California adults.	Fact Sheet	Dec 2004

•	Over Four Million California Adults Age 45 and Older Have High Blood Pressure Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Mona Jhawar, Steven P. Wallace This policy brief highlights the geographic variations in hypertension rates among California adults for counties, county-groups, Los Angeles Service Planning Areas, as well as for state legislative and Congressional districts.	Policy Brief	Nov 2004

•	Hunger In Los Angeles County Affects Over 200,000 Low-Income Adults, Another 560,000 At Risk Charles A. DiSogra, Wei Yen, Michael Flood, Anthony Ramirez Compiled with data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey, this study found that more than three-quarters of a million low-income adults in Los Angeles County have a difficult time reliably putting enough food on the table and thus are considered "food insecure." ...	Policy Brief	Jun 2004

•	Health of California’s Adults, Adolescents and Children: Findings from CHIS 2001 Sue Holtby, Elaine Zahnd, Wei Yen, Nicole Lordi, Christy McCain, Charles A. DiSogra This report summarizes selected findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey. A broad range of health topics are addressed.	Research Report	May 2004

•	Diabetes Is Major Health Problem for African Americans Antronette Yancey, Melissa S. Gatchell, E. Richard Brown, William McCarthy, Allison L. Diamant This fact sheet examines diabetes prevalence and risk factors among African Americans in California and offers several policy recommendations in response to these findings.	Fact Sheet	Nov 2003

•	Only 12% of California's Poorest Adults Receive Food Stamps, One Million Lack Adequate Food Charles A. DiSogra, Wei Yen, Anthony Ramirez, Jennifer Aguayo This fact sheet estimates population sizes and describes differences between food stamp recipients and non-recipients among California adults, ages 18-64, whose household income is below 130% of the Federal Poverty Level.	Fact Sheet	Jul 2003

•	The Health of Young Children in California: Findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey Moira Inkelas, Neal Halfon, Kim Uyeda, Gregory D. Stevens, Sue Holtby, Janel Wright, E. Richard Brown This report, prepared jointly by the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and the Public Health Institute, is the first of its kind to reveal key measures of health and well being for California's three million children under age 6.	Research Report	Jul 2003

•	Over 2.2 Million Low-Income California Adults are Food Insecure; 658,000 Suffer Hunger Gail G. Harrison, Charles A. DiSogra, George Manolo-LeClair, Jennifer Aguayo, Wei Yen More than 2.24 million low-income adults in California cannot always afford to put food on the table and, as a result, almost one out of three of these adults, 658,000, experiences episodes of hunger.	Policy Brief	Nov 2002

•	An Analysis of Implementation Issues Relating to CHIP Cost-Sharing Provisions for Certain Targeted Low-Income Children Sara Rosenbaum, Anne Markus, Dylan H. Roby This analysis, prepared for the Health Care Financing Administration and the Health Resources and Services Administration, examines issues that arise under laws designed to avert excessive cost-sharing in the case of low income families whose children participate in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).	Outside Publication	Jun 1999

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