Background Research:

Health and Nutrition: The Centers for Disease Control National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/Databriefs.htm Diabetes and Obesity: Time to Act by the International Diabetes Federation and the International Obesity Task Force: http://www.idf.org Prevention Institute: http://www.preventioninstitute.org/ Food security: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study: http://www.cfpa.net/CHIS_hungerbrief11.05.PDF Ripe for Change: Rethinking California’s Food Economy by the International Society for Ecology and Culture: http://www.isec.org.uk/ripeforchangepage.html Urban & Environmental Policy Institute Occidental College: http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/cfj/