institute of medicine presentation september 30, 2014 by cook county place matters
DESCRIPTION
"Alliances with community and labor organizing: Building people power to address fundamental causes of obesity" was presented by Jim Bloyd, Felipe Tendick-Matesanz and Bonnie Rateree at a workshop of the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions at the Auditorium of the National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington DC on September 30, 2014. The presentation was webcast live, and will be available at http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Nutrition/ObesitySolutions/2014-SEP-30.aspx NOTE: Downloading the file may improve some graphics problems in slides 10-13.TRANSCRIPT
!Alliances!with!community!and!labor!
organizing:!Building!people!power!to!
address!fundamental!causes!of!
obesity!
Jim$Bloyd,$MPH$Cook!County,!Illinois,!Department!of!Public!Health!Bonnie$Rateree,$Harvey,!Illinois,!Community!Leader,!Human!AcCon!
Community!OrganizaCon!Felipe$Tendick9Matesanz,$Restaurant!Opportunity!Centers!United!
“…pinpoinCng!which!dietary!factors!are!!directly!!responsible!!for!!obesity!!has!proved!!difficult.!!Food!paLerns!!are!!the!result!of!complex!
interacCons!between!!the!person!!and!!the!!social!and!!economic!environment.!!Although!!
individual!!behavior!!is!!clearly!!involved,""diet""quality""is""reliably"predicted""by"educa1on,""occupa1on,""incomes""and""by"other,""o6en"unobserved,""indices"of"social"class”[emphasis!added]!!
Adam$Drewnowski$(2012)$
Felipe!Tendick!Matesanz,!ROC!
United!High!Road!Coordinator!
Bonnie!Rateree:!School!Bd!MemberTMaster!GardenerTLeader,!Human!AcCon!Community!OrganizaCon!
PLACE!MATTERS!Model!
Source:$G.$
Christopher,$
V.$LaFronza,$
N.$Burke$
(2010)$
Cook!County!PLACE!MATTERS!
RecogniCon!from!Cook!County,!Illinois,!Board!President!Toni!Preckwinkle!
• “I!want!to!thank!the!Cook!County!PLACE!MATTERS!team!for!this!report…It’s!shameful!that!we!live!in!one!of!the!wealthiest!countries!in!the!world!and!that!a!person’s!life!can!be!cut!short!by!more!than!a!decade!because!of!factors!outside!her!or!his!control.”!
April!26,!2012! Cook!County!Place!MaLers! 1!
73.2!
78.8!79.9! 79.9!
87.0!
65
70
75
80
85
90
Less than 25k 25k - 35k 35k - 44k 44k - 53k Greater than 53k
Life
exp
ecta
ncy
at b
irth
in y
ears
Median$Income
Average Life Expectancy (2003-2007) by Median Income of Census Tract/Municipality (2009),
Cook County
Source: Life expectancy calculated by the VCU Center on Human Needs from 2003-2007 data provided by Cook County Health Department: Median Income from 2009 Geolytics Premium Estimates.
13.8$
Years$
9.2$7.1$7.1$
7.1$
20.4$
45.4$
5.5$ 13.8$
31.9$
16.6$
30.3$
56.4$
0$
10$
20$
30$
40$
50$
60$
North$Suburban$Cook$County$
South$Suburban$Cook$County$
Harvey$
ChildPoverty$%$
%Poverty$100%$FPL$
%Poverty$200%$FPL$
Child!poverty!more!than!6!Cmes!greater!in!
Harvey,!IL!vs.!North!Suburban!Cook!County!
Source:!CCDPH!Community!Profile!2006T2008!
12.1$14.9$ 15.9$
20.4$
26.9$
21.8$
0$
5$
10$
15$
20$
25$
30$
Kindergarten* 6th*Grade* 9th*Grade*
North$Suburban$Cook$
South$Suburban$Cook$
Obesity!Rates:!North!and!South!
Suburban!Cook!County!(2010T2012)!
Source:!CCDPH!Brief,!September!2013!
11.5$
33.7$52.4$
1.2$
South$Suburban$Cook$Percent$Racial$Composi=on$2010$
%"La%no"
%"White"
%"Black"
%"Asian/Pacific"Islander"
Two!thirds!of!residents!of!south!suburban!
Cook!County,!IL!are!people!of!color!
Source:!CCDPH!Community!Profile!2006T2008!
14.6%
68.2%
2.5%
13.3%
North&Suburban&Cook&Percent&Racial&Composi7on&2010&
%%La-no%
%%White%
%%Black%
%%Asian/Pacific%Islander%
Two!thirds!of!residents!of!north!suburban!
Cook!County,!IL!are!white!
Source:!CCDPH!Community!Profile!2006T2008!
Metro!Chicago:!!Poverty!ComposiCon!of!Neighborhoods!of!Poor!Children!By!Race!
Source:!!Diversitydata.org,!(2011,!from!2000!Census!Data)!
Neighborhood!poverty!level!
State$sponsored$segregaTon$through$
finance91930s$HOLC$Map$
“Geography$does$the$work$of$Jim$Crow$laws.”$
john$powell$
Restaurant!
Workers!
&!
!A!Human!
Rights!
Movement!
Strengthening!Voices!in!Policy!on!EducaCon,!NutriCon,!and!
Neighborhood!CondiCons!
Thank!you!• Bonnie!Rateree!!!!!!!ExecuCve!Director!Human!AcCon!Community!OrganizaCon!!
!!!!!16028!S.!Halsted,!Harvey,!IL!60426!!
[email protected]!(708)!825T1116!(708)!953T1071!
• Felipe!TendickTMatesanz!!!!!!!Restaurant!Opportunity!Centers!United!!
• Jim!Bloyd!!!!!!Cook!County!Department!of!Public!Health!!
!!!!!15900!S.!Cicero!Av.,!Oak!Forest!IL!60452!!
[email protected]!(708)!633T8314!
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Daniel!Block,!PhD!!Chicago"State"University""
Jim!Bloyd,!MPH!!Cook"County"Department"of"Public"Health"
Sheila!CasCllo,!MUPP!Midwest"La1no"Health,"Research,"Training"and"Policy"Center"
Sheelah!Muhammad,!DN!Food"Jus1ce"Ac1vist"and"Consultant"
Johnnie!Owens,!Jr.!Centers"For"New"Horizons"
Kathryn!Saclarides!Bocanegra,!
LCSW!ENLACE"Chicago"
!
!
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Natalie!Chadwell,!MBA!Alpha"Kappa"Alpha"Sorority"
Bonnie!Rateree!Human"Ac1on"Community"Organiza1on"
Agnes!Markos!Communica1ons"Specialist"
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