champions for change

Dialing for Disorders: Let’s Move To Prevent Them By July 12!

June 29, 2010 by Amy Jussel 3 Comments

June 29, 2010 As a kids' health advocate (inside and out) I’ve been covering the "HUGE" conversation pertaining to media’s responsibility and accountability in how the portrayal of being overweight in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Alcee Hastings, Athlete-Models, body dissatisfaction, bullying, CDC, champions for change, childhood obesity, children, confidence, congressional hearings, Counter-marketing, Dare to compare, dieting, Eating Disorders Coalition, eating-disorders, ED, EDC, Fat camp, fat is fiscal, fat kids, Female-Athletes, fitness, game plan, girls-self-worth, gymnastics, holistic health, Huge, Jess Weiner, junk-food, Kids health, Let's Move, Make it or break it, network for healthier california, Nikky Blonsky, nutrition, obesity, obesity prevention, P.E., physical education, physical fitness, physical fitness kids, portion distortion, Rebecca Scritchfield, social stigma, teens, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Verb, weight, weight loss, wellness, Yale's Rudd Center

Mindless Eating Goes Mobile: HealthGamers Unite!

September 30, 2009 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

Feb. 18, 2015 Interesting pairing of mindful eating with the ongoing distracted driving problems which I've written about often regarding what works to drive behavior change...in this MD's new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: Amy-Jussel, Brian Wansink, challenge, champions for change, childhood obesity, children, Cornell University, dietary intake, Elf-Island, food marketing, Fresh Producers, games for health, gaming, good nutrition, gross out game, health, Health 2.0 conference 2009, Health eGames, healthGAMERS, healthy eating, JP Pollak, Kids, mindless eating, nutrition, Nutrition Goodquest, persuasion, Playnormous, portion distortion, RWJF, serious-games, Tamagotchi, virtual pets, Virtual-Worlds

Games For Health Regional Summit: Playnormous, Humana & More

November 9, 2008 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

Are these critters cute, or what? They're the lil' monsters from our friends at Playnormous, who shared news of a one day event called the Games for Health Regional Summit coming up December … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: 02Fitness, active fitness, BAM, CDC, champions for change, DDR, diabetes, Doug Goldstein, Elf-Island, escape from diab, exergaming, fitness, games for health, gaming, Gaming4Health, Health 2.0, Health eGames, healthy eating, Hg4H, HopeLab, humana, iConecto, iconnecto, iTech Fitness, iZone, Kids, Kids health, kids-fitness, kids.gov, Melanie Mowry, Monster's Blog, network for a healthy california, nutrition, physical education, Playnormous, preventive health, school wellness, Serious games initiative, state wellness mandates, teen gaming gyms, Type 2 diabetes, Verb, Verb yellow ball, virtual nutrition, Whyville, WiiFit, XRKade, yellow ball

Two Angry Moms Bring A Fresh Approach To Shaping Youth 9-21!

September 11, 2008 by Amy Jussel 7 Comments

Filmmaker Amy Kalafa will be with us in October in person instead of September! Haven’t lost my ad agency headline-writing ability to cram all the vital sponsorship info into a log line, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth Tagged With: A Fresh Approach, agents of change, Amy Kalafa, Amy-Jussel, Bay Area Parent, Biggest Loser, champions for change, changebloggers. film activism, Cindy Byrne, Dare to compare, diet, Fall Film Fest, fresh choice, good nutrition, gross out game, healthy choices, Healthy-Kids, HFCS, HOPE Collaborative, Jack London Square, junk-food, Kids, Kids health, love your veggies, lunchbox ideas, Media-Kids, network for healthier california, nonprofit entrepreneurs, nutrition, Oakland School Board, organics, Pop-Culture, processed foods, Rachel Ray, Revolution Foods, school lunch, school lunch program, school lunches, social change, TAM documentary, Trader Joes, Two Angry Moms, whole foods, Youth-Media

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