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Anthem Blue Cross/WellPoint is a leader in addressing child and adolescent obesity throughout the United States. WellPoint has developed a provider tool kit materials and consumer interventions to improve health; including innovative BMI Training for clinics and private practices taking care of children and teens. 
California Department of Health Care Services/Children's Medical Services
The Children's Medical Services (CMS) Branch provides a comprehensive system of health care for children through preventive screening, diagnostic, treatment, rehabilitation, and follow-up services. The CMS Branch carries out this mission through a variety of programs meeting specific health care needs of a targeted population.
The Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) program provides complete health assessments for the early detection and prevention of disease and disabilities for low-income children and youth. A health assessment consists of a health history, physical examination, developmental assessment, nutritional assessment, dental assessment, vision and hearing tests, a tuberculin test, laboratory tests, immunizations, health education/anticipatory guidance, and referral for any needed diagnosis and treatment.
The CHDP program oversees the screening and follow-up components of the federally mandated Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program for Medi-Cal eligible children and youth.
The Food and Drug Administration is the federal agency responsible for ensuring that foods are safe, wholesome and sanitary; human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices are safe and effective; cosmetics are safe; and electronic products that emit radiation are safe. FDA also ensures that these products are honestly, accurately and informatively represented to the public.
Obesity is a pervasive public health problem and contributes to the risk for coronary heart disease, type II diabetes, and certain cancers. The FDA Obesity Working Group has recommended a plan of action that includes changes to food labeling, increased enforcement against weight loss products, educational partnerships, restaurant labeling, and additional research.
Visit the FDA booth for educational materials on the food label, nutrition, losing weight, dietary supplements and health fraud.
 Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health/San Francisco Child Health and Disability Prevention Program
The Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) program provides access to preventive care for low-income children by: - Reimbursing enrolled health care providers (using state and federal funds) for delivering periodic health assessments to low-income children
- Developing and implementing standards and guidelines for quality of care
- Linking children to follow-up diagnosis and treatment by specialists and
- Referring to dental services
  San Francisco Department of Public Health Nutrition Services/WIC
As a section of the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Branch of the San Francisco
Department of Public Health, Nutrition Services promotes healthy living through education, medical nutrition therapy, nutrition resources, support and referrals for the diverse communities of San Francisco.
Nutrition Services consists of the following programs: - Child Health and Disability Prevention Program (CHDP) Nutrition Program
- Feeling Good Project
- San Francisco Chinese 5 A Day Project
- San Francisco General Hospital Outpatient Nutrition Program
- Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program
We would love to invite you to come by our exhibit during the Childhood Obesity 2010 conference, and find out our many endeavors to set in motion the Healthy Eating, Active Living message.
 San Francisco Health Plan was created in 1994 as one of California's Local Health Plans - an initiative to provide affordable health coverage to low and moderate-income families residing in San Francisco. We deliver health insurance services to over 55,000 San Franciscans. An excellent choice of physicians, hospitals, and clinics are all right here in San Francisco, close to where our members live and work. As the local health plan, we know the city; we know the people who live here; and we are tailored to respond to their needs. As a public agency, we have no stakeholders. Our revenues remain in the community and any excess is used to enhance patient services, expand coverage and overall, improve the community's health. 
Shape Up San Francisco was launched on April 26, 2006, and was created out of several different initiatives working to address childhood obesity, chronic disease and create healthy environments. Our mission is to increase the awareness of and opportunities for increased physical activity and improved nutrition where people live, play, work and learn.
Shape Up SF has four primary goals:
To reduce chronic disease and disparities among San Franciscans using culturally and age-appropriate strategies; To create environments that support healthy eating and active living in San Francisco; To provide fun, motivating and accessible opportunities for people who live, learn, work and play in San Francisco to get physically active; and To encourage everyone to use the resources available in San Francisco to get active and eat healthfully. When Shape Up SF was launched, the focus was, and remains, on preventing chronic diseases because they account for the greatest proportion of death and disability. The major chronic disease killers—heart disease, cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes—are an extension of what people do, or don’t do; specifically as it relates to tobacco, physical activity, and nutrition. According to the Centers for Disease Control (2004), these three behaviors are major contributors to heart disease and cancer, our nation’s, and City’s, leading killers. Shape Up commenced its work by focusing on two key of these factors: physical activity and nutrition. Tobacco, the other major risk factor, was not included because San Francisco has an active, successful Tobacco Free Coalition, with whom we regularly collaborate. In our planning, we intentionally framed our work using the Social Ecological model, because this model considers the complex interplay between individual, relationship, community, and societal factors. That is, it moves beyond an individual’s behavior and acknowledges that our social, political and economic environments shape our behaviors. This model leads to the use of a continuum of activities that address the multiple risks or protective factors for chronic disease. To that end, Shape Up SF has identified four strategies to achieve its goals: .. Policy advocacy and environmental prevention: Create environments, through policy and organizational change, to support healthy eating and active living; .. Programs and events: Provide opportunities for physical activity and good nutrition in the community, at worksites, in schools, afterschools, and child care, and health care and clinical settings; .. Research and data: Conduct research and share data on pertinent nutrition and physical activity issues; and .. Awareness: Increase awareness of the importance of physical activity and nutrition using a variety of methods including campaigns, advisory councils, website, etc.
Visit us at www.shapeupsf.org for more information.
SPARK has been providing K-12 schools and teachers with research-based curriculum, staff development, and content matched equipment since 1989. Their latest effort, SPARK Coordinated School Health Initiative, provides elementary teachers with resources to create a healthy school environment.
Visit the SPARK booth and contact SPARK
Website: www.sparkpe.org Email:
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The Office on Women's Health (OWH) was established in 1991 within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its Vision is to ensure that "All Women and Girls are Healthier and Have a Better Sense of Well Being." Its mission is to "provide leadership to promote health equity for women and girls through sex/gender-specific approaches." The strategy OWH uses to achieve its mission and vision is through the development of innovative programs, by educating health professionals, and motivating behavior change in consumers through the dissemination of health information
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