Dr. Searles and RecreationRx.org will be available to discuss the recreation prescription program for the underserved at the UC, San Diego information booth at the National Council on La Raza Convention in San Diego on Sunday July 13th...  Although Barack Obama will be the main attraction, there's no reason you can't come on by from 10:30am to 1pm to talk to Dr. Searles about the RecreationRx.org initiative...  We look forward to seeing you there!

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We Can!™ or "Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition" is a national program implemented by the National Institutes of Health and designed for families and communities to help children maintain a healthy weight. The program focuses on three important behaviors: improved food choices, increased physical activity and reduced screen time.

RecreationRx.org is proud to be a We Can!™ community site and provides a natural way to bring at-risk families in the physician’s office to We Can!™ programs in the community…

If you already have a We Can!™  program in your community, contact us to learn more about connecting your program to area healthcare providers.

Click here to learn more about the We Can!™ program!

Hosted by the California Medical Association Foundation

and the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative

Obesity Prevention Champion Training Session

Saturday, June 7, 2008

9:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.

Mission Valley Branch Library

2123 Fenton Parkway

San Diego , CA 92108

WHO ARE THE PRESENTERS?

Dr. Searles will open the morning followed by Dr. Scott Gee, the Medical Director of Prevention and Health Information for Kaiser Permanente, Northern California; and Dr. Christine Wood, pediatrician, author and founder of KidsEatGreat.com.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Physicians, residents, medical students and health professionals interested in community-centered obesity prevention

PARTICIPANTS WILL:

• Receive FREE Continuing Medical Education Units
• Learn practical tips for communicating key issues surrounding obesity
• Promote local measures and solutions for preventing obesity
• Build contacts and establish partnerships with key community members and organizations to maximize obesity prevention efforts

For questions or to reserve your space, please contact Tiffanie Sherrer, Obesity Prevention Project Coordinator at (916) 551-2031 or tsherrer@cmanet.org

Hosted by the California Medical Association Foundation

and the San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative

Obesity Prevention Champion Training Session

Saturday, June 7, 2008

9:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.

Mission Valley Branch Library

2123 Fenton Parkway

San Diego , CA 92108

WHO ARE THE PRESENTERS?

Dr. Searles will open the morning followed by Dr. Scott Gee, the Medical Director of Prevention and Health Information for Kaiser Permanente, Northern California; and Dr. Christine Wood, pediatrician, author and founder of KidsEatGreat.com.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Physicians, residents, medical students and health professionals interested in community-centered obesity prevention

PARTICIPANTS WILL:

• Receive FREE Continuing Medical Education Units
• Learn practical tips for communicating key issues surrounding obesity
• Promote local measures and solutions for preventing obesity
• Build contacts and establish partnerships with key community members and organizations to maximize obesity prevention efforts

For questions or to reserve your space, please contact Tiffanie Sherrer, Obesity Prevention Project Coordinator at (916) 551-2031 or tsherrer@cmanet.org

There will be approximately 250 physicians, health educators and other public health officials in attendance focusing on healthy lifestyles and chronic disease prevention. Dr. Searles will take part in a panel discussion titled: Preventive Measures: Getting the Word Out to Underserved Communities.

Check here later for more details and feel free to attend if you’re in the area!

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Physical activity has been shown to lower risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, but its relationship with premenopausal breast cancer has remained a mystery. This study looked at what age period and intensity of physical activity are critical to lowering the incidence of premenopausal breast cancer.

Why is this study important?

As other studies have shown, leisure-time physical activity was associated with a reduced risk for premenopausal breast cancer in the women studied. Premenopausal women regularly engaging in high amounts of physical activity during both adolescence and adulthood may derive the most benefit. In fact, high levels of physical activity during ages 12-22 years contributed most strongly to the association. The strongest associations were for total leisure-time activity during participants' lifetimes rather than for any one intensity or age period.

Sustained physical activity with low to moderate intensity in childhood and adolescence will not only improve overall fitness and reduce obesity, but it will decrease a woman’s risk of certain types of cancer over her lifetime. 

In short, Recreation is Medicine!

Maruti SS, et al "A prospective study of age-specific physical activity and premenopausal breast cancer" J Natl Cancer Inst 2008; DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn135.

RecreationRX.org has been awarded a Physicians for Healthy Communities Mini-Grant by the California Medical Association Foundation to support obesity prevention advocacy and outreach programs that enhance the well-being of California’s communities. The grant will be used to develop and enhance “starter kits” to help communities develop programs in their area!

As if we needed even more incentive to promote health through recreation!

Street G et al. The relationship between organised physical recreation and mental health. Health Promot J Austr. 2007 Dec;18(3):236-9