our region’s community foundation. cheryl r. whitaker, m.d., m.p.h. moderator senior program...

Our Region’s Community Foundation.

Cheryl R. Whitaker, M.D., M.P.H.

ModeratorSenior Program OfficerThe Chicago Community Trust


900,000Illinois residents obtain food from food

pantries each year

786,162food stamps used in June 2010—

an 11.9% increase over June 2009

Hunger


26.6%of adults in Illinois are obese

20.7%of children in Illinois are obese

Obesity


Our goal: healthier families & communities


Trust support for hunger &obesity work

Community Development+

Health +

Basic Human Needs

Unity Challenge Grants for hunger

$1 million / year

$250,000 / year


Trust grant recipients:hunger & hunger prevention

Improving Food Security• Greater Chicago Food Depository• Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation• Good News Community Kitchen• Ravenswood Community Services• Northern Illinois Food Bank• Englewood Food Network• Illinois Hunger Coalition• Enlace Chicago• La Casa Norte• Feeding Illinois• Irving Park Community Food Pantry• Lakeview Pantry


Trust grant recipients:demand and access to fresh foods

Creating Demand & Access to Fresh Foods• Fresh Taste (Chicago Region Good Food Fund)• Seven Generations Ahead• Growing Home• Healthy Schools Campaign• Angelic Organics Learning Center• The Experimental Station• Puerto Rican Cultural Center• NeighborSpace


Trust grant recipients:obesity prevention

Promoting Healthy Lifestyle• Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children

(Children’s Memorial Medical Center)• Active Transportation Alliance• Namaste Charter School, Inc.• Girls in the Game• Women’s Sports Foundation


Areas with high food stamp use


Areas with high obesity rates


Kate Maehr

Chief Executive OfficerGreater Chicago Food Depository

• Defining hunger• Insufficient access to food

• Skipping meals, cutting back on the quantity or quality of food

• “Food insecurity”

• Nutrition programs provide a safety net

Providing food for hungry people while striving to end hunger in our community

• Hunger in Chicago• Food Depository serves 678,000 people each year

• 37% under age 18

• 34% of households include one employed adult

• 44% receive SNAP benefits


• The new normal• 64% more pantry visits in July 2010 than in July 2007

• November 2009 set monthly record of 484,725 individual visits


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• Identifying needs based on demography, geography and seasonality

• Creating strategies to bridge gaps

• Example: Results of child hunger study lead to new Lunch Bus Program

• Healthy food options• Connecting families in priority neighborhoods with SNAP benefits, urban agriculture and other resources

• Plan to increase proportion of produce to 30 percent by 2015

• Increased availability of whole grain, transfat-free and reduced-sodium food



Adam B. Becker, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Executive DirectorConsortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children

September 23, 2010

The Hunger-Obesity Paradox: What We Know,

What We Can Do

Adam B. Becker PhD, MPHExecutive DirectorCLOCC

Childhood Obesity: The Problem

• Prevalence– Nationally - an estimated 17 percent of children and adolescents ages 2-19 years

are obese

– 10.4% of children 2-5 years of age

– Chicago – 22% of 3-7 year olds entering school are obese (down from 24%)

Childhood Obesity: The Problem

• Disparities

– Chicago neighborhoods experience inequalities in childhood obesity

– SUHI found rates as high as 60% in some communities of color

• The Cause: Energy Imbalance

– Calories consumed > energy expended = weight gain

– Calories consumed = energy expended = weight stable

– Calories consumed < energy expended = weight loss

The Hunger-Obesity Paradox

• Research findings are complex – do not illustrate direct relationships

• Food insecure women are at greatest risk for obesity

• Factors related to both food insecurity and obesity stem from poverty!

– Stretching the food dollar

– Feast or famine (binge eating, storing)

– Lack of safe places to play

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Neighborhood Solutions for Food Access

• State Level – Illinois Fresh Food Fund

– May mean increased food retail in underserved communities

• Citywide

– Healthy Vending Strategies

• CPS

• CPD

• Citywide??

• Innovative Neighborhood Retail Strategies

– Local restaurants, corner stores and street vendors

– Produce carts and food kiosks

– Farmers’ Markets

• EBT and “Market for All”

• More markets than farmers!

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Karen Lehman

DirectorFresh Taste

We live in two worlds…

Sources: “Harvest Time in Illinois,” (http://athomewiththefarmerswife.blogspot.com/2009/10/harvest-time-in-illinois.html); CAFO (http://meetinglunch.com/2010/01/26/brain-food-cafo/ ); Paul O. Boisvert for The New York Times, June 30 , 2009 (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/business/energy-environment/01farm.html?hpw); Hearst Ranch in Southern California (http://grassfedmeat.sultaninfo.com/grassfedmeatinsoutherncalifornia/).

http://athomewiththefarmerswife.blogspot.com/2009/10/harvest-time-in-illinois.html

http://meetinglunch.com/2010/01/26/brain-food-cafo/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/business/energy-environment/01farm.html?hpw

http://grassfedmeat.sultaninfo.com/grassfedmeatinsoutherncalifornia/

Net to farmers is the same in inflation adjusted dollars, but subsidies are not on here and what they make up. Where are the subsidies represented here? 612-869-8664

Source: Ken Meter, Crossroads Resource Center

2008 TO 2010 SNAP SALES INCREASES

CHICAGO’S 61ST STREET FARMERS MARKET

Chicago Double Value LINK Program 2009: $5,000 in LINK sales(#1 in IL for highest LINK usage at a farmers’ market)

Projected for 2010: $10,000 in LINK sales and $7,000 in DVCP redemption

The Chicago Region Foodshed Source: Good to Grow Presentation, Urban Agriculture Conference, March 2008


Our goal: healthier families & communities


Through the generous support of donors, the Trust invests over $1 million each year to build local food systems, fight hunger and prevent obesity. All to help builder healthier families and communities for the Chicago region.

Collaborator.

Contact Kathy Pope at 312.616.8000 to find out how you can support the Trust or the organizations represented on the panel today.

Convener. Catalyst.

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