Archives: Charita Johnson

This post previously appeared on FoodActive.org.uk. Food Active is a healthy weight program, supported by North West Directors of Public Health. Poor diet, brought on by the increased availability of unhealthy food, has played a major role in rising rates of diet related diseases around the world.1 Our work at the CUNY Urban Food Policy [...]

On, July 24, 2017, the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute held the first training session of its Countermarketing Staff Training Program (CSTP). The CSTP was developed to train staff at youth-serving organizations in New York City to launch food countermarketing initiatives that engage youth. Food countermarketing describes activities that decrease the consumption of unhealthy food [...]