Resource Type: Coffee Chats

Coffee Chat: Promoting Healthy Beverage Consumption Among School-Age Children & Adolescents: New Expert-Backed Recommendations

Posted on March 31, 2025

In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Megan Lott, Deputy Director of Healthy Eating Research at the Duke Global Health Institute, walked through these new recommendations and shared resources that can be used to provide guidance for parents, caregivers, and public health professionals.

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Coffee Chat: Creating Healthier Spaces for Kids: A Walkthrough of OSNAP Resources for Out-of-School Time

Posted on January 23, 2025

In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Bekka Lee, Co-Investigator at the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity & Lecturer in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of the Community Engagement Program at Harvard Catalyst, provided an in-depth overview of resources from the Out-of-School Nutrition and Physical Activity (OSNAP) initiative including a discussion of how you can implement this evidence-based intervention in your program, city, or state.

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Coffee Chat: Cost-Effective Strategies to Create Healthier Environments: A Walkthrough of the CHOICES National Action Kit 2.0

Posted on November 25, 2024

In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Jessica Barrett, Senior Research Analyst at the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, demonstrated how to use the CHOICES National Action Kit 2.0, highlighting the metrics that can be compared and where to find more detailed information about a strategy to support the planning and prioritization of health promotion efforts.

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Coffee Chat: Creating Healthier Spaces for Kids: Promoting Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, & Health Equity in Out-of-School Time

Posted on October 31, 2024

In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Kate Goddard, Project Director for the Collaborative for Advancing Health Equity in Out-of-School Time at the Education Development Center, discussed how out-of-school time standards can be used to support health and well-being and highlighted examples of evidence-based strategies, including the Out-of-School Nutrition and Physical Activity (OSNAP) Initiative.

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Coffee Chat: Investing in a Healthier Future: How a Sugary Drink Excise Tax Could Improve Health & Health Equity in Massachusetts

Posted on September 26, 2024

In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Sara Bleich, Professor of Public Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and inaugural Vice Provost for Special Projects at Harvard University and Steve Gortmaker, Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology, Director of the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity, and Director and Co-Principal Investigator of the CHOICES Project at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discussed the progressive health and health equity impacts of a sugary drink excise tax, highlighting recent findings from modeling a statewide tax in Massachusetts.

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Coffee Chat: Putting the Eggs in All the Right Baskets: Tips for Braiding & Layering Funds to Support Public Health Programs

Posted on August 26, 2024

In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Ali Maffey, Vice President of Social and Behavioral Health at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, described strategies for braiding and layering public health funding and share specific examples.

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Coffee Chat: Enhancing Health Communications to Empower Your Outreach

Posted on May 23, 2024

In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Andrea Grenadier, Senior Marketing & Communications Specialist at the National Association of County and City Health Officials, shared examples of local health department-related success stories and highlighted tools and resources to support your communications work, particularly around promoting nutrition and physical activity.

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Coffee Chat: Advancing Equitable Access to Improved Nutrition: Evidence and Policy

Posted on April 30, 2024

In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Sara Bleich, Professor of Public Health Policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and inaugural Vice Provost for Special Projects at Harvard University and Steve Gortmaker, Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology, Director of the Prevention Research Center on Nutrition and Physical Activity, and Director and Co-Principal Investigator of the CHOICES Project at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shared evidence about cost-effective, population-level nutrition policies that have been shown to prevent obesity and improve health equity as well as updates about implementation.

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Coffee Chat: State & Local Policies for Incorporating Added-Sugar Warning Labels on Restaurant Menus

Posted on March 28, 2024

State and Local Policies for Incorporating Added-Sugar Warning Labels on Restaurant Menus

In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, DeAnna Nara, Senior Policy Associate at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, explored strategies to incorporate added-sugar warning labels into restaurant menus to reduce added sugar consumption and shared resources to support practitioners at the state and local levels with this work.

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Coffee Chat: Engaging Community Partners in Health Improvement Planning

Posted on February 22, 2024

In this coffee chat hosted by the CHOICES Community of Practice, Anna Clayton, Senior Program Analyst from the National Association of County and City Health Officials explored resources available through the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP 2.0) framework that can support community engagement and partnerships in planning efforts.

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