Thursday, October 11, 2007
7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Anderson Recreation Center, 125 West Walnut Avenue
Lompoc, CA 93436

The Childhood Obesity Summit has three specific outcomes:

Creating dialogue between a cross section of the business community and health professionals for the purpose of addressing the economic, environmental and program elements that can impact the obesity and sedentary lifestyle of Lompoc’s children and adults.

Exposing business partners and health professionals to excellent educational presentations and best practices by a nationally known expert and an opportunity for continued discussion with facilitated breakout sessions.

Developing a core list of critical issues and consensus among stakeholders to be discussed in more detail at future Lompoc Valley Healthy Kids Initiative Taskforce meeting.

We must all be part of the solution to begin reducing this health epidemic. The Childhood Obesity Summit will be an opportunity to generate cross-discipline discussions on solutions to Lompoc’s obesity and sedentary lifestyle issues. The summit and subsequent Healthy Kids Initiative Taskforce meetings will be focused on formulating strategies to develop Healthy Eating and Physical Activities Plans for Lompoc that will put into action long-term solutions to increase physical activity.

Summit Featured Speaker
Dr. Scott Gee

Lompoc is facing an obesity epidemic

• Almost 1 out of 3 students in Lompoc in grades 7, 9, and 11 are at risk of or are overweight

• Non-traditional students, males, and Latino/as appear to be at higher risk of being overweight

• Overweight in childhood and adolescence is linked to lifelong weight struggles plus greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions related to obesity

Adrianna Diaz,
Cabrillo High School
Winner grades 9-12

The Lompoc Valley Healthy Initiative partnership is pleased to announce that they have a logo!

The 1433 logo entries were each reviewed and eventually eight finalists for each grade division were chosen.  The finalists were then judged by invited guests and members of the community on November 16 th .   With so many talented students the competition was close in all of the divisions! 

The winners are…  Ken Schmunk at Crestview Elementary won the grade K-2 division with his compelling picture of a young man reaching out towards healthy foods.  Vanessa Villanueva at Clarence Ruth won the grade 3-5 division with her colorful drawing of a variety of healthy, sporting activities.  Gold Vang at Lompoc Valley Middle School won the middle school division with a crisp drawing of an apple inside a gold ring with the words, "Staying Healthy One Bite at a Time" written inside. 

The winner of high school division also received the most votes overall and will be used to represent Healthy Kids Initiative.   We are pleased to announce that the winning entry came from Adrianna Diaz at Cabrillo High School .  Miss Diaz's drawing of three happy, healthy children playing in the flowers of Lompoc is a perfect fit for the project.

Each school that had students who participated in the contest will receive $250 to put towards SPARK training materials or other health education programs.  This money as well as the prize money for individual and club winners at the middle and high school level will be distributed over the next few weeks.