Marin County 

The Nutrition, Family, and Consumer Sciences program helps people better manage their family and personal resources. Training and information is provided to health and education professionals such as nurses, foster care parents, home health aides, residential care operators, and teachers.

The program also provides consumers, especially the parents of young children, with information on:

• food and nutrition
• food safety
• food preservation
• money management

Marin County Children & Weight Coalition
Organized in October 2001, the Marin County Children and Weight Coalition has undertaken several nutrition education projects with local youth and families. Based on responses from student surveys regarding eating habits, healthy snack activities were conducted at San Marin High School and Tomales High School. Since November 2002, the Coalition has participated in the annual Marin County Peer Summit for middle school student leaders. For the Summit, Coalition members helped with the Planet Health Session of the Nutrition Wellness Program of Health and Human Services. Since 2003, for the Marin County Fair, the coalition has participated in the Healthy Marin Pavilion, featuring interactive exhibits on healthy eating choices. In Spring 2005, the Coalition partnered with Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theatre to pilot a nutrition and physical activity project to supplement Kaiser's "Zip's Great Day" presentation to elementary school students. The Coalition is a member of the Marin County Nutrition and Fitness Collaborative organized by the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services.

Families with Young Children workgroup has three resources available:

1. Parent Express (Infant Series of 15 issues for new parents)
2. Baby & Me (Growing Together fun workbook for baby's first year)
3. Off to a Good Start (A kindergarten readiness program).

Coming soon will be...

1. Parent Express (Toddler Series)
2. The Power of Play

Marin County Eating Disorder Task Force: is administered by the Marin County Department of Health and Human Services. The Task Force has produced a snapshot brochure (for the general public) and a resource guide (for practitioners). Both are available on the web at http://healthymarin.org. More information about the Task Force and resources is available by calling (415) 499-7059 or -3055.