Alameda County Nutrition Services

Alameda County Nutrition Services


OUR VISION: We envision that all people live in safe, connected neighborhoods that offer fresh, affordable foods, are choosing active healthy lifestyles and are engaged in their communities.

OUR MISSION: We promote and support healthy eating and physical activity through committed partnership with communities to reduce chronic disease and improve long-term health. ACNS is a program of the Alameda County Public Health Department’s Community Health Services Division.

To reach our vision we partner with residents and community organizations to accomplish the following:

  • promote healthy eating and physical activity at health fairs and community events
  • conduct cooking and physical activity demonstrations
  • teach age-appropriate nutrition and cooking classes
  • implement safe routes to school initiatives
  • provide nutrition education in grocery stores
  • plant gardens with fruits and vegetables
  • develop and implement healthy food and beverage standards and wellness policies

ReThink Your Drink LogoReThink Your Drink Campaign

The ReThink Your Drink campaign encourages choosing healthy beverage options and raises awareness about the harm of sugary drinks. Sport drinks, energy drinks and juices are the leading source of added sugars in the American diet. Too much sugar leads to poor health conditions, like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, dental cavities, arthritis, and weight gain. There are many healthy drinks to choose from that have no sugar that are just as tasty! Make your own delicious, healthy beverages and make wise decisions when selecting your next drink.

Did you know?

There are over 10 teaspoons of sugar and 150 calories in can of cola!

Take the next step and be part of the movement to increase awareness and ReThink Your Drink!

Handouts

Printing Instructions for all One-Page Flyers

Instructions to print physical copy:
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Instructions for PDF:
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Resources

"Kootie Catcher" Activity

English

Choose Health Drink Water

English

Choose Water for Good Oral Health

English | Spanish | Chinese | Vietnamese

How Much Sugar is in Your Drink?

English

ReThink Your Drink  Newsletter Article

English

ReThink Your Drink Tracking Sheet

English

Drink Card Labels

English

Posters

Go H20

English

Rethink Your Drink

English | Spanish

Potter the Otter Teacher Toolkit

Teacher's Guide

English

Coloring Page

English

Postcard

English

Activity: Find What's Wrong

English

Activity: Puppets

English

Activity Sheet: Otter Maze

English

Acivity Sheet: Connect the Dots

English


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