UC Delivers

UC Delivers is a collection of examples showing how UC ANR is making a difference in California's communities.

UC Delivers is managed by UC ANR Program Planning and Evaluation. For instructions on how to write a UC Delivers Post, click here. For instructions on how to submit a post, you can download this PDF. Please contact Christina Becker at christina.becker@ucop.edu for more information.

Exercise dance class participants in action!

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Bailoterapia helps fight obesity among Kings County families

May 28, 2019

By Vikram Koundinya

Many rural communities in California are finding inspiring solutions to the obesity crisis by leveraging local community strengths to promote healthy living. Kings County in California is largely a rural county with 80% of SNAP-Ed adults overweight or obese.

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Food distribution at Cesar Chavez Elementary School

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UC partnership increases access to healthy food in Coachella

May 28, 2019

By Chutima H Ganthavorn

The desert city of Coachella has a population of 6,919. Seven-hundred and sixty-one residents do not live within 10 miles of a supermarket or have a car, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Research Atlas.

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UC ANR gardening workshops stimulate senior participation in wellness activities

May 28, 2019

By Mary L Blackburn

The Center for Disease Control reported in 2017, older adults accounted for 22% of the U.S. population, surpassing children and adolescents aged 014 years (19%). Therefore, California is turning gray.

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UC partnership grows school breakfast program in Coachella

May 28, 2019

By Chutima H Ganthavorn

Cesar Chavez Elementary School located in Eastern Coachella Valley is a school with high needs facing several challenges including high poverty, food insecurity, and childhood obesity.

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Young scientists using the sense of hearing to listen to soda bubbles during a Kitchen Science YES Project lesson.

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4-H teens increase leadership skills and civic engagement by teaching science

May 28, 2019

By Marianne Bird

In 2015, only 38% of 4th grade students in the U.S. scored at or above proficient in science. The gap in science literacy is especially prominent for youth of color.

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