This program is for children who live in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC), a community-based obesity prevention program, intends to promote healthy and active lifestyles for children living in the Chicago metropolitan area.

No peer-reviewed publications evaluating the effectiveness of this program were located.

CLOCC has received national recognition from the Institute of Medicine, the U.S. Surgeon General, the American Medical Association, and the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention. The program includes environmental changes, public education, advocacy, research, outcome measurement, and program evaluation. Healthy lifestyle messages for children are supported through the program’s eight focus areas, which include the following:

• Food & Beverage: Increase healthy food access in neighborhoods by establishing new and encouraging existing corner stores to offer healthy food options, increasing the number of farmer’s markets and community gardens, and allowing mobile carts to sell fresh produce to underserved members of the community.
• Physical Activity: Support programs and initiatives, at the community and city level, that promote safety and encourage children to increase their daily physical activity; make walking and biking in neighborhoods easier to do;
• Early Childhood: Focus on early childhood obesity prevention by working with organizations and institutions that serve children from birth to 5 years of age and their families. CLOCC works with clinicians to promote and support breastfeeding.
• Health Education: Develop and implement the 5-4-3-2-1 Go!* program, which recommends that children follow these daily goals: 5 fruits and vegetables, 4 servings of water, 3 servings of low-fat dairy, 2 or less hours of recreational screen time, 1 or more hours of physical activity.
• Research & Evaluation: Engage in research and evaluation activities to provide evidence for effective obesity prevention strategies and provide training, resources, and technical assistance to partners that are interested in evaluating their programs.
• Schools: Support environments in and around schools in order to make healthy eating and physical activity a daily part of youth's lives.
• Policy & Advocacy: Help organizations develop health-supporting practices and advocate for health-related policies at the city, state, and federal levels.
• Businesses Sector: Support employees to create healthy habits and environments for their families, promote business products and services that focus on childhood obesity prevention, encourage charitable giving for childhood obesity prevention, and endorse activities that reduce or eliminate marketing of unhealthy products to children under 18.

*A separate FS is available for this program.

The program was developed in 2002. Currently, there are over 3,000 participants in CLOCC representing over 1,200 organizations across Illinois and throughout the country. The program is currently housed at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

Information about training was not located. Please use details in the Contact section to learn more about adapting and implementing this program in any location.

Considerations for implementing this program include understanding that the program has only been implemented in the Chicago area, realizing there are several different programs the Consortium offers and communities may want to select one to get started, appreciating program initiatives include policy changes that can take a long time to implement within communities, and recognizing substantial funds may be required to implement policies and programs.

The Clearinghouse can help address these considerations. Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email clearinghouse@psu.edu

If you are interested in implementing CLOCC, the Clearinghouse is interested in helping you! Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email clearinghouse@psu.edu

CLOCC manages and facilitates several different programs, and time to complete activities within each of these programs will vary.

No information about implementation costs was located.

To move To move CLOCC to the Promising category on the Clearinghouse Continuum of Evidence, at least one evaluation should be performed demonstrating positive effects lasting at least one year from the beginning of the program or at least six months from program completion.

The Clearinghouse can help you develop an evaluation plan to ensure the program components are meeting your goals. Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email clearinghouse@psu.edu

Contact the Clearinghouse with any questions regarding this program. Phone: 1-877-382-9185 Email: clearinghouse@psu.edu

You may also contact CLOCC by mail 225 E. Chicago Ave., Box #157, Chicago, IL 60611, phone 312-227-7100, fax 1-312-227-9523, email info@clocc.net , or visit http://www.clocc.net/contact-us/

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