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Commonwealth Conversations: Public Health December 22, 201 1 Fun, Health Recipes for Families to Cook Together Posted b John Jacob, a health com m unications writer and editor at the Massachusetts

1 Commonwealth Conversations: Public Health December 22, Fun, Health Recipes for Families to Cook Together Posted b John Jacob, a health com m unications writer and editor at the Massachusetts Departm ent of Public Health. Here at Mass in Motion, we re all about finding new way s to help Massachusetts families to eat better and mov e more. This week we re proud to announce an ex citing new resource in that effort a free monthly newsletter called ChopChop. Each month in ChopChop, we ll feature a fun, easy -to-make and healthy recipe - featuring locally -grown produce - which parents and children can make together. What s so important about that? First off, meals cooked at home tend to be healthier (and less ex pensiv e) than takeout food. What s more, by teaching our kids to cook we make them more nutritionally literate and more likely to dev elop healthier eating habits ov er a lifetime. Besides, cooking together can be fun! Governor Patrick, ChopChop founder Sall Sam ps on, and friends m ak e Cranberr Apples auce The ChopChop newsletter is the product of an innov ativ e partnership with ChopChop Magazine, a nationwide quarterly publication that focuses on fun, healthy cooking for families. Each month s newsletter will be posted on the Mass in Motion website at /massinmotion/chopchop. We ll also send the electronic newsletter out v ia to pediatricians, school nurses, community health centers and other community partners. The new collaboration was announced this week by Gov ernor Dev al Patrick at a fun-filled ev ent at Community Serv ings, a not-forprofit food and nutrition program in Boston. Following his opening remarks, the Gov ernor was joined by an energetic group of y oung people in the program s test kitchen to prepare Cranberry Applesauce the recipe that s featured in the debut edition of the ChopChop newsletter. 1/5

2 Le he m a hing begin! Also appearing at the ev ent were Health and Human Serv ices Secretar Jud Ann Bigb, MD; Department of Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach; Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner Scott Soares; Department of Transitional Assistance Commissioner Daniel Curle, and ChopChop Maga ine Founder Sall Sampson. 2/5

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3 EOHHS Secretary Bigby, Governor Patrick, and DPH Commissioner Auerbach at the event. A big thanks to Community Servings for hosting this exciting event and helping to make it such a success! 3/5

Com m ents Hi Marina, glad y ou're checking out the recipe and thank y ou for the for the suggestion! That is definitely som ething we will keep in m ind for future recipes.

4 Com m ents Hi Marina, glad y ou're checking out the recipe and thank y ou for the for the suggestion! That is definitely som ething we will keep in m ind for future recipes. Posted by : Lani January 04, at 1 2 :07 PM Suggestion for Recipes posted in ChpChp: go to a selection of stores, research the ingredients, and giv e people a "ballpark" price for how m uch it would cost to m ake the m eal featured in the recipe... Also suggest cheaper alternativ e ingredients where appropriate (like substituting honey or sugar for m aple sy rup) Posted by : Marina Lent Decem ber 3 1, at 04 :3 0 PM "m eals cooked at hom e tend to be healthier (and less expensiv e) than takeout food." couldn't agree with y ou m ore. I find when I eat out m ore offten I gain weight m uch quicker. Posted by : Bob Decem ber 2 7, at 05:1 0 PM Verif our Com m ent Prev iewing our Com m ent Posted by : This is only a prev iew. Y our comment has not y et been posted. Po Edi 4/5

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May 26, 2010. Joseph Lazzaro Director, Accessibility Technology Group Information Technology Division Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dear Mr.

May 26, 2010. Joseph Lazzaro Director, Accessibility Technology Group Information Technology Division Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dear Mr. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Department of Public Health 250 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108-4619 DEVAL L. PATRICK GOVERNOR TIMOTHY P. MURRAY LIEUTENANT