4200.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

New Directions in Nutrition and Activity Surveillance

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Phil Troped
Karen Peterson, ScD, RD
2:30 PMEmerging Issues in Physical Activity Surveillance
Chuck Matthews, MS, PhD
2:45 PMComprehensive surveillance for obesity: An overview
Deborah A. Galuska, PhD, E.S. Ford, W.H. Dietz
3:00 PMTracking the health and nutritional status of women and children: recent enhancements to the CDC Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System (PNSS) and Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS)
Karen E. Dalenius, MPH, RD
3:15 PMPediatric Nutrition Surveillance in an HMO setting
Emily Oken, Janet W. Rich-Edwards, Kelley S. Scanlon, PhD, Matthew W. Gillman
3:30 PMUsing Surveillance Data to Evaluate an Intervention to Prevent Youth Obesity
Jean Wiecha, PhD, Karen E. Peterson, ScD, RD, Maria Bettencourt, MPH, Judy Salkeld, MS, Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras, PhD, RD
Sponsor:Food and Nutrition
Cosponsors:Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA