3166.1: Monday, November 17, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Childhood obesity is considered to be one of the most important public health problems facing our country today, with the prevalence of overweight children increasing four-fold since the 1960s. This crisis is perpetuated by social and environmental factors that encourage children to make unhealthy healthy eating and activity choices. Similar to lessons learned in the tobacco movement, solutions to this epidemic will include bold policy initiatives at the national, state, and local levels. | |||
| Learning Objectives: · Articulate four ways in which social and environmental factors contribute to unhealthy patterns of eating and physical activity for children and adolescents. · Identify three state or local policy strategies to help create school or community environments that support children in making healthy eating and activity choices · Describe three policy strategies for responding to the ubiquitous marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children. · Describe three roles for philanthropy in promoting nutrition and physical activity policy change. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Kelly Brownell, PhD Robert Ross, MD Margo Wootan, DSc Honorable Deborah Ortiz Honorable Marlene Canter | |||
| Harold Goldstein, DrPH, MPH | |||
| Environment as a recipe for obesity: The need for bold action, Kelly Brownell, PhD | |||
| Philanthropic leadership in fostering a nutrition and physical activity policy agenda, Robert K. Ross, MD | |||
| How food companies market obesity to children: The need for a courageous public health response, Margo Wootan, DSc | |||
| We've done it, you can too: Lessons from the California Legislature, Honorable Deborah Ortiz | |||
| Behind the scenes at LA unified school district: How we kicked the soda and junk food habit, Honorable Marlene Canter | |||
| Organized by: | APHA | ||