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Session: The Epidemic of Childhood Obesity
3019.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
The Epidemic of Childhood Obesity
The session will present: anti-obesity and anti-smoking strategies; the role and potential partners among stakeholders involved in obesity prevention; a minimum of three intrvention tools; and a method to assess childhood overweight.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:1)Compare anti-obesity with anti-smoking strategies; 2)Identify role and potential partners among stakeholders involved in obesity prevention; 3)Apply a minimum of three intrvention tools; and 4)recognize a method to assess childhood overweight.
Moderator(s):Judith Connell, DrPH
8:30 AMHealthy choices, healthy minds: Integrating community-based and institutional resources to implement comprehensive programs that concurrently address childhood and adolescent obesity and mental health  [ Recorded presentation ]
Walid Michelen, MD, Jacqueline Martinez, MPH, Ninoska Uribe, MS, Yisel Alonzo, BA
8:45 AMInstitute of Medicine report on prevention of obesity in U.S. children and youth  [ Recorded presentation ]
George R. Flores, MD, MPH, John Cawley, PhD, Charles Royer, BS, Vivica Kraak, MS, RD
9:00 AMChildhood overweight documented with existing local data
Elizabeth E. Siddens, BA, Diane J. Sprowl, MEd, RD, LD, Dennis Chaney, MPA, Lisa C. Sowders, BS, Tammy R. Sanders, BSN, RN, Ariel Lapena Sarmiento, BA, MPH(c)
9:15 AMPublic school environments and obesity: Indiana legislative responses to growing challenges and youth obesity disparities
Millicent E. Fleming-Moran, PhD
9:30 AMA Community-based Collaborative to Address Child Overweight Issues in Houston-Harris County, Texas  [ Recorded presentation ]
Karen Jaynes Williams, PhD, MHSA, Patricia Gail Bray, PhD, Jane Peranteau, PhD, Ilana Reisz, MA
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Black Caucus of Health Workers; Food and Nutrition; Health Administration; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Nursing; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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