2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

4405.0
Obesity and Food Access: Strategies for Combatting the Obesity Epidemic and Evaluation of Prevention Programs

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Oral

4:30pm
Farm to Family Obesity Initiative: A comprehensive prevention program involving physical activity, nutrition education and a food access program in Louisville, KY   
Angelique Perez, MPH, Megan Clarke, M.H.S., Jessica Houston, MT and Fannie Fonseca-Becker, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
4:50pm
Increasing Access to Healthy Food. Policy and Advocacy Approaches to Addressing the Obesity Epidemic   
Kim Milbrath and Miriam Manon
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  
5:10pm
Assessing Barriers and Facilitators to Healthy Living in a Low-Income Community: Perceptions of the Health Resource Environment in South Los Angeles   
Denise Payan, PhD, MPP, Tahirah Farris, AICP, Jacqueline Illum, MPL, LaVonna Lewis, PhD, MPH, Gabriel N. Stover, MPA, MSPH and David C. Sloane, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  
5:30pm
Dietary intake of antioxidants including vitamins C, E, and lycopene among normal weight and obese Native American adolescents   
M. Margaret Barth, PhD, MPH, Shasha Zheng, PhD, Grace Crosby and Benjamin Knisely
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by: Food and Nutrition, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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