Brief Summary
Institute of Medicine Regional Symposium
Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Communities
In collaboration with the Healthcare Georgia Foundation Supported by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
October 6–7, 2005
Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center
Atlanta, Georgia
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COMMITTEE ON PROGRESS IN PREVENTING CHILDHOOD OBESITY
JEFFREY P.KOPLAN (Chair),
Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
ROSS C.BROWNSON,
Department of Community Health, St. Louis University School of Public Health, MO
ANN BULLOCK,
Health and Medical Division, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, NC
SUSAN B.FOERSTER,
Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA
JENNIFER C.GREENE,
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
DOUGLAS B.KAMEROW,
Health, Social and Economics Research, RTI International, Washington, DC
MARSHALL W.KREUTER,
Institute of Public Health, College of Health and Human Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
RUSSELL R.PATE,
Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia
JOHN C.PETERS,
Food and Beverage Technology, Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH
KENNETH E.POWELL,
Chronic Disease, Injury, and Environmental Epidemiology Section, Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Human Resources (emeritus), Atlanta, GA
THOMAS N.ROBINSON,
Division of General Pediatrics and Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
EDUARDO J.SANCHEZ,
Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX
ANTRONETTE YANCEY,
Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
Consultant
SHIRIKI K.KUMANYIKA,
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD
ROBERT M.RUSSELL (Chair),
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA
LARRY R.BEUCHAT,
Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia, Griffin
MICHAEL P.DOYLE,
Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia, Griffin
SUSAN FERENC,
SAF*Risk, LC, Madison, WI
NANCY F.KREBS,
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver
SHIRIKI KUMANYIKA,
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
REYNALDO MARTORELL,
Department of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
J.GLENN MORRIS, JR.,
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
SUZANNE P.MURPHY,
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
JOSE M.ORDOVAS,
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA
LYNN PARKER,
Child Nutrition Programs and Nutrition Policy, Food Research and Action Center, Washington, DC
NICHOLAS J.SCHORK,
Department of Psychiatry, Polymorphism Research Laboratory, University of California, San Diego
REBECCA J.STOLTZFUS,
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
JOHN W.SUTTIE,
Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
WALTER C.WILLETT,
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
CATHERINE E.WOTEKI, Global Director of Scientific Affairs,
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA
BARRY L.ZOUMAS,
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Staff
LINDA D.MEYERS, Director
GERALDINE KENNEDO, Administrative Assistant
ANTON L.BANDY, Financial Associate
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Reviewers
This symposium summary has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published summary as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
STEWART GORDON, Louisiana Council on Obesity Prevention, Baton Rouge
SUSAN L.HANDY, Department of Environmental Science and Policy University of California, Davis
HELEN MATHENY, West Virginia State Medical Association, Charleston
AVIVA MUST, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston
GARY NELSON, Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Inc., Atlanta
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the the final draft of the symposium summary before its release. The review of this summary was overseen by CHARLES ROYER, Institute for Community Change, Seattle.
Appointed by the National Research Council, they were responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.
