. "Appendix G IOM Regional Symposium Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Communities." Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up?. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2007.
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Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up?
Overview of the IOM Report and Goals for the Meeting
Jeffrey Koplan, Emory University and Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity
Youth Efforts in Preventing Childhood Obesity
Raymond Figueroa, Jr., Anthony George, Kenneth Alleyne, Artrese Reid,Eboni Bowman, TRUCE Fitness and Nutrition Center of the Harlem Children’s Zone, New York City
Setting the Context for Obesity Prevention in Communities
James Marks, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Plenary Panel Presentations and Discussion
Mobilizing Neighborhood and Community Grassroots Efforts
Developing, implementing, and evaluating grassroots changes related tochildhood obesity prevention: barriers and opportunities.
Moderator: Antronette Yancey, UCLA School of Public Health
Plenary Panel Presentations and Panel Discussion
Community Initiatives
Stewart Watson and Nancy DeVault, Seminole County Healthy Kids Partnership, Florida
Jeff Bachar, Cherokee Diabetes Prevention Program, North Carolina
Beverly Howell, Project Delta Hope and Mississippi Partnerships on Childhood Obesity
Plenary Panel Presentations and Panel Discussion
Faith-Based Initiatives
Anthony Evans, National Black Church Initiative
Jean Murphy, Health Ministries, Doraville, Georgia
Bethann Cottrell, Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta
Steven Cooper, Mid-South Faith-Based Development Center, Mississippi
Plenary Panel Presentations and Discussion
Mobilizing City, County, and State Efforts
Developing, implementing, and evaluating changes related to childhoodobesity prevention at the county and state levels: barriers and opportunities.
Moderator:Susan Foerster, California Department of Health Services