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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Workshop and Panel Public Sessions." Institute of Medicine. 2012. Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13275.
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Workshop and Panel Public Sessions

MARKETING APPROACHES PANEL

January 13, 2011

Irvine, CA

Panel Goals:

1.  Explore the progress in meeting the goals set forth in the 2006 Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity?

2.  Identify key food and beverage marketing approaches that can accelerate progress in preventing obesity.

OVERVIEW

Ellen Wartella, Northwestern University

RESEARCH

Jerome Williams, Rutgers Business School-Newark and New Brunswick

Kathryn Montgomery and Jeff Chester, American University and Center for Digital Democracy

Kelly Brownell, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Workshop and Panel Public Sessions." Institute of Medicine. 2012. Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13275.
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SELF-REGULATION

Elaine Kolish, Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI)

Lisa Gable, Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF)

Bill Dietz, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

CASE STUDIES IN IMPLEMENTING COMPREHENSIVE OBESITY PREVENTION PLANS PANEL

March 23, 2011

Irvine, CA

Panel Goals:

1.  Hear first-hand accounts from state and local governments and community organizations that have developed and implemented obesity prevention initiatives.

2.  Explore the successes, failures, and challenges that groups and individuals have encountered in their efforts.

3.  Gain insights that may be useful in selecting recommendations to accelerate progress in obesity prevention.

Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

America Bracho, Executive Director, Latino Health Access

Anthony Iton, Senior Vice President, Healthy Communities, The California Endowment

Tom Farley, Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Karl Dean, Mayor, The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Workshop and Panel Public Sessions." Institute of Medicine. 2012. Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13275.
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WORKSHOP ON MEASUREMENT STRATEGIES FOR ACCELERATING PROGRESS IN OBESITY PREVENTION*

March 23-24, 2011

Irvine, CA

Workshop Purpose:

1.  Explore and understand the ways that measurement techniques, strategies, and data sources can impede and or promote acceleration of progress toward prevention of obesity.

2.  Understand what additional knowledge regarding assessments of environments and policies is needed to measure progress of obesity prevention.

PANEL I: The Physical Activity, Inactivity, and Built Environments: Current and Potential Sources of Measures for Assessing Progress in Obesity Prevention

James F. Sallis, San Diego State University

Christine Hoehner, Washington University

PANEL II: The Food and Nutrition Environments: Current and Potential Sources of Measures for Assessing Progress in Obesity Prevention

Karen Glanz, University of Pennsylvania

Susan M. Krebs-Smith, National Cancer Institute

PANEL III: Cross-Cutting Issues: Current and Potential Sources of Measures for Assessing Progress in Obesity Prevention

Robert M. Malina, University of Texas at Austin and Tarleton State University

Robin McKinnon, National Cancer Institute

Roland Sturm, RAND Corporation

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*Measuring Progress in Obesity Prevention: Workshop Report can be accessed at http://www.nap.edu.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Workshop and Panel Public Sessions." Institute of Medicine. 2012. Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13275.
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PANEL IV: Marketing and Industry Measures and Evaluations

Victoria Rideout, VJR Consulting

Shu Wen Ng, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Robert C. Hornik, University of Pennsylvania

PANEL V: State and Community Reach

Maya Rockeymoore, Global Policy Solutions and Leadership for Healthy Communities

Laura Kettel Khan, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Amy A. Eyler, Washington University, St. Louis

Jamie Chriqui, University of Illinois at Chicago

Brian Cole, University of California, Los Angeles

PANEL VI: Disparities and Measurement

Sarah Samuels, Samuels & Associates

Carlos J. Crespo, Portland State University

Sonya Grier, American University

CLOSING SESSION: Themes of the Workshop and Next Steps

Robin McKinnon, National Cancer Institute

PANEL ON FARM AND FOOD POLICY: RELATIONSHIP TO OBESITY PREVENTION

May 19, 2011

Washington, DC

Panel Goals:

1.  Learn about the current policy and political context surrounding farm and food policies.

2.  Explore stakeholder perspectives on the role of agricultural policy and practices and food manufacturer and retailer decision making in obesity prevention.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Workshop and Panel Public Sessions." Institute of Medicine. 2012. Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13275.
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3.  Gain insights that may be useful in determining committee recommendations on accelerating progress in obesity prevention.

INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER: Legislative perspectives on obesity in farm and health policies: What lies ahead in Congress?

Eric Olsen, Feeding America

PANEL I: U.S. Agricultural Policies and Their Influence on Obesity: What Do We Know?

Daryll Ray, University of Tennessee

Helen Jensen, Iowa State University

PANEL II: Food Procurement and Obesity Prevention

Kate Rogers, H-E-B

Andrea B. Thomas, Walmart

PANEL III: Perspectives on Farm and Health Issues

Linda Barnes, Marshalltown Community College

Doug Sombke, South Dakota Farmers Union

CLOSING SPEAKER: Obesity and Farm and Food Policy in the Current Political Context

Jerry Hagstrom, The Hagstrom Report

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One-third of adults are now obese, and children's obesity rates have climbed from 5 to 17 percent in the past 30 years. The causes of the nation's obesity epidemic are multi-factorial, having much more to do with the absence of sidewalks and the limited availability of healthy and affordable foods than a lack of personal responsibility. The broad societal changes that are needed to prevent obesity will inevitably affect activity and eating environments and settings for all ages. Many aspects of the obesity problem have been identified and discussed; however, there has not been complete agreement on what needs to be done to accelerate progress.

Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention reviews previous studies and their recommendations and presents five key recommendations to accelerate meaningful change on a societal level during the next decade. The report suggests recommendations and strategies that, independently, can accelerate progress, but urges a systems approach of many strategies working in concert to maximize progress in accelerating obesity prevention.

The recommendations in Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention include major reforms in access to and opportunities for physical activity; widespread reductions in the availability of unhealthy foods and beverages and increases in access to healthier options at affordable, competitive prices; an overhaul of the messages that surround Americans through marketing and education with respect to physical activity and food consumption; expansion of the obesity prevention support structure provided by health care providers, insurers, and employers; and schools as a major national focal point for obesity prevention. The report calls on all individuals, organizations, agencies, and sectors that do or can influence physical activity and nutrition environments to assess and begin to act on their potential roles as leaders in obesity prevention.

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