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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2014. The Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18742.
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Workshop Agenda

THE CURRENT STATE OF OBESITY
SOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

A public session hosted by the Institute of Medicine

Roundtable on Obesity Solutions

January 7, 2014

National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Building, NAS Auditorium
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

Workshop Goals

  • Describe the current obesity prevention and control landscape
  • Increase awareness of progress and opportunities in obesity prevention and control
  • Identify strategies with greatest impact and opportunities for cross-sector alignment and collaboration
  • Identify gaps in programs and implementation

Opening Remarks

12:30 pm Welcome
Lynn Parker, Director, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions
 
12:35 pm Introduction to the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions
Harvey V. Fineberg, President, Institute of Medicine
 
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2014. The Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18742.
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12:45 pm Update on the Current Epidemiology of Obesity in the United States
William Dietz, Consultant, Institute of Medicine

Settings Where Change Is Happening:
Progress in Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Elimination of Disparities

Session Facilitator: Mary Story, Professor of Global Health and Community and Family Medicine, Duke University

 
1:05 pm Early Care and Education
  • Debbie Chang, Vice President, Nemours Foundation
  • Comments
  • Dianne Ward, Professor of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Geri Henchy, Director of Nutrition Policy and Early Childhood Programs, Food Resource and Action Center
  • Facilitated panel discussion
 
1:35 pm Schools
  • Sarah Lee, Health Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Comments
  • Christina Economos, Director, ChildObesity180
  • Jessica Donze Black, Director of Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project, Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Facilitated panel discussion
 
2:05 pm Worksites
  • Helen Eddy, Assistant Vice President, Health and Wellness, Hy-Vee, Inc.
  • Comments
  • Nico Pronk, Vice President and Chief Science Officer, HealthPartners, Inc.
  • Julia Halberg, Chief Medical Officer, General Mills, Inc.
  • Facilitated panel discussion
 
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2014. The Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18742.
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2:35 pm Health Care: Hospitals, Clinics, and Insurance Companies
  • Don Bradley, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
  • Comments
  • Loel Solomon, Vice President, Community Health, Kaiser Permanente
  • Eduardo Sanchez, Chief Medical Officer, American Heart Association
  • Facilitated panel discussion
 
3:05 pm BREAK
 
Session Facilitator: Russell Pate, Professor, Department of Exercise Science, University of South Carolina
 
3:20 pm Communities and States
  • Leon Andrews, Senior Fellow, National League of Cities
  • Cheryl Bartlett, Commissioner of Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • Comments
  • Marion Standish, Director of Community Health, California Endowment
  • Facilitated panel discussion
 
3:55 pm Federal Government
  • Kevin Concannon, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Howard Koh, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Comments
  • Jeff Levi, Executive Director, The Trust for America’s Health
  • Facilitated panel discussion
 
4:30 pm Businesses and Industry
  • Lisa Gable, President, Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation
  • Comments
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2014. The Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18742.
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  • Larry Soler, President, Partnership for a Healthier America
  • Facilitated panel discussion

Closing Remarks

5:00 pm Closing Keynote
Bill Purcell, Roundtable Chair
 
5:15 pm Adjourn Workshop
Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." Institute of Medicine. 2014. The Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18742.
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For the first time in decades, promising news has emerged regarding efforts to curb the obesity crisis in the United States. Obesity rates have fallen among low-income children in 18 states, the prevalence of obesity has plateaued among girls, regardless of ethnicity, and targeted efforts in states such as Massachusetts have demonstrably reduced the prevalence of obesity among children. Although the reasons for this turnaround are as complex and multifaceted as the reasons for the dramatic rise in obesity rates in recent decades, interventions to improve nutrition and increase physical activity are almost certainly major contributors. Yet major problems remain. Diseases associated with obesity continue to incur substantial costs and cause widespread human suffering. Moreover, substantial disparities in obesity rates exist among population groups, and in some cases these disparities are widening. Some groups and regions are continuing to experience increases in obesity rates, and the prevalence of severe obesity is continuing to rise.

The Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States is the summary of a workshop convened in January 2014 by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Obesity Solutions to foster an ongoing dialogue on critical and emerging implementation, policy, and research issues to accelerate progress in obesity prevention and care. Representatives of public health, health care, government, the food industry, education, philanthropy, the nonprofit sector, and academia met to discuss interventions designed to prevent and treat obesity. The workshop focused on early care and education, schools, worksites, health care institutions, communities and states, the federal government, and business and industry. For each of these groups, this report provides an overview of current efforts to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and reduce disparities among populations.

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