Appendix B

Speaker and Moderator Biographical Sketches

Leann Birch, Ph.D., is the William P. “Bill” Flatt professor in the Department of Foods and Nutrition at the University of Georgia. As a developmental psychologist, her research career has focused on individual and contextual factors that influence the developing controls of food intake and obesity risk among infants, children, and adolescents. Early research from Dr. Birch’s laboratory on factors affecting the developing controls of food intake in the first years of life, including food preferences and responsiveness to portion size and energy density, have contributed to the evidence base on behavioral factors implicated in the development of childhood obesity. These findings laid the groundwork for exploring individual, familial, and contextual factors that shape the development of differences in eating behavior and obesity. This research has informed randomized controlled trials designed to affect maternal caregiving and infant feeding and sleeping to prevent obesity beginning in infancy. She is the author of more than 200 publications and internationally recognized for her research.

Richard Black, Ph.D., is a principal at Quadrant D Consulting and most recently served as vice president of Global Nutrition Sciences PepsiCo, where he led the development of a nutrition strategy that fueled PepsiCo’s innovation and portfolio transformation through nutrition science. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Dr. Black worked for Mondeléz International, where he served as vice president, Nutrition, and chief nutrition officer. Dr. Black brings a wealth of leadership and technical expertise from the consumer packaged and pharmaceutical industries. In his 25-year career, Dr. Black has also held nutrition and health and wellness leadership positions at Nestlé, Kellogg’s,

Novartis, and Kraft with a focus on carbohydrate, dairy, sports nutrition, micro/macro ingredients and gut health/microbiome. In addition, Dr. Black was an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, Department of Nutrition Sciences, and he currently is an adjunct professor of the practice at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. Dr. Black also served on Health Canada advisory panels, developing policies on health claims and addition of micronutrients in food. He holds his Ph.D. in psychology of eating behavior and has two B.S. degrees, one in chemistry and the other in psychology, both from McMaster University.

Captain Heidi Blanck, Ph.D., is the chief of the Obesity Prevention and Control Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity. She has more than 18 years of CDC experience as a public health epidemiologist and has authored more than 100 manuscripts. Dr. Blanck oversees CDC’s monitoring of state obesity prevalence and key supports for healthy eating and active living. Staff within the branch focus on providing surveillance, applied research, guidelines development, and technical assistance to state, territorial, tribal, and local health agencies. Topics include food service guidelines, healthy weight programs for children, food insecurity, body mass index, and chronic disease factors, including fruits and vegetables, drinking water, added sugars, and sugar-sweetened beverages. Her work focuses on changes in environments across multiple settings (i.e., early care and education, medical care, worksites) with an emphasis on ensuring all communities have a fair chance at health. She is senior advisor to CDC’s extramural Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN) and the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR). Dr. Blanck received her Ph.D. from Emory University, where she is an adjunct professor. She also serves as a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Obesity Solutions.

Sara Bleich, Ph.D., is a professor of public health policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management. She is also the Carol K. Pforzheimer professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Dr. Bleich’s scholarship lies at the nexus of health policy and health services research. Her research provides evidence to support policy alternatives for obesity prevention and control, particularly among populations at higher risk for obesity. This work is composed of three complementary streams of inquiry: (1) pathways for change in major drivers of calorie intake, (2) health provider opportunities to improve obesity care, and (3) novel environmental strategies for obesity prevention. A signature theme throughout her work is an interest in asking simple, meaningful questions about the complex problem of obesity, which

can fill important gaps in the literature. Her research has been published in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Health Affairs, and the American Journal of Public Health, and she has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and National Public Radio. Dr. Bleich is the past recipient of an award for “most outstanding abstract” at the International Conference on Obesity in Sydney, Australia, an award for “best research manuscript” in the journal Obesity, and an award for excellence in public interest communication from the Frank Conference. Dr. Bleich was recently appointed as a White House Fellow (2015–2016) where she was a senior policy advisor to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the First Lady’s Let’s Move initiative. She holds degrees from Columbia (B.A., psychology) and Harvard (Ph.D., health policy).

Karen Weber Cullen, Dr.P.H., R.D., is a professor of pediatrics-nutrition at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Services (USDA-ARS) Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine. Her primary research interest is prevention of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases. Her current research includes evaluating the effect of the new Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal guidelines on child consumption and costs and examining the contribution of school meals to children’s daily dietary intake. Dr. Cullen previously served as a member of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Committee on Nutrition Standards for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs and the Committee to Review Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Requirements. She was also a member of the IOM Planning Committee on the Review of the Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Requirements: A Workshop, and chair of the Planning Committee for the Workshop on National Nutrition Education Curriculum Standards, held on March 11–12, 2014. Dr. Cullen’s professional memberships include the American Dietetic Association and the Texas Dietetic Association (Distinguished Scientist Award in 2001). Dr. Cullen has an M.S. in nutrition from Case Western Reserve University and a Dr.P.H. in health promotion and health education from The University of Texas School of Public Health.

Stephen R. Daniels, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, held numerous academic and clinical appointments at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital before joining the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2006 as professor and the chair of the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Daniels is also pediatrician-in-chief and L. Joseph Butterfield chair in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Colorado. He received his M.D. from the University of Chicago, his M.P.H. from Harvard University, and his Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina. Dr. Daniels’s area of expertise is preventive cardiology, with a longtime interest

in the application of sophisticated epidemiologic and biostatistical methods to pediatric clinical research problems. His studies have focused on better understanding the causes of blood pressure elevation and cholesterol abnormalities in children and adolescents, particularly the role that obesity may play in these health issues. He has also researched the development of structural and functional abnormalities in the heart and vascular system, including cardiovascular abnormalities occurring in pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus, as well as the relationship of left ventricular hypertrophy to obesity and hypertension. The role of lifestyle factors, such as diet and physical activity, is central to many of Dr. Daniels’s studies. Dr. Daniels has served as associate editor for the Journal of Pediatrics since 1995. He is co-author of Medical Epidemiology, an introductory textbook for medical students, and co-author and editor of the book Pediatric Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. In 2015, he was awarded the Gold Heart Award by the American Heart Association (AHA), which is the AHA’s highest volunteer honor.

Esa Matius Davis, M.D., M.P.H., FAAFP, is a National of Institutes of Health (NIH) funded clinical researcher with a patient-oriented research program focused on obesity-related maternal and child health outcomes and in comparative effectiveness research in obesity and tobacco. Much of her work has focused on understanding the development of obesity in women. She specifically contributed to the field by investigating the perinatal, cultural, and behavioral factors associated with the racial and socioeconomic disparities in obesity among women that have persisted for decades. She published a novel conceptual framework that has been highly cited to help guide the testing of hypotheses associated with weight change during pregnancy and the long-term development of obesity and related disparities. Dr. Davis has contributed new analytic methods in investigating pregnancy factors associated with the development of maternal obesity and related outcomes. She is currently the principal investigator of an NIH-funded randomized controlled trial titled “Comparison of Two Screening Strategies for Gestational Diabetes, GDM2 Study,” which aims to examine differences in perinatal outcomes of women randomized to two screening/diagnostic strategies for gestational diabetes. She has also conducted studies that investigate the association between obesity and cardiac recovery and remodeling in women with postpartum cardiomyopathy. She has served on two Institute of Medicine committees: Implementation and Dissemination of the Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines and the Epigenetics and Childhood Obesity. Dr. Davis’s research also focuses on reducing risk factors such as hypertension, obesity, smoking, and patient attitudes associated with cardiovascular disease. She is currently a co-investigator on three NIH/U.S. Food and Drug Administration funded randomized controlled

trials that are investigating effective strategies for treating hospitalized smokers and evaluating new nicotine standards for cigarettes.

Barbara Devaney, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized expert in maternal and child health, nutrition, and risk-reduction programs for youth. She has played a leading role in many of Mathematica’s studies of family formation, children’s nutrition, and public health programs. Dr. Devaney codirected Mathematica’s Building Strong Families study and served as principal investigator for the firm’s evaluation of abstinence education programs, which received the 2009 Outstanding Evaluation Award from the American Evaluation Association. She also oversaw Mathematica’s 2002 Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study, which provided detailed information on the food and nutrient intakes of U.S. infants and toddlers. Other evaluations in which she has played a key role have focused on the school lunch and breakfast programs; the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); and the Food Stamp Program. A long-term employee of the firm, she was previously an assistant professor at Duke University and the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Devaney has served on scientific committees convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and on the policy council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, and the American Journal of Public Health. She also presents findings at conferences of researchers, policy makers, and practitioners. She has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan.

Christina Economos, Ph.D., is a professor and the New Balance chair in childhood nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Medical School at Tufts University. She is also the co-founder and director of ChildObesity180, a unique organization that brings together leaders from diverse disciplines to generate urgency and find solutions to the childhood obesity epidemic. ChildObesity180 merges the best in nutrition and public health research and practice with the expertise and experience of business, government, and nonprofit leaders. When these perspectives come together, a creative tension exists that balances the academic focus on discovering what works and why, with the entrepreneurial perspective that quick action is needed. As the principal investigator of large-scale research studies, Dr. Economos’s goal is to inspire behavior, policy, and environmental change to reduce obesity and improve the health of America’s children. She has authored more than 120 scientific publications. At ChildObesity180 she develops, implements, evaluates, and scales up high-impact obesity prevention initiatives. She led the Shape Up Somerville study demonstrating

that it is possible to reduce excess weight gain in children through multiple leverage points within an entire community. Dr. Economos’s Live Well study was a preventive intervention developed with active input from community partners to moderate or reduce weight gain among new immigrant women and their children. In partnership with Save the Children, she led the CHANGE study, which was designed to improve physical activity and nutrition behaviors in rural communities. Dr. Economos is involved in national obesity and public health activities and has served on four National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committees, including the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions and the Committee on an Evidence Framework for Obesity Prevention Decision Making. In addition, she serves on the American Heart Association’s Nutrition Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health. Dr. Economos received a B.S. from Boston University, an M.S. in applied physiology and nutrition from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in nutritional biochemistry from Tufts University.

Anne Ferree, M.P.P., leads the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s engagement with the business sector as part of a multi-faceted approach to ensure environments surrounding children and families promote and provide for good health. She leads a team responsible for negotiating, implementing, and evaluating voluntary agreements with companies, and creating and strengthening partnerships with other nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Ms. Ferree served as the founding leader of the Alliance’s Healthy Out-of-School Time initiative, guiding a team of national and field staff to support out-of-school time professionals to create healthier environments for kids. She also led the development of multi-year national agreements with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the National Recreation and Park Association. With more than 30 years of experience, Ms. Ferree’s career spans private, public, and nonprofit realms. Prior to joining the Alliance, she was a senior leader of the consulting practice of a global architecture, design and planning firm, focused on multi-disciplined approaches to solving complex problems facing counties, cities, and school districts. Ms. Ferree holds a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.P.P. from the University of Southern California.

Tracy Fox, M.P.H., R.D., has more than 25 years of experience working at the federal, state, and local/community levels and with the private sector, with extensive experience in nutrition policy, legislative and regulatory processes, and advocacy. Past and current clients include the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Partnership for a Healthier America, National Head Start, Nemours, grocery stores, and public relations firms. Areas of specialty include child

nutrition and health, nutrition education, food insecurity, early care and education, food labeling, and marketing. Ms. Fox is past President of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior and has served on the Institute of Medicine’s School Foods, Childhood Obesity Prevention Actions for Local Governments, and Front-of-Pack Labeling committees; Feeding America Nutrition Advisory Board; Hannaford Scientific Advisory Board; Montgomery County School Health Council and PTA, Boys and Girls Club of Culver, United Way of Marshall county, Max’s Playhouse Daycare, co-manager, Culver Farmers’ Market, and Wellness Consultant, Culver Academies. Ms. Fox is a retired commander in the U.S. Navy Reserves.

Natasha Frost, J.D., is a senior staff attorney at the Public Health Law Center. She provides legal technical assistance to nonprofits and stakeholders around the country in developing effective policies to promote healthy eating and active living. Ms. Frost has done extensive research on healthy food and active play in the early care and education setting, including analyzing each state’s child care licensing structure and developing several state-specific resources. She also has worked with community members to assess policy opportunities to increase access to healthy, affordable food at the local level. Ms. Frost brings real-world experience into the food system and child care work as an owner of a small restaurant in southern Minnesota, which is currently catering food for a child care center and using the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal pattern standards that will go into effect in 2017. Throughout all her work, Ms. Frost seeks to identify how policies and systems impact health inequities, and how law can be used as a tool for change. Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Frost spent 10 years at the Alliance for Children’s Rights, a nonprofit in Los Angeles, California. As the benefits program director, she created and managed a program that represents children and their caregivers to obtain public benefits. She handled more than 300 administrative fair hearings and recovered more than $7,000,000 in funding on behalf of needy children. She also provided consulting and technical support to systemic efforts, including litigation and legislation, designed to overcome barriers to accessing benefits and services.

Steven Gortmaker, Ph.D., is currently a professor of the practice of health sociology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He directs the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Prevention Research Center (HPRC), whose mission is to work with community partners to design, implement, and evaluate programs and policies that improve nutrition and physical activity; reduce overweight and chronic disease risk among children, youth, and their families; and to reduce and eliminate disparities in these outcomes. Dr. Gortmaker serves as senior advisor to the Healthy Eating Research Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Current

activities include continuing implementation, dissemination, and updating the widely disseminated school curriculums: Planet Health and Eat Well and Keep Moving, the afterschool curriculum co-developed with the YMCA of the USA—Food and Fun, and the Out of School Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative. Current major research includes the CHOICES project funded by the JPB Foundation that is evaluating the cost-effectiveness of more than 40 childhood obesity preventive interventions. Dr. Gortmaker has been an author and co-author of more than 210 published research articles, including the first report in the United States concerning the obesity epidemic among children, the first longitudinal study linking increases in sugar-sweetened beverage intake to increased obesity incidence in youth, the recent four-paper obesity modeling series in the Lancet, and recent cost-effectiveness papers in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and Health Affairs.

Jennifer Harris, Ph.D., M.B.A., is the director of marketing initiatives at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity and associate professor in allied health sciences at University of Connecticut. She leads a multidisciplinary team of researchers who study food marketing to children, adolescents, and parents, and how it affects their diets and health. Dr. Harris is a leading expert on food marketing to youth, and her research is widely used by the public health community and policy makers to improve the food marketing environment surrounding children and adolescents in the United States and worldwide. Specific areas of research include monitoring and evaluating the amount, types, and nutrition quality of food and drinks marketed to youth and families; the psychology of food marketing and its effect on health behaviors; and identifying effective policy solutions. Her current research focuses on targeted marketing and health disparities affecting black and Hispanic youth; new forms of marketing targeted to youth on social media and mobile devices; and effects of food marketing on what and how parents feed their babies and young children. Dr. Harris received her B.A. from Northwestern University and M.B.A. in marketing from the Wharton School. Before returning to graduate school, she was a marketing executive for 18 years, including at American Express as a vice president in consumer marketing and as principal in a marketing strategy consulting firm. Dr. Harris completed her Ph.D. in social psychology at Yale University with Dr. John Bargh and Dr. Kelly Brownell.

Christina Hecht, Ph.D., is a senior policy advisor at University of California Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI). Dr. Hecht leads NPI’s work in drinking water access and consumption. She coordinates the National Drinking Water Alliance, a network of individuals and organizations across the United States working to ensure that all children in the United States can drink

water in the places where they live, learn, and play. Dr. Hecht graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in human biology, and from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health with a Ph.D. in population dynamics.

Kim Kessler, J.D., is the assistant commissioner for the Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Tobacco Control at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), where she leads an interdisciplinary team focused on promoting healthy behaviors and shaping the local environment to facilitate healthy and active living for all New Yorkers. The Bureau focuses on addressing key risk factors that lead to chronic disease—including poor nutrition, inadequate physical activity, and tobacco use—while also working to leverage clinical tools and settings to promote public health. Prior to joining the Health Department, Ms. Kessler helped to launch the Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law. Before that, she served as the food policy coordinator for the City of New York, an appointed position in the Mayor’s Office, where she coordinated municipal food policies and initiatives related to improved retail access to nutritious foods, urban agriculture, healthy food procurement, and combating obesity. She received an A.B. degree in political science from Brown University and a J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the New York University School of Law.

Michelle Mello, J.D., Ph.D., conducts empirical research into issues at the intersection of law, ethics, and health policy. She is the author of more than 160 articles and book chapters on the medical malpractice system, medical errors and patient safety, public health law, research ethics, the obesity epidemic, pharmaceuticals, and other topics. A recipient of a number of awards for her research, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine at the age of 40. She has served on three National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ad hoc committees. From 2000 to 2014, Dr. Mello was a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, where she directed the School’s Program in Law and Public Health. In 2013–2014 she was a lab fellow at Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. Dr. Mello teaches courses in torts and public health law. She holds a J.D. from the Yale Law School, a Ph.D. in Health Policy and Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.Phil. from Oxford University, where she was a Marshall Scholar, and a B.A. from Stanford University.

Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Ph.D., is a professor of epidemiology and public health, director of the Office of Public Health Practice, and director of the Global Health Concentration at the Yale School of Public Health. His

global public health nutrition and food security research program has led to improvements in breastfeeding programs, iron deficiency anemia among infants, household food security measurement and outcomes, and community nutrition education programs. His health disparities research involves assessing the effect of community health workers at improving behavioral and metabolic outcomes among Latinos with type 2 diabetes. He has published more than 200 research articles, two books, and numerous journal supplements, book chapters, and technical reports. He is a member of the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He has been a senior advisor to maternal–child nutrition programs as well as household food security measurement projects funded by the World Health Organization; Pan American Health Organization; United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; United Nations Development Pro-gramme; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; U.S. Department of Agriculture; U.S. Agency for International Development; World Bank; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and the governments of Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.

Henrietta Sandoval-Soland is a retired magistrate judge and has more than 15 years of experience in law enforcement serving as the first female Native American New Mexico State Police Officer. She assisted in implementing a nonprofit organization in two New Mexico counties that focus on providing support and education to first-time families and their newborn at no cost, and is currently serving a 4-year term as Commissioner with the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission. Ms. Sandoval-Soland recognizes the importance of multi-cultural differences, traditions, and beliefs in relation to family upbringing and continues to collaborate with other programs and agencies that focus on promoting healthy communities.

Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D., is the director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity and professor of human development and family studies at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Schwartz studies how nutrition and wellness policies implemented in child care settings, schools, food banks, and local communities can improve children’s health. Dr. Schwartz earned her Ph.D. in psychology from Yale University in 1996. Prior to joining the Rudd Center, she served as co-director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders from 1996 to 2006. She has received research grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Institutes of Health to study the federal food programs, school wellness policies, the effect of food marketing on children, and the

relationship between food insecurity and nutrition. In 2014, Dr. Schwartz received the Sarah Samuels Award from the Food and Nutrition Section of the American Public Health Association, and in 2016 she was an honoree at the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame.

Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Ph.D., is a professor in the departments of public health sciences and obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She was previously the associate dean for academic affairs and professor in the departments of epidemiology and nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill where she still holds an appointment. She has focused her research on maternal nutritional status, including maternal obesity and gestational weight gain and their effect on the short- and long-term outcomes of the mother and child. She studies dietary patterns among Hispanic adults and children. She was a member of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee; has served on multiple committees for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, examining topics from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children food packages to standards for systematic reviews in health care, and recently rotated off the advisory council of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. She is currently serving on the U.S. Department of Agriculture working group preparing for the dietary guidance during pregnancy for the 2020 report. Dr. Siega-Riz earned a B.S. in public health in nutrition from the UNC at Chapel Hill School of Public Health; an M.S. in food, nutrition, and food service management from UNC at Greensboro; and a Ph.D. in nutrition (minor in epidemiology) from the UNC at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.

Lynn Silver, M.D., M.P.H., is a senior advisor at Public Health Institute (PHI) for chronic disease and obesity and Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. She works to enhance and strengthen PHI’s portfolio of research and programs in chronic diseases, obesity prevention, and global non-communicable diseases. Previously, Dr. Silver served as health officer in Sonoma County, assistant health commissioner in New York City, and as a professor of public health in Brazil for 15 years. In New York City’s Department of Health, she led the implementation of forward-thinking strategies to promote population health, including eliminating use of artery-hardening trans fats in food establishments—the first such initiative in the nation—and requiring calorie labeling at fast-food restaurants. Dr. Silver received her M.D. and M.P.H. degrees at Johns Hopkins University.

Virginia Stallings, M.D., is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, director of the Nutrition Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and holds the Jean A. Cortner endowed chair in gastroenterology and nutrition. Dr. Stallings is a pediatrician and a specialist in nutrition and growth in children with chronic illness. Her research interests are in areas of nutrition-related growth and body composition in healthy children and those with chronic disease including obesity, sickle cell disease, osteoporosis, cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy, Crohn’s disease, HIV, and congenital heart disease. She has been extensively involved in pediatric nutrition clinical care and research for more than 25 years. Dr. Stallings plays a broader role in the community of nutrition scientists and physicians as a past or current member of the Institute of Medicine; the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; and the council of the American Society for Nutrition. She was the chair of the 2007 Institute of Medicine committee report Nutrition Standards for Foods in Schools: Leading the Way Towards Healthier Youth and the 2010 committee report School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children that led to new policy to improve the nutritional quality of school breakfasts and lunches. Most recently, she chaired the Committee on Food Allergies: Global Burden, Causes, Treatment, Preventions and Public Policy, which published its report Finding a Path to Safety in Food Allergy: Assessment of the Global Burden, Causes, Prevention, Management, and Public Policy. She is a former member (1997–2000) and co–vice chair (2000–2002) of the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She received the Fomon Nutrition Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Society of Nutrition.

Mary Story, Ph.D., R.D., is a professor in Community and Family Medicine and Global Health and also serves as the associate director for academic programs in the Duke Global Institute. She brings to this position 13 years serving in leadership positions at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, including as senior associate dean for academic and student affairs at the school from 2011 to 2013. Dr. Story is a leading scholar in the field of child and adolescent nutrition and child obesity prevention and has published more than 400 scientific articles. Dr. Story has devoted her research career to the study of child and adolescent nutrition and childhood obesity. Her research has focused primarily on nutrition and diet-related issues of low-income and minority youth and their families, and environmental and behavioral community-based obesity prevention interventions for youth. Dr. Story has conducted several National Institutes of Health–funded school and community-based obesity prevention trials. Since 2005, Dr. Story has directed the Healthy Eating Research program, a national

program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that supports research on environmental and policy strategies to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2010.

Margo Wootan, D.Sc., is the director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), one of the country’s leading health advocacy organizations that specializes in food, nutrition, and obesity prevention. Dr. Wootan received her B.S. degree in nutrition from Cornell University and her D.Sc. in nutrition from Harvard University’s School of Public Health. She co-founded and coordinates the activities of the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity (NANA) and the Food Marketing Workgroup. She has coordinated and led efforts to require calorie labeling at fast-food and other chain restaurants, require trans fat labeling on packaged foods, improve school foods, reduce junk-food marketing aimed at children, and expand nutrition and physical activity programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Wootan has received numerous awards and is quoted regularly in the nation’s major media.

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