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Appendix G IOM Regional Symposium Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Communities
Pages 429-433

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... G IOM Regional Symposium Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Communities The full summary can be found on the CD-ROM attached to the inside back cover of the report. Program Agenda Institute of Medicine Regional Symposium Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Communities In collaboration with Healthcare Georgia Foundation Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation October 6–7, 2005 Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center Atlanta, Georgia October 6, 2005 Opening Session Welcome Martha Katz, Healthcare Georgia Foundation 429
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... 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 childhood obesity prevention at the county and state levels: barriers and opportunities. Moderator: Susan Foerster, California Department of Health Services
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... Breakout Session #1 Changing the Environment to Prevent Childhood Obesity Facilitators: Ken Powell, Georgia Department of Human Resources; John Peters, Procter & Gamble Company Howard Frumkin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta Ed McBrayer, PATH Foundation, Atlanta Andy Fisher, Community Food Security Coalition, Venice, California Duane Perry, The Food Trust, Philadelphia Majora Carter, Sustainable South Bronx, New York Breakout Session #2 Fostering Collaboration between the Public Health and Health Care Communities to Prevent Childhood Obesity Facilitators: Ann Bullock, Health and Medical Division, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Susan Foerster, California Department of Health Services Veda Johnson, Whitefoord Community Program, Atlanta Donna Hardy, Washington Wilkes County/Medical College of Georgia Partnership Luke Beno, Operation Zero, Kaiser Permanente, Atlanta John Batson, Pediatrician, Columbia, South Carolina
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... Plenary Panel Presentations and Discussion Preventing Childhood Obesity: What More Can Be Done? What are the barriers to further progress?
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... 433 APPENDIX G Local Perspective Larry Johnson, DeKalb County Commission, Georgia Youth Perspective Leann Alexander and Chance Holder, Mississippi 4-H Summary and Next Steps Jeffrey Koplan, Emory University and Institute of Medicine (IOM) Com mittee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity Group Discussion Closing Session
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Key Terms

  • preventing childhood
  • public health
  • disease control


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