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2007 California Childhood Obesity Conference

Protecting the Future of our Children

Anaheim, California
January 23-26, 2007


Topics, Speakers & Presentations

Below is the outline of the conference presentations. Scroll down to find links (in blue) to the presentation materials available here. These materials are linked to PDF documents that may be viewed and printed using free Adobe Reader. Information on reproduction and use of the materials provided here should be obtained from the presenters. For materials not available here, please contact the presenters.

Wednesday January 24 Plenary | Workshops | Session One | Session Two | Session Three

Thursday January 25 Plenary | Mini Plenary One | |Mini Plenary Two | Workshops | Session Four

Friday January 26 Mini Plenary Three | Plenary | Closing/Adjourn

Welcome & Introductions

Sandra Shewry, Director, California Department of Health Services

Get Healthy California , California Obesity Prevention Plan, A Vision for Tomorrow, Strategic Actions for Today

Kimberly Belshé, Secretary, California Health and Human Services Agency


PLENARY Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Healthy Habits for Life: The Sesame Workshop Model

Jeanette Betancourt, Vice President, Content Design, Sesame Workshop, Healthy Habits for Life: The Sesame Workshop Model

 

WORKSHOPS Wednesday, January 24
Session One

1A
Marketing Poor Nutrition and Physical Inactivity: Understanding How Children
are Targeted and Becoming Media Savvy

Moderator: Joanne Gooley, Physical Activity Specialist, California Project LEAN, California Department of Health Services

Rebecca Randall, Director of Outreach, Common Sense Media: handouts Talking to Your Kids about Junk Food and Fast Food Advertising, Selling to Kids

Marsha Walker, Executive Director, National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy, Marketing Poor Infant Nutrition: Targets, Tactics, and Action, Bibliography: Marketing of Infant Feeding

1B
Movement = Learning + Health for Preschoolers and Their Families

Moderator: Poppy Strode, Public Health Nutrition Consultant, California WIC Program, California Department of Health Services

Marian Fitzgibbon, Professor, Department of Medicine and School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago

Donna Johnson, Associate Director, Center for Public Health Nutrition, University of Washington

Patricia Kimbrell, Physical Activity Consultant, San Diego State University

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1C
Future Horizons for Improving the Quality of Pediatric Overweight Care

Moderator: Maggie Petersen, Nurse Consultant,
California Department of Health Services

Diane Dooley, Chairperson, Department of Pediatrics,
Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, “Have Fun and Be Healthy” Contra Costa County’s Response to our Epidemic of Overweight Children

Scott Gee, Medical Director, Prevention and Health Information,
Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, Childhood ObesityNational Recognition Awards for Health Care Programs

Sarah Sampsel, Assistant Director, Quality Management,
National Committee for Quality Assurance

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1D
Today’s Recreation: Weighing In on Demographic Trends, Recreation Policy and Partnerships for Obesity Prevention

Moderator: Michaele DeBoer, Superintendent, Community Involvement Section, California State Parks

Sedrick Mitchell, Deputy Director, California State Parks

John Poimiroo, Consultant and Member, California Roundtable on Recreation, Parks and Tourism, California Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights

Emilyn Sheffield, Professor, Department of Recreation and Parks Management, California State University, Chico

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1E
Creating and Using Evidence from School Environmental Change

Moderator: Mary Lussier, Nutrition Services Division, California Department of Education

Gail Woodward-Lopez, University of California, Berkeley, Center for Weight and Health, Dollars & Sense: Measuring Financial Impact Measuring Financial Impact to Inform School Nutrition Policy

Pat Crawford, Co-Director, University of California, Berkeley, Center for Weight and Health, SOS: Sodas Out of Schools

Sarah Samuels, Samuels and Associates: Policy Briefs Selling Obesity : Beverage Vending Machines in California High Schools, Competitive Foods

William McCarthy, Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Health (UCLA) and Senior Researcher (WestEd), University of California , Los Angeles and WestEd

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1F
California ’s Healthy and Active Kids: It Begins in Child Care

Moderator: Kelley Knapp, Nutrition Education Specialist,
California Department of Education

AlecSandria Colchico, Child Care Site Supervisor, Child Development, Inc.

Wendi Gosliner, University of California, Berkeley, Center for Weight and Health, Childcare Program and Policy Opportunities for Healthy and Active Kids

Lorrene Ritchie, Associate Researcher, Director of Research,
University of California , Berkeley, Center for Weight and Health, California’’s Healthy and Active Kids - Why it Begins in Chidlcare

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1G
Partnering With Before and After-School Programs to Prevent Obesity: Creating Programs that Get Youth Moving and Eating Healthy

Moderator: Nancy Gelbard, Chief, School Health Connections, California Obesity Prevention Initiative, California Department of Health Services

Mary Blackman, Coordinator of Health/Physical Education,
San Diego County Office of Education

Andria Fletcher, Chief Afterschool Consultant, Center for Collaborative Solutions, Developing Exemplary Practices in Nutrition and Physical Activity in Afterschool Programs, Nutrition Education Leadership Learning Community (NELLC) Programs, Nutrition Education Leadership Learning Community Program Descriptions, Project Overview

Arnell Hinkle, Executive Director, CANFit Before and After School Programs that Work: Creating Environments that Get Youth Moving and Eating Healthy, Public Funding Mechanisms for After School Snacks, After School Snacks: Best Practice Guidelines

Jane Ross, Administrator, California Department of Education, After School Programs Can Make A Difference!, Resources to Support Good Nutrition and Physical Activity in After School Programs

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Lunch

Session Two

2A
Marketing of Unhealthy Foods and Beverages in Schools and Communities:
Recognizing and Tackling It

Moderator: Peggy Agron, Chief, California Project LEAN,
California Department of Health Services

Victoria Berends, Marketing Director, Public Health Institute,
California Project LEAN, California Department of Health Services

Debora Pinkas, Staff Attorney, Public Health Law Program

Lori Dorfman, Program Director, Berkeley Media Studies Group,Focus on Marketing

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2B
Brief Interventions: Helping Families Discover Healthy Lifestyle Solutions

Moderator: Cathi Lamp, Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor,
UC Cooperative Extension, Tulare County

Christine Wood, Pediatrician, Author, Chair of Education and Outreach Workgroup for Coalition on Children and Weight, San Diego, Identify and follow “at risk” families for overweight in pediatric charts, Resource List, Brief Interventions: Helping Families Discover Healthy Lifestyle Solutions

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2C
What Healthcare Approaches Work for Pediatric Overweight and How Do We Know

Moderator: Steven Parry, Medical Consultant,
Medi-Cal Benefits Branch, Medi-Cal

Thomas Inge, Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics Surgical Director, Comprehensive Weight Management, Division of Pediatrics General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Bariatric Surgery for Adolescents

Robert Lustig, Division of Pediatrics General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, Pharmacological approaches to childhood obesity

Chris Reinold, Health Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Howard Taras, Member, American Academy of Pediatrics’ Task Force on Obesity, University of California, San Diego, Managing Obesity: Evidence-based Practices for Primary Care Providers?, Motivational negotiation guide, Principle Strategies of Motivational Negotiation

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2D
Addressing Disparities in Healthy Environments Through Advocacy

Moderator: Monique Derricote, California WIC Program, California Department of Health Services

Sana Chemini, Program Manager, Prevention Institute, The Environmental Nutrition & Activity Community: Improving eating and activity environments

Jonathan E. Fielding, Director and Health Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Evidence Based Tools to Improve Impact

Maria Lemus, Executive Director, Vision y Compromiso

May Wang, Adjunct Assistant Professor and Co-Director, University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health and Center for Weight and Health, The Influence of Neighborhood Environment Neighborhood Environment on Obesity Risk

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2E
Key Findings from the Institute of Medicine: Implications for California Obesity Prevention

Moderator: George Flores, Senior Program Officer, The California Endowment

Susan Foerster, Chief, Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section,
California Department of Health Services, Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up?

Gail Harrison, Professor, University of California , Los Angeles , School of Public Health

Mary Story, Professor/Co-Director, University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health/Obesity Prevention Center, Executive Summary, Food Marketing To Children And Youth: Threat Or Opportunity?Glossary Of Terms , Overview Of The Iom Report On Food Marketing To Children And Youth: Threat Or Opportunity? , Ensuring Healthy School Nutrition Environments in California and Beyond: A National Look

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2F
Coordinated School Health: A Change Agent in the Implementation and Evaluation of School Wellness Policy

Moderator: Jan Lewis, Nutrition Education Consultant, California Department of Education

Robin Sinks, Health Curriculum Leader, Long Beach Unified School District, CSH: A Change Agent in the Implementation and Evaluation of School Wellness Policies: A Local District’s Perspective

Howell Wechsler, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Using the Coordinated School Health Program Model to Develop, Implement, and Evaluate Local Wellness Policies

Yibo Wood, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Coordinated School Health: A Change Agent in the Implementation and Evaluation of School Wellness Policy

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2G
The California Obesity Prevention Plan: A Vision for Tomorrow, Strategic Actions for Today

Neal Kohatsu, Chief, Cancer Control Branch, California Department of Health Services, California Obesity Prevention Plan: A Vision for Tomorrow, Strategic Actions for Today

Session Three

3A
Promoting Healthful Eating and Physical Activity Opportunities through
Social Marketing: Strategies for Success

Moderator: Claire Heiser, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Tanya Garbolino, Marketing Manager, Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section, Public Health Institute, California Department of Health Services, Social Marketing Take Home Messages

Allison Topper, Executive Director, Institute for the
Collective Advancement of Activity & Nutrition (I-CAAN),
ennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Physical Activity (PANA):
Promoting Healthful Eating and Physical Activity Opportunities through Social Marketing: Strategies for Success; Social Marketing Take Home Messages

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3B
Beyond Stereotypes: Culture, Fathers, and Childhood Obesity

Moderator: Janet Hill, Health Program Specialist II, Maternal, Child and
Adolescent Health/Office of Family Planning Branch, Policy Section,
California Department of Health Services

America Bracho, CEO, Latino Health Access

Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu, Stanford University School of Medicine,
PI Education and Health Research Group

Antronette Yancey, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health

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3C
Practical and Sustainable Models: Community Programs and Health Care Providers Collaborating

Moderator: Troy Jacobs, Medical Director, Orange County Health Care Agency

Lakshmi Dhanvanthari, Staff Vice President, Medical Director, Blue Cross of California, State Sponsored Business , Harvinder Sareen, Director, Clinical Programs, Blue Cross of California, State Sponsored Business, Taking New MeasuresBlue Cross of California Provides a Practical Response to the Childhood Obesity Epidemic

Peter Hasler, Medical Director, Santa Barbara County Children’s Medical Services, A Small Step: Child Health & Disability Prevention, slide notes

Stephen Ponder, Medical Director, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Children of the Corn SyrupSearching for the root causes of childhood obesity OR…

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3D
State and National Legislation: Helping to Create Healthy School Environments

Moderator: Kenneth Hecht, Executive Director, California Food Policy Advocates

Lupe Alonzo-Diaz, Executive Director, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, Obesity in Latino Communities: Prevention, Principles and Action

Harold Goldstein, Executive Director, California Center for Public Health Advocacy

Lynn Parker, Food and Research Action Center

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3E
Trends in Childhood Obesity and Its Determinants

Moderator: Robin Hamre, Division of Nutrtion and Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Alyssa Ghirardelli, Research Associate IV, Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section, Public Health Institute, California Department of Health Services, Angie Jo Keihner, Research Scientist, Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section, Public Health Institute, California Department of Health Services, Findings from California Statewide Surveys: Overweight and Related Variables

Patricia Guenther, Nutritionist, United States Department of Agriculture, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Healthy Eating Index - 2005

Barbara Polhamus, Nutritionist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity

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3F
Increasing Physical Activity Among Kids: Creating Activity-friendly Neighborhoods

Moderator: Sarah Kuester, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Lisa Cirill, Acting Chief, California Center for Physical Activity, California Department of Health Services; Tina Zenzola, Director, Safe and Healthy Communities Consulting, Creating Safe, Healthy and Active Living Communities

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3G
Ethnically Diverse Programs in Rural and Urban California Populations

Moderator: Margaret Johns, EFNEP Administrator and Nutrition,
Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor, Kern County, Cooperative Extensioon

Anna Martin, Stockton Cooperative Extension Advisor: Susan Donohue, Director, Butte County, Cooperative Extension, Bicultural Nutrition Education…The Best of Two Worlds

Mical Kay Shilts, Staff Research Associate, Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), Cathi Lamp, Nutrition Family Consumer Sciences Advisor, Tulare County); A nutrition education curriculum impacts academic performance measured by the California Content Standards, eatfit handout

Marilyn Townsend, Nutrition Education Specialist: Dorothy Smith, Amador County Director & Nutrition, Family and Consumer Science Advisor Amador/Calaveras Counties, Food Cost Study: Poverty and Obesity: Energy Density & Diet Costs

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Thursday, January 25, 2007
Welcome and Introductions

Master of Ceremonies: Linnea Sallack, MPH, RD, Chief, WIC Branch, California Department of Health Services

A.G. Kawamura, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture

Nancy Montanez Johner, Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, USDA

Task Force on Media and Childhood Obesity: Today and Tomorrow

Deborah Taylor-Tate, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

Jake Steinfeld, Chairman

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PLENARY Thursday, January 25, 2007

Paul Ludden, Dean, College of Natural Resources,
University of California, Berkeley

Robert Spear, Acting Dean, School of Public Health,
University of California, Berkeley

Children Helping Children: A New Approach

Craig Kielburger, Free the Children

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Mini Plenary Session One

P1A
Healthcare Economics Regarding the Prevention & Treatment of Low-Income Obese Children

Moderator: Seleda Williams, Office of Clinical Preventive Medicine,
California Department of Health Services

Lesley Cummings, Executive Director, Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board

Jean Moody-Williams, Director, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Richard Seidman, Medical Director, LA Care Health Plan, Evaluation and Management of Obesity: A Health Plan’s Perspective

Dineen Vojta, Doctor, Pennsylvania Health Department of Public Welfare, Pennsylvania: Designing a Benefit to Treat Overweight and Obese Medicaid Children

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P1B
Move and Learn: Preventing Childhood Obesity Through Dance, Theater, Music and Movement

Moderator: Martin Blank, Jr., CEO and Director, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation

Antronette Yancey, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health

The Food Detective, Kaiser Permanente Educational Theater Program

The Groovy Pyramid Ensemble

Liza Bercovici, Executive Director, The Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation

Carol Zee, Artistic Director, The Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation

Chippy Raunelle Zuniga, Dance Education Coordinator, The Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation

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P1C
Ensuring Healthy School Nutrition Environments in California and Beyond

Moderator: Margaret Aumann, Nutrition Consultant, California Department of Education

Phyllis Bramson-Paul, Director, Nutrition Services Division, California Department of Education, Healthy School Nutrition Environments:California’s Efforts

Marilyn Godfrey, Healthy Schools Project Coordinator, Ventura Unified School Distric, Ventura Unified School District Healthy Schools Project

Deanna Hoelscher, Director, Human Nutrition Center, University of Texas School of Public Health, History of CATCH , Coordinated School Health Programs for Texas Elementary and Middle/Junior High Schools Texas Senate Bills 1357 and 42 TEC §38.013 , Texas Department of Agriculture School Food Policy Guidelines

Alexandra Evans, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor in Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Michel & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, University of Texas School of Public Health, Austin, Child Obesity in Texas: Policies and Programs

Mary Story, Professor/Co-Director, University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health/Obesity Prevention Center


Taking Measures for Their Future: Body Mass Index (BMI) Workshop and Luncheon

Tracey Adlof, Senior Communications Writer, Blue Cross State Sponsored Business

Harvinder Sareen, Director, Clinical Programs, WellPoint State Sponsored Business.

Mini Plenary Session Two

P2A
Institute of Medicine Marketing to Children and Youth Recommendations: Whose Job Is It to Regulate Food and Beverage Marketing?

Moderator: Lori Dorfman, Director, Berkeley Media Studies Group

Deborah Taylor-Tate, Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

Dale Kunkel, Professor of Communications, University of Arizona

Bruce Silvergrade, Legal Affairs Director, Center for Science in the Public’s Interest

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P2B
Preventing Obesity in Under-Resourced Communities: MultiSectoral Approaches in California

Moderator: Dana Richardson, Director of Government Relations and
Community Partnerships, Paradise Valley Hospital

Marion Standish, The California Endowment, Healthy Eating Active Communities: Places Where Healthy Choices Are Possible

Aurora Flores, The Accelerated School, Working across sectors in South L.A.

Nicholas Yphantides, Palomar Pomerado Health, San Diego Childhood Obesity Action Plan

Cheryl Moder, San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative, Call To Action, San Diego County, Childhood Obesity Action Plan 2006

Loel Solomon, Kaiser Permanente, Community Health Initiatives, Multi-Sectoral Approaches To Obesity Prevention: Kaiser Permanente’s Healthy Eating, Active Living Initiative

Cleopathia Moore, Health Services Agency and WMKKN Collaborative, A Multi--Sectoral Approach to Preventing Obesity in Stanislaus County

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P2C
Physical Activity: Can Schools Really Make a Difference?

Moderator: Elizabeth Moreno, Nutrition Education Consultant,
California Department of Education

Jim Sallis, Director, Active Living Research Program, San Diego State University

Greg Payne, Professor, San Jose State University, Department of Kinesiology

Lisa Cirill, Acting Chief, California Center for Physical Activity,
California Department of Health Services

Dianne Wilson-Graham, Physical Education Consultant,
California Department of Education

WORKSHOPS Thursday, January 25
Session Four

4A
A Call to Action for California: Eliminating the Marketing of Unhealthy Foods to Children

Moderator: Leslie Mikkelsen, Managing Director, Prevention Institute

Betsy Imholz, Director, West Coast Regional Office, Consumers Union, Junk Food Marketing

Patti Miller, Vice President and Director, Children and the Media, Children Now, Advertising and Marketing in the Digital Age: Implications for Children’s Health

Ellen Wu, Executive Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, Our Kids as Targets

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4B
Positive Family Meals for Infants and Young Children

Moderator: Michele vanEyken, California WIC Program, California Department of Health Services

Donna Johnson, Associate Director,
Center for Public Health Nutrition, University of Washington Promoting Family Meals

Lenna Ontai-Grzebik, Family and Early Childhood Specialist,
University of California, Davis, Parenting and Child Overweight: Are Family Meals Part of Parenting?

Jeanette Panchula, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant,
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health/Office of Family Planning Branch and Senior Public Health Nurse and Trainer for Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training and Breastfeeding, Solano County Health and Social Services, Hunger and Satiation: Important messages from our babies! , Selected References on Breastfeeding and Obesity

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4C
Clinical Treatment Models for “High Risk” Populations

Moderator: Judy Sundquist, Children’s Medical Services, California Department of Health Services

Diane Cullinane, Developmental Pediatrician, Pasadena Child Development Group

Francine Kaufman, Professor of Pediatrics, The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Patricia Novak, Pediatrics Dietitian, Pasadena Child Development Group, Obesity and Children with Developmental Disabilities

Dennis Styne, Rumsey Chair of Pediatrics Endocrinology, Professor of Pediatrics, University of California Davis, Department of Pediatrics, Telecommunication Expands Local Expertise in Improving Diet and Activity in Rural American Indian Communities

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4D
Supporting a Healthy Community Food Environment

Moderator: Anna Martin, Researcher, Center for Weight and Health,
University of California, Berkeley

Lisa Feldstein, Senior Policy Director, Public Health Law Program, Food Access – the new Smart Growth Issue , Linking Land Use Planning and the Food Environment

Harold Goldstein, Executive Director, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Promote the establishment of public health policy at both the State and local levels

Kenneth Hecht, Executive Director, California Food Policy Advocates

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4E
Early Origins of Obesity

Moderator: Pat Gradziel, California WIC Program, California Department of Health Services

Kathryn Dewey, Professor, Associate Director, University of California, Department of Nutrition, Program in International and Community Nutrition

Gloria Espinosa-Hall, Nutrition Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor for UC Cooperative Extension

Lucia Kaiser, Cooperative Extension Specialist, University of California, Davis, Department of Nutrition

Lorrene Ritchie, Associate Researcher, Director of Research,
University of California, Berkeley, Center for Weight and Health, Early Origins of Obesity

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4F
Standards-Based Physical Education Instruction: Moving Them Beyond Today’s Reality

Moderator: Mary Marks, Health Education Consultant,
School Health Connections/Healthy Start, California Department of Education

Diane Wilson-Graham, Physical Education Consultant,
California Department of Education

Susan Wilkinson, Executive Director, San Jose State University,
California Physical Education and Health Project

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4G
Teens: How Families Can Promote Healthy Eating, Activity, and Weight

Moderator: Suzanne Haydu, Public Health Nutrition Consultant, Child and Adolescent Health/Office of Family Planning Branch, California Department of Health Services

Marcia Herrin, Nutritionist, Herrin Nutrition Services; Teens: How Families Can Promote Healthy, Eating, Activity & Weight

Jonelle Rowe, Senior Advisor on Adolescent Health, Office of Women’s Health, Department of Health and Human Services, BODYWORKS: A Toolkit for Healthy Girls & Strong Women

Friday, January 26, 2007
Mini Plenary Session Three

P3A
The Physiological Basis of Obesity: How What We Know About Insulin, Cortisol, and Leptin Informs Policy and Practice

Moderator : Francine Kaufman, Professor of Pediatrics, The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Tanja Adam, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Francisco; Elisa Epel, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco, Neuroendocrine mediators and sequellae

David Ludwig, Director, Obesity Program, Children’s Hospital Boston, Childhood obesity: public-health crisis, common sense cure

Robert Lustig, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, The insulin - leptin connection and the pathogenesis of obesity , The trouble with fructose

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P3B
Supporting Our Farms, Feeding Our Future: Opportunities Within the 2007 Farm Bill to Help Prevent Childhood Obesity

Moderator: Matthew Marsom, Partnerships Team Manager,
Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section, Public Health Institute,
California Department of Health Services

Leighann Lenti, Office of Governor Schwarzenegger, Washington DC

Kenneth Hecht, Executive Director, California Food Policy Advocates

DeeDee D’Adamo, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Congressman Dennis Cardoza

Erin Field, California Government Affairs Analyst, Western Growers

Meredith McGeeHee, McGeeHee Strategies

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P3C
Moving Towards Childhood Obesity Healthcare Policy in California

Moderator: Mark Horton, State Public Health Officer, California Department of Health Services

Richard Brown, Director, University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy Research

Christine Maulhardt, Director of Obesity Prevention, California Medical Association Foundation, Physicians for Healthy Communities: Impacting Childhood Obesity Policy

Chris Ohman, President and CEO, California Association of Health Plans, Health Plan Role in the Fight for Better Health and Against Obesity

John Zweifler, Medical Consultant, State of California Office of the Patient Advocate

Welcome and Introductions

Phyllis Bramson-Paul, Director, Nutrition Services Division, California Department of Education

Making a Difference for Healthy Children

Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent Of Public Instruction, California Department of Education

Neal Kohatsu, Chief, Cancer Control Branch, California Department of Health Services

Health Without Borders

Raymond J. Baxter, Senior Vice President for Community Benefit, Kaiser Permanente  

The California Endowment: Improving the Odds for Healthy Choices

VIDEO: Healthy Eating, Active Communities Places Where Healthy Choices Are Possible

Robert K. Ross, President and Chief Executive Officer, The California Endowment

Strategic Alliance Journalism Award for Excellence in Nutrition and Physical Activity

Sana Chemini, Prevention Institute, Strategic Alliance for Healthy Food and Activity Environments

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PLENARY Friday, Janaury 26, 2007

Turning Down ALL the Dials of the Obesity Epidemic: Overcoming Social and Political Obstacles

Richard J. Jackson, Adjunct Professor, College of Environmental Design,
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley

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Closing/Adjourn

Patricia Crawford, DrPH, RD, Director, Center for Weight and Health,
University of California, Berkeley

   
   
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