Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: How Do We Measure Up? (2007)
Chapter: Appendix G IOM Regional Symposium Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Communities
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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
Overview of the IOM Report and Goals for the Meeting
Jeffrey Koplan, Emory University and Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity
Youth Efforts in Preventing Childhood Obesity
Raymond Figueroa, Jr., Anthony George, Kenneth Alleyne, Artrese Reid, Eboni Bowman, TRUCE Fitness and Nutrition Center of the Harlem Children’s Zone, New York City
Setting the Context for Obesity Prevention in Communities
James Marks, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Plenary Panel Presentations and Discussion
Mobilizing Neighborhood and Community Grassroots Efforts
Developing, implementing, and evaluating grassroots changes related to childhood obesity prevention: barriers and opportunities.
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
Plenary Panel Presentations and Panel Discussion
Helen Matheny and Dan Foster, West Virginia Healthy Lifestyle Coalition
Marcus Plescia, Eat Smart, Move More… North Carolina
Stewart Gordon, Chair of Louisiana Council on Obesity Prevention
Joan Miller, Bexar County Community Health Collaborative, Texas
Carol Johnson, Georgia Physical Activity Network
Breakout Sessions
What are the barriers to change? What is needed to implement and sustain these changes?
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
Breakout Session #3
Supporting and Evaluating Community Efforts to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Facilitators: Marshall Kreuter, Georgia State University, Atlanta;
Jennifer Greene, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Steve Fawcett, University of Kansas, Lawrence
Laura Kann, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
Greg Welk, FITNESSGRAM Scientific Advisory Board, Ames, Iowa
Karen Schetzina, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City
Reception
Speaker: David Satcher, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta
Friday, October 7, 2005
Welcome
Jeffrey Koplan, Emory University and Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity
Opportunities and Challenges in Community-Level Obesity Prevention Efforts
James Gavin, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta
Reports from Breakout Groups
Rapporteurs: Ken Powell (Breakout #1), Ann Bullock (Breakout #2), Jennifer Greene (Breakout #3)
Plenary Panel Presentations and Discussion
Preventing Childhood Obesity: What More Can Be Done?
What are the barriers to further progress? What more can be done at the national, state, and local levels?
Moderator: Douglas Kamerow, RTI International, Washington, DC
State Perspective
Daniel Foster, West Virginia Senate
Federal Perspective
Janet Collins, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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) Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity
Group Discussion
Closing Session
