Workshop on Understanding the RelationshipBetween Food Insecurity and Obesity
November 16-18, 2010
20F Conference Center
20 F Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20001
PURPOSE: To explore the relationship between food insecurity and obesity, the current state of research, and new data and analyses needed to further understand this relationship
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
8:30 a.m. | Registration |
9:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Patricia B. Crawford, University of California at Berkeley, Committee Chair Steven Carlson, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) |
| Moderator:Mary Story, University of Minnesota |
9:15 | Speakers: Craig Gundersen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Barbara Laraia, University of California at San Francisco |
| Discussant:Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, Yale University |
10:45 | Break |
| Moderator:Adam Drewnowski, University of Washington |
11:00 | Speakers: Paula Braveman, University of California at San Francisco Gopal Singh, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
| Discussant:Elizabeth Dowler, University of Warwick, United Kingdom |
12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| Moderator:Mariana Chilton, Drexel University |
1:30 | Speakers: John Cook, Boston University Sara Quandt, Wake Forest University Kathleen Pickering Sherman, Colorado State University Christine Olson, Cornell University |
| Discussant:Valerie Tarasuk, University of Toronto |
3:00 | ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS |
4:30 | Networking Event |
NOVEMBER 17, 2010
8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Recap of Day 1 Patricia B. Crawford, University of California at Berkeley |
8:45 | Part 1: The Individual Level Moderator:Christine Olson, Cornell University |
| Speakers: Colleen Heflin, University of Missouri Maria Melchior, INSERM, Paris, France |
| Discussant:Sandra L. Hofferth, University of Maryland |
9:45 | Part 2: The Family and Household Level Moderator:Amy Yaroch, The Center for Human Nutrition, Omaha, Nebraska |
| Speakers: Edward Frongillo, Jr., University of South Carolina Mariana Chilton, Drexel University |
| Discussant:Joseph R. Sharkey, Texas A&M |
10:45 | Break |
11:00 | Part 3: The Environmental Level Moderator:Katherine Alaimo, Michigan State University |
| Speakers: Angela Odoms-Young, University of Illinois at Chicago Allison Karpyn, The Food Trust, Philadelphia |
| Discussant:Diego Rose, Tulane University |
12:00 p.m. | Part 4: The Institutional Level Moderator:Katherine Alaimo, Michigan State University |
| Speakers: Sonya Jones, University of South Carolina Thomas Slater, Food Bank of Central New York |
| Discussant:Diego Rose, Tulane University |
1:15 | Lunch |
| Moderator:Edward Frongillo, Jr., University of South Carolina |
2:30 | Speaker, “Meta-discussant”:Pamela Morris, New YorkUniversity |
3:30 | Break |
| Moderator:Mary Story, University of Minnesota |
3:45 | Panelists: Marlene Schwartz, Yale University James Weill, Food Research and Action Center, Washington, DC Kenneth Hecht, California Food Policy Advocates |
5:00 | Adjourn |
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Recap of Day 2 Patricia B. Crawford, University of California at Berkeley |
| Moderator:Christine Olson, Cornell University |
8:45 | Panelists: Maureen Black, University of Maryland |
| David Holben, Ohio University Janet Poppendieck, Hunter College, City University of New York Margaret Andrews, Economic Research Service, USDA |
| Moderator:Amy Yaroch, The Center for Human Nutrition, Omaha, Nebraska |
9:45 | Speakers: Mark Nord, Economic Research Service, USDA Alexandra Adams, University of Wisconsin at Madison Chery Smith, University of Minnesota Amy Hillier, University of Pennsylvania |
| Discussant:Lila Rutten, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
11:15 | Break |
| Moderator:Patricia B. Crawford, University of California at Berkeley |
11:30 | Panelists: Marion Standish, The California Endowment Laurian Unnevehr, Economic Research Service, USDA Carol Olander, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA Wendy Johnson-Askew, NIH Heidi Blanck, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
12:30 p.m. | Concluding Remarks Carol Olander, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA Patricia B. Crawford, University of California at Berkeley |
12:45 | Adjourn |