Advancing Effective Obesity Communications:
A Workshop
September 16, 2019
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Lecture Room
| 8:30 AM | Welcome Nico Pronk, HealthPartners Institute and HealthPartners; Chair, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions |
SESSION 1: Where Are We?:
An Overview of Communications and the Communications Environment
| 8:35 | Facilitator: Megan Nechanicky, General Mills Canada |
Presentation: Adelaide Feuer, Edelman Presentation: Vish Viswanath, Harvard University | |
Panel Discussion on the Obesity Solutions Communications Environment Rebecca Puhl, University of Connecticut Suzi Gates, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Audience Q&A | |
| 10:05 |
Workshop Overview
Sylvia Rowe, SR Strategy, Planning Committee Chair |
| 10:15 | PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BREAK |
SESSION 2: What Are We Learning?:
What’s Working and What’s Challenging?
| 10:30 |
Obesity Solutions Communications Landscape
Facilitator: Liz Skrbkova, Novo Nordisk |
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Speakers:
Patricia Nece, Obesity Action Coalition Brian Dunn, Concentric Health Experience Christopher Gallagher, Potomac Currents, LLC Brian Southwell, RTI International and Duke University | |
| Audience Q&A | |
| 12:00 PM | LUNCH |
SESSION 3: Moving Forward:
Where Should We Focus?
| 1:00 | Facilitators: Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Rutgers University, and Suzi Gates, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Speakers:
Gary Foster, WW International, Inc. (formerly Weight Watchers, Inc.) Luis Garcia, MarketVision Marla Hollander, Voices for Healthy Kids, American Heart Association Paula Clayton, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors | |
| 2:30 | PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BREAK |
| 2:45 | Facilitated Discussion/Audience Q&A |
SESSION 4: Reflections:
Advancing Effective Communications of Obesity Solutions
| 3:15 | Facilitator: April Oh, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
| Opening Remarks | |
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Panel:
Vish Viswanath, Harvard University Patricia Nece, Obesity Action Coalition Dietram Scheufele, University of Wisconsin–Madison Kevin Ronneberg, HealthPartners | |
| Interactive Audience Discussion | |
| 4:30 |
Closing
Sylvia Rowe, SR Strategy; Planning Committee Chair |
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