The Food and Nutrition section invites abstracts in the areas of 'public health nutrition' and 'nutrition and physical activity'. The annual meeting theme is Public Health and the Environment and will be held November 6-10, 2004 in Washington, DC. Abstracts related to the meeting theme, outstanding student abstracts, and abstracts in the following areas will be given priority for inclusion in the program:
- Access to fruits and vegetables through community based food systems
- Breastfeeding as a predictor of future health
- Changing the food environment through nutrition labeling of commercial/restaurant foods
- Changing the nutrition and physical activity environment through faith-based initiatives
- Effects of biotechnology on food, health and the environment
- Environmental contaminants in the food supply
- Environmental factors in the obesity crisis
- Federal, state or local policies and their implications for environmental issues affecting food safety and food security (e.g. intentional contamination of the food supply)
- Food insecurity, federal food program participation, and health
- Impact of nutrition and physical activity on the social environment of older adults
- Influencing policy makers on nutrition and physical activity : state examples
- Interactive technology: applications related to nutrition, food security, food systems
- Issues in measuring dietary intake: DRIs, FFQs and portion size
- Policies affecting food choices in the school environment
- Youth obesity epidemic: public health approaches that work
Preference will be given to abstracts presenting program design/methodology, scientific research and program evaluation results. An award will be presented for the student abstract receiving the highest score from reviewers.
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Program Planner Contact Information:
Barbara Polhamus, PhD, MPH, RD
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Mailstop K25
Atlanta, GA 30341
Phone: 770-488-5657
Fax: 770-488-5369
BPolhamus@cdc.gov
and
Barbara A. Laraia, PhD, MPH, RD
Department of Nutrition
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Carolina Population Center
CB #8120
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8120
Phone: (919)966-5969
Fax: (919)966-2391
blaraia@email.unc.edu
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