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Session: Interdisciplinary collaborations to prevent obesity and chronic disease
5045.1: Wednesday, November 07, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Interdisciplinary collaborations to prevent obesity and chronic disease
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Organizer(s):Ellen Harris, DrPH
Moderator(s):Ellen Harris, DrPH
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks
8:35 AM   Cognitive-behavioral group therapy and weight management: A collaborative approach between mental health and health education services
Carol Vidal, MD, Holly Kricher, PsyD
8:50 AM   Healthy 4 Life: The development of a theater-based nutrition and physical activity intervention for at-risk African-American adolescents
Caree J. Jackson, MS, RD, LD, Rebecca M. Mullis, PhD, RD, LD
9:05 AM   Healthy Eating for Successful Living in Older Adults-A Feasibility Study to Determine Factors for Successful Program Implementation
Ruth Palombo, PhD, Robert Schreiber, MD, Anne Annunziata, PhD, RD
9:20 AM   A story of success in Cambridge, Massachusetts: Overweight rates are lower and fitness rates are higher
Virginia Chomitz, PhD, Robert McGowan, EdD, Susan Breen, MS, RN, Katy A. Shea, MPH, CHES, Josefine Wendel, MS, RD, LDN, Dawn B. Olcott, MS, Stacey E. King, MS, Maryann Cappello, Karen Hacker, MD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by:Black Caucus of Health Workers; Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health; Community-Based Public Health Caucus; Epidemiology; Maternal and Child Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA