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5031.0: Wednesday, November 07, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | ||||
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| Nutrition and physical activity have rapidly become important topics not only in public health but in the mainstream media. With increasing obesity rates and continued poor nutrition among the nation’s underserved communities nutrition and physical activity is a timely topic. This session will address nutrition and physical activity policy, access, and individual behavior. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) will be able to: 1. Assess the impact of nutrition and physical activity policy creation and implementation; 2. Describe the barriers to healthy food access for low-income and immigrant communities; 3. Understand individual perceptions about perceived and actual body weight; 4. Identify interventions used to address nutrition and physical activity among various populations. | ||||
| Organizer(s): | Kristy A. Siegel, MPH, CHES Lianne Fuino Estefan, MPH | |||
| Moderator(s): | Lisa M. Lines, BS, ELS | |||
| 8:30 AM |  | Local wellness policies in Massachusetts: Do they make the grade? Lisa M. Lines, BS, ELS, Lisa Guadagno, MS | ||
| 8:45 AM | | Issues for the Hmong in acquiring nutritious, reasonably priced foods Sua Yang | ||
| 9:00 AM | | Eating by number: Undergraduate dietary practices and the impact of perceived, ideal and actual BMI Elizabeth Elliott Cooper, MPH, Ernesto M. Ruiz, BA | ||
| 9:15 AM | | Move4Health: A Feasibility Study of a Student-run Type 2 Diabetes Intervention Melissa DiCarlo, BS, Beth Careyva, BS, Maureen Clarke, BS, Gregg Goldstein, BA, Louis Kolman, BS, Christopher Almario, BS, Roi Altit, BS, Julianne Biroschak, BA, Stephanie Boswell, BS, Meghan Silverman, BS, Alison Walsh, BS, Lyn Weinberg, BS, Patrick McManus, MD | ||
| 9:30 AM | | Policy implications of community gardens Andrea M. Carden, MPA, Michelle L. D'Abundo, PhD | ||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | APHA-Student Assembly | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA