6012.0: Thursday, November 16, 2000: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Are We Raising Healthy Children: Nutrition and Activity Issues

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks - Geraldine Perry, Moderator.
8:35 AMTrends and geographic patterns in the prevalence of anemia in the four corner states
Sara A. Mirza, MPH, Bettylou Sherry, PhD, RD, Zuguo Mei, MD, MPH
8:50 AMCalifornia Children's Eating and Exercise Practices Survey (CalCHEEPS): A pragmatic method for monitoring nutrition habits in school-age children
Susan B Foerster, MPH, RD, Sharon B Sugerman, MS, RD, FADA, Michelle Oppen, MPH, CHES, Jennifer Gregson, MPH, CHES, Michael P Fierro, BA, Susan Jolly, MBA, Shirley Wu, MPH, RD
9:05 AMFactors influencing dietary practices in South Carolina children
Codruta Anca Rafiroiu, MD, MSPH, Edna Page Anderson, PhD, Roger G Sargent, PhD
9:20 AMCalifornia Teen Eating and Exercise Survey (CalTEENS): Cause for concern
Susan B Foerster, MPH, RD, Michelle Oppen, MPH, CHES, Michael Fierro, BA, Jennifer Gregson, MPH, CHES, Sharon Sugerman, MS, RD, FADA, Mark Hudes, PhD
9:35 AMWhat are teens eating and why? First findings from project EAT
Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD, Story Mary, PhD, RD, Peter Hannan, Mstat, Jillian Moe, MS, RD
9:50 AMDiscussion
Sponsor:Food and Nutrition
Cosponsors:Chiropractic Health Care; Epidemiology; Maternal and Child Health; School Health Education and Services; Social Work; Socialist Caucus

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA