5165.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

Making a Difference: Trends in Policy

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Larry Kushi
2:30 PMNew food-based dietary guidelines and implementation strategies for women and children to two years of age
Richard J. Deckelbaum, MD, Cutberto Garza, MD, PhD, Marion Greenup, MEd, MPH, Christopher P. Howson, PhD, Michael Katz, MD, Eileen Kennedy, DSc, Donald Mattison, MD, Ricardo Uauy, MD, PhD, Barbara Underwood, PhD, Sarah Carroll, MPH
2:42 PMNewspaper coverage of childhood nutrition policy issues
Katie Woodruff, MPH, Lori Dorfman, DrPH, Peggy Agron, MA, RD, Victoria Berends, BS
2:54 PMCreating Policy to Effect Behavioral Change
S.B. Foerster, MPH, RD, T. Llanes, MS, RD, F. Buck, MPH, T. Saville
3:06 PMWorking with Elected Women to Improve Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity
S.B. Foerster, MPH, RD, T. Llanes, MS, RD, T. Saville, M. Briggs, S. Livingston, MA, RD, P. Agron, MA, RD, A. Purcell, MPH
3:18 PMNutrition policies, best practices and guidelines in homeless family facilities
Josefine Wendel, MS, RD, Nick Kourgialis, MDiv, Pamella Darby, MPH, RD, Lynn Seim, MSN, RN, Roy Grant, Irwin Redlener, MD
3:30 PMSuccessful nutrition policy: Learning from the past, looking to the future
Jennifer A. Weber, RD, MPH
3:42 PMTrends in Nutritient Intake of 10-Year Old Children over two decades: The Bogalusa Heart Study
Adriana Catalina Linares, MD, MPH, Theresa A Nicklas, DrPH, LN, Abdalla Elkasabany, PhD, Gerald Berenson, MD
Sponsor:Food and Nutrition
Cosponsors:Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA