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Session: Obesity Prevention in School Settings
3233.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Obesity Prevention in School Settings
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):James F. Bogden, MPH
12:30 PMInstitute of Medicine report on prevention of obesity in U.S. children and youth
Russell R. Pate, PhD, Shirley R. Watkins, MEd, Vivica Kraak, MS, RD
12:45 PMPhysical activity, food choices, and body mass index among US adolescents, 1999-2003  [ Recorded presentation ]
Richard Lowry, MD, MS, Danice K. Eaton, PhD, MPH, Laura Kann, PhD
1:00 PMHigh school students’ readiness to change behaviors for obesity prevention
Mary-Margaret Driskell, MPH, Leanne Mauriello, PhD, Sara S. Johnson, PhD
1:15 PMWhat parents and teachers think about the middle school food environment
Martha Y. Kubik, PhD, Leslie A. Lytle, PhD RD, Mary Story, PhD RD
1:30 PMBarriers to change in school food service as perceived by food service employees  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jennifer E. Burden, Virginia R. Chomitz, PhD, Juhee Kim, MS, Jack Mingle, Mary Joan McLarney, MS, RD, Claire Kozower, MS, Karen E. Peterson, ScD, RD, Karen Ann Hacker, MD, MPH. Awards: SHES Section Student Award - Recipient
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:School Health Education and Services
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Epidemiology; Food and Nutrition; Health Administration; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA