Food and Nutrition

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The Food and Nutrition section invites abstracts in the areas of 'public health nutrition' and 'nutrition and physical activity'. The annual meeting theme is Evidence Based Policy and Practice and will be held November 5-9, 2005 in New Orleans, LA. Abstracts related to the meeting theme, outstanding student abstracts, and abstracts in the following areas will be given priority for inclusion in the program: Battling Obesity: A Report from the States Child Nutrition and Physical Activity At and Away from School Chronic Disease Risk Factors Faced by Vulnerable Populations Community Assessment and Local Initiative to Promote Healthy Communities Community Food Assessments: Tool for Public Health & Community Empowerment Emerging Strategies for Improving Child Nutrition Evidence-Based Environmental Approaches to Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity: A Gumbo of Projects from New Orleans Healthy Marketing to Kids at Home and School Innovations in Community Nutrition Assessment New Dietary Guidelines, My Pyramid & Implementation New Findings in Nutrition and Physical Activity for a Healthy Population Nutrition, Physical Activity and Chronic Disease Papers with no topic Partnering for Power: Community-based Approaches to Supporting Health Predictors of Dietary and Health Behaviors Race, Ethnicity and Social Status: Realities of Seeking Solution for the Underserved School Wellness Policy: Its Time Has Come! State and Local Initiatives to Promote Healthy Lives The Gendered Experience of Food Choice The New WIC Food Package: What are the Next Steps? The Obesity Epidemic: Getting Beyond Individual Choice The Role of Fruits & Vegetables in Chronic Disease What Can California Teach Us about Policy Interventions in Schools? Preference will be given to abstracts presenting program design/methodology, scientific research and program evaluation results. An award will be presented for the student abstract receiving the highest score from reviewers. The Food & Nutrition Section also seeks innovative technology-based presentations (interactive internet, mass media, film) that can utilize the Technology Theater.
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Program Planner Contact Information: Barbara A. Laraia, PhD, MPH, RD Department of Nutrition The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Population Center CB #8120 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8120 Phone: (919)966-5969 Fax: (919)966-2391 blaraia@email.unc.edu and Sonya J. Jones, PhD Nutrition University of Tennessee 1215 Cumberland Ave, Room 229 Department of Nutrition Knoxville, TN 37966-1920 Phone: 865-974-6250 Fax: 865-974-3491 sonyaj@utk.edu