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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Emerging Strategies for Improving Child Nutrition
4224.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Emerging Strategies for Improving Child Nutrition
Childhood and early adolescence are formative periods when dietary behaviors take root. This session explores novel approaches to dietary and physical activities interventions using behavior theory, intervention mapping and multidisciplinary consortiums to decrease obesity among children. From intervention design to implementation, the papers presented will provide detailed expamples of promoting behavior change among children of all ages.
Learning Objectives: 1. At the end of the sessions, participants will be able to describe nutrition intervention approaches for young children 2. At the end of the session, participants will be able to describe nutrition education efforts tailored for children
Moderator(s):Ellen Harris, DrPH
2:30 PMJump Up & Go!,: A program to prevent overweight among Massachusetts youth
Sylvia Stevens-Edouard, MA
2:47 PMConsortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC): Leading a novel effort to protect Chicago children
Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD, MPH
3:04 PMEducating Children from the Inside Out
Allison Slade
3:21 PMUsing the Theory of Planned Behavior to predict intention to initiate “5-2-1” behaviors among school-aged children
Karrie Kalich, MS, RD, Virginia R. Chomitz, PhD, Rick Bell, EdD, Robert McGowan, PhD, Aviva Must, PhD
3:38 PMDesigning an intervention to increase consumption of eight targeted fruits and vegetables among preschool children, using an intervention mapping process
Gretchen L. Taylor, MPH, RD, Susan C. Bishop, BFA, Katherine L. Franken, MPH, RD, Donald B. Bishop, PhD, Leslie A. Lytle, PhD RD, Mary Story, PhD RD, John H. Himes, PhD, Lisa Harnack, DrPH RD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by:Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Nursing
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA