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Session: Multi-sector Approaches to Childhood Obesity Prevention
3159.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Poster
Multi-sector Approaches to Childhood Obesity Prevention
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Sonya Jones, PhD
Board 1Prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity in Korea
Ji-Yeong Kim, Bong-Keun Choe, Joong-Myung Choi, Chong-Guk Lee, Jin-Soo Moon, Eun-Kyeong Jeong, Young-Taek Kim, Jee-Hye Choi, Kyung-Sik Choi, Jin-Hee Lee
Board 2Should food companies be making nutrition policy: An analysis
Michele Simon, JD, MPH
Board 3Dispelling the most common myths related to obesity litigation
Michele Simon, JD, MPH
Board 4Teaching about Unhealthy Food through Media Literacy
Althier Lazar, PhD, Kim Logio, PhD
Board 5Kaiser Permanente Kids In Dynamic Shape (KP KIDS): A parent-child program to tackle childhood obesity
Di P. Lam, RD, Elaine Robinson-Frank, RN, MPH
Board 6Food system awareness and food choices in urban minority youth
Margaret Mary Meehan, RD/MPH candidate, Ming-Chin Yeh, PhD, Arlene Spark, EdD RD FADA FACN
Board 7Food, fitness and fun: An approach to childhood obesity prevention
Irm Pichot, RN, MGA, Judith Covich, RN, MA, Sharon Strauss, MSEd, Mary Tierney, MD, FAAP
Board 8What policies and practices influence adolescent eating and exercise behaviors at school?
Cynthia S. Searcy, PhD Candidate, Beth C. Weitzman, PhD
Board 9Readiness for change profiles in a pediatric weight treatment program
Amy R. Beck, BS, Cecilia Dueñas, BA, Danusia Nedilskyj, MA, Kim Y. Hamai, MD, Kiti Freier, PhD
Board 10State's efforts to legislate obesity prevention in schools
Sonya Jones, PhD, Marsha Spence, MS-MPH, RD, Jayna Dave, MPH
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by:Public Health Education and Health Promotion; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus

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