5045.1 Interdisciplinary collaborations to prevent obesity and chronic disease

Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 8:30 AM
Oral
Organizer:
Ellen Harris, DrPH
Moderator:
Ellen Harris, DrPH

Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM
Cognitive-behavioral group therapy and weight management: A collaborative approach between mental health and health education services
Carol Vidal, MD and Holly Kricher, PsyD
     
8:50 AM
Healthy 4 Life: The development of a theater-based nutrition and physical activity intervention for at-risk African-American adolescents
Caree J. Jackson, PhD, RD, LD and Rebecca M. Mullis, PhD, RD, LD
        
9:05 AM
Healthy Eating for Successful Living in Older Adults-A Feasibility Study to Determine Factors for Successful Program Implementation
Ruth Palombo, PhD, Robert Schreiber, MD and Anne-Reet Annunziata, PhD, RD
        
9:20 AM
A story of success in Cambridge, Massachusetts: Overweight rates are lower and fitness rates are higher
Virginia Chomitz, PhD, Robert McGowan, EdD, Susan Breen, MS, RN, Katy A. Shea, MPH, CHES, Josefine Wendel, MS, RD, LDN, Dawn B. Olcott, MS, Stacey E. King, MS, Maryann Cappello and Karen Hacker, MD
        

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, Epidemiology, Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health, Black Caucus of Health Workers, Community-Based Public Health Caucus

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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