5097.0 Featured Project Session: Healthy Eating, Active Communities: A Multi-sectoral Approach to Improving Food and Physical Activity Environments in Communities

Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 12:30 PM
Oral
This session will feature six talks focused on The Healthy Eating, Active Communities program and it’s approach to addressing the current epidemic of childhood obesity.
Session Objectives: • Articulate the need for programs that involve multiple ‘sectors’ within which communities should work to address childhood obesity • Understand the benefits of working with a neighborhood school • Describe an approach to participatory assessment • Describe the importance of decision-making champions • Explain a strategy for engaging youth in advocacy
Moderator:
Maria Casey, MA, MEd

12:30 PM
Changing the landscape of South Los Angeles: Benefits of collaboration between community residents and decision makers
Aurora Flores, MPH
     
12:45 PM
Using a neighborhood school to anchor improvements in food and physical activity environments
David Kakishiba
        
1:00 PM
Using participatory assessment and youth leadership to change physical activity environments
Michele Erickson
           
1:15 PM
Policy-making process to improve city food environments: "Champions" and Challenges
Leah M. Fraser, PhD
1:30 PM
"Healthy Chula Vista": Creating a community that supports healthy and active living through environmental design
Dana Richardson and Tanya Rovira-Osterwalder, MS IMFT
     
1:45 PM
Engaging youth to work across sectors advocating healthier environments for food and physical activity
Rosa Soto
     

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Organized by: Community-Based Public Health Caucus
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus, Food and Nutrition, Caucus on Refugee and Immigrant Health

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