5105.0 Nutrition and Chronic Disease: Identifying the Challenges and Developing Solutions

Wednesday, October 29, 2008: 10:30 AM
Oral
Access to fresh fruits and vegetables and other foods that contribute to good health, accurate perception of personal eating behavior, and consistent messages in schools, faith based settings, and health care delivery settings are all needed to address chronic disease prevention in our communities. This session will present an array of projects that address these issues and settings, and will describe the challenges, as well as successes seen in each.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe ways to increase the availability of healthy food choices in communities. 2. Discuss the challenges to overcome in helping individuals make more healthful food choices. 3. List the professionals who could be trained to support improved food choices by community groups.
Moderator:
Susan R. Kayman, DrPH, RD

10:30 AM
Food environment on the Navajo Nation: Availability of healthy foods by food source
Muge Qi, MHS, Joel Gittelsohn, PhD, Marla Pardilla, MPH MSW, Kevin D. Frick, PhD, Sangita Sharma, PhD, Elverna M. Bennett, BA, Jean Ann Anliker, PHD and Allan Steckler, DrPH
     
10:45 AM
Perceived normative behavior and fruit and vegetables consumption
Emily Kroshus, MPH candidate
     
11:00 AM
Results of a successful, replicable, classroom-based wellness model
Michelle A. Lombardo, DC
     
11:15 AM
Feasibility pilot to implement a research tested intervention statewide: Body & Soul: A celebration of healthy eating and living
Serina Gaston, MEd, CHES, Evelyn T. Gonzalez, MA and Linda Fleisher, MPH
11:30 AM
5-4-3-2-1-Go! Coordinating Health Care Provider Training and Community-Based Health Education to Lower Childhood Obesity
Christiane Ellen Stahl, MD, Jay H. Mayefsky, MD, MPH and Jonathan Necheles, MD, 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, Public Health Nursing, Socialist Caucus

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

See more of: Food and Nutrition
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