4031.0 Innovations to Promote Healthy Weight

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 8:30 AM
Oral
Rates of obesity and overweight vary across the population and result from a number of different factors. Interventions must also be varied if they are to be responsive. This session will focus on a number of different intervention strategies that have been successfully used to promote healthy weight. Presenters will describe the interventions, the target population and the findings from evaluation research.
Session Objectives: 1)Describe innovative strategies used to promote healthy weight 2) Assess the success of each of the innovative strategies
Moderator:
Jay Hirschman, MPH, CNS

8:30 AM
Lights, camera, action for health: The development of a theater-based nutrition and physical activity intervention for at-risk youth
Caree J. Jackson, PhD, RD, LD and Rebecca M. Mullis, PhD, RD, LD
8:50 AM
“215-GO!” - A Working Model for Combating Childhood Obesity in a Public Health Care Clinic
Khudsiya Khan, MD
  
9:10 AM
Intuitive eating: A novel health promotion strategy for obese women
Janell Mensinger, PhD, Heather A. Close, BS, James Ku, MD and Kelly Bliss, MEd
     
9:30 AM
Assessment of factors influencing participation and outcomes in a weight management program
Rickie O. Brawer, PhD MPH, Bhuvana Jayaraman, MPH, Lamya Boujelbane, MD, MPH and James Plumb, MD, MPH
  

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

Organized by: Food and Nutrition
Endorsed by: Alternative and Complementary Health Practices, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Gerontological Health, Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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