2035.0 Obesity: Research and interventions

Sunday, November 7, 2010: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Poster
Obesity continues to be one of the nation's leading public health threats. Preventing and treating obesity poses many challenges because of it's complexity. This poster session highlights prevention and interventions that address obesity in various at-risk populations.
Session Objectives: 1. Compare and contrast prevention and intervention methods used to combat obesity in various at-risk populations. 2. Discuss the role of environment and culture in obesity prevention and reduction.

Board 1
Effects of an individual-based weight loss intervention concurrent to an environmental intervention in a worksite setting
Kristin Baker Parker, MPH, Heather M. Padilla, MS, RD, LD, David M. DeJoy, PhD, Dafina Shearry, Mark G. Wilson, HSD and Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD
Board 2
Exploring the relationship between parental concern and childhood obesity
Lucas C. Moore, EdD, Carole V. Harris, PhD, Andrew S. Bradlyn, PhD and Nancy O'Hara Tompkins, PhD
Board 3
Unintended Consequences: The potential effect of childcare-based obesity prevention interventions on the home
Laura Lessard, MPH and David Frisvold, PhD
  
Board 4
Recruitment, participation and barriers to weight loss program participation among economically disadvantaged women
Patricia A. Sharpe, PhD, MPH and Gayenell Magwood, PhD, MSN, RN
Board 5
Let's Go!: A multi-sector approach to childhood obesity prevention
Emily Rines, MPH, CHES
Board 6
Salud con Sabor Latino: A longitudinal study of an obesity prevention curriculum in an underserved Latino community
Christina Araiza, MPH, Maria Valenzuela and Bonnie Gance-Cleveland, PhD
  
Board 7
Overweight/obesity and substance use among adolescent girls: Mediation by health-related quality of life
Tilda Farhat, PhD, MPH, Ronald Iannotti, PhD and Bruce G. Simons-Morton, EdD, MPH
Board 8
Addressing obesity by organizing communities around walkability, health and safety issues
Mondi Mason, PhD, MPH, Viral Panchal, BBS, Merrick Weaver, MPH, Cristie Jophlin and Carol Maclennan
Board 9
Is it "Who we are" or "Where we live"? —A multilevel investigation on the Effects of Socio-demographic and Urban Neighborhood Characteristics on Out of School Physical Activity
Alice Fang Yan, MD, PhD, Carolyn Voorhees, MS, PhD, Guangyu Zhang, MS, PhD, Shuo Huang, MS and Daniel Hughes, PhD
Board 10
Cultural-tailoring of a Childhood Obesity Prevention Program for Hispanic Families
Pamela Hull, PhD, Juan R. Canedo, MA, Bettina M. Beech, DrPH, MPH, Maciej Buchowski, PhD, Michelle Reece, MS, Sylvie Akohoue, PhD and Roger Zoorob, MD, MPH

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

Organized by: Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Endorsed by: Food and Nutrition, Social Work

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