251720 Prevention in action: Calorie balance and public health

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 3:10 PM

Joanne M. Spahn, MS, RD, FADA , Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, US Department of Agriculture, Alexandria, VA
     
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 was released in the midst of an overweight/obesity epidemic in the United States. As such, the Guidelines include a more prominent focus on calorie balance and healthy weight status than ever before. This presentation will include a discussion of the current evidence-based recommendations related to calorie balance/obesity prevention, as well as a discussion of how these recommendations may be implemented by public health practitioners to affect change at a population level.

Learning Areas:
Chronic disease management and prevention
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
1) Describe Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 recommendations regarding calorie balance. 2) Identify methods and potential health benefits of implementing Dietary Guidelines calorie balance/obesity prevention recommendations at a population level.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As Dierctor, USDA Evidence Analysis Library Division I oversaw the USDA Nutrition Evidence Library in conducting multiple systematic reviews on energy balance, which informed development of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

See more of: Prevention in Action: Applying Nutrition-based Approaches to Reduce Risk for Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases at the Population Level
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