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Healthy Foods for Healthy Communities

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
Prevention of over- and under nutrition in all communities requires access to healthy foods. The collection of three presentations will address issues related to systems way of thinking in developing policies to promote local and slow foods for future public health research and policy.
Session Objectives: Explain broadly what constitutes a healthy community food environment in the context of aging. List three health lessons to be learned from the small, local sustainable farms, per the book Farmacology. Describe Slow Food approach to healthy and sustainable traditional food Compare traditional foods and commonly consumed foods
Organizer:
Kathy Sykes, MA
Moderator:
Kathy Sykes, MA

8:30am
Creating Communities for Healthier Aging: Connection via Food Systems Change
David Wallinga, MD, MPA
8:50am
“Good, clean and fair” food: A global approach to sustainability and health through the analysis of Slow Food Presidia products
Andrea Pezzana, MD, Laura Bersani, Francesca Baldereschi, Raffaella Ponzio, Daniela Vassallo, Michela Zanardi, Zaira Frighi, Paola Chiara Durelli and Carlo Petrini
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:10am
Benefits of lowering resting heart rate
Paola Rizzo, Ph.D
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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

Organized by: Aging & Public Health
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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

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