Online Program

3320.0
Obesity Prevention in Schools

Monday, November 2, 2015: 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Poster
Moderator:
Claire Watson, PhD, MS, MSPH

Board 1
Declining trends and widening disparities in overweight and obesity prevalence among Massachusetts public school districts (2009-2014)   
Wenjun Li, PhD, James Buszkiewicz, MPH, Robert Leibowitz, PhD, Laura Nasuti, MPH, PhD and Thomas Land, PhD
Board 2
Preventing childhood obesity through an integrated school-based nutrition and physical activity intervention among fourth through sixth grade students in Chicago public schools   
Julia Wolfson, MPP, Heidi Knoblock, MPH, Hannah Laughlin, MPH, Amy Moyer, Elizabeth Sorice and Fannie Fonseca-Becker, DrPH, Director, J&J Community Health Scholars Program
Board 3
“The Numbers Don't Lie: Influencing Policy Makers with Local Pediatric BMI Data”   
Melody Schaeffer, BS, Catherine Rains, MPH, Nicole F. Kozma, MPH, Greta Todd, MA and Lisa Glover-Jones
Board 5
Gender Differences in the Effect of Socioeconomic Disadvantage on Overweight/Obesity in Elementary Students   
Whitney Zahnd, MS, Valerie Rogers, RN, MSN, PELCSN, David Steward, MD, MPH, Tracey Smith, DNP, PHCNS-BC, MS and Donna Treadwell, MA
Board 6
Implementation of a Childhood Obesity Prevention Program in an Afterschool Setting by Nursing, Pre-Med and Public Health College Students   
Alex Purcell, BS, Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin, HSD, MPH, MA, Priscilla Barnes, MPH, PhD, MCHES and Natalie Grinvalds, BS, CHES
Board 7
Boundaries and Bridges to Adolescent Obesity Prevention: Identifying Parent, School Personnel and Student Engagement Strategies in High Schools in Southern Appalachia   
Jodi Southerland, DrPH, Taylor McKeehan, BSPH, MPH, William Dalton, Ph.D, Karen Schetzina, MD, MPH, FAAP and Deborah Slawson, PhD, RD
Board 8
Childhood Obesity in the US: Implication for school education   
Chia-Ching Chen, EdD, MA, MS, CHES, SRAS and Qiuhu Shi, PhD

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

Organized by: School Health Education and Services