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Online Program

5025.0
Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions for Older Adults

Wednesday, November 4, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Explain an effective health education program to elderly who consume a higher dietary variety. Compare 2 and 6-month dietary and PA outcomes experienced by older adults in 2 versions of a physical activity program for adults with osteoarthritis. Describe seven key themes influencing physical activity behavior of multiracial, lower income older adults. List and describe three examples of how policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) factors can hinder or support older adults’ access to healthy food and physical activity.
Moderator:
Karon Phillips, PhD, MPH, CHES, CAPS

8:30am
A new health education program on dietary variety for the community elderly: Implementation by health promotion volunteers   
Atsuko Taguchi, PhD, RN, PHN, Hiroshi Murayama, PhD, RN, PHN, Chikako Miyao and Takuhiro Yamaguchi, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  
8:50am
Early Findings: Fit and Strong! Plus   
Susan Hughes, PhD, Marian Fitzgibbon, PhD, Renae Smith-Ray, PhD, Lisa Tussings-Humphreys, PhD, MS, RD, Linda Schiffer, MS, MPH and Andrew DeMott, BA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:10am
Exploring older adults' facilitators and barriers to engage in physical activity in a racially diverse, lower income sample   
Ahmad Iqmer Nashriq Mohd Nazan, MPH, Scott Strath, PhD, FACSM, Jessica Rice, MPH, Melissa Lemke, M.A. and Amy E. Harley, PhD, MPH, RD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:30am
Senior SNAP-Ed: Policy, systems and environmental changes to improve nutrition   
Kristen D. Smith, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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Organized by: Aging & Public Health
Endorsed by: Food and Nutrition, Veterinary Public Health, Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Chiropractic Health Care, Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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