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Department of Pediatrics, The Brody School of Medicine
Pediatric Healthy Weight Research & Treatment Center


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Summits

 
<h2>2009 Summit</h2>

6th Annual Pediatric Healthy Weight Summit
Developing Healthy Communities through Policy and Environmental Change

Friday, March 27, 2009
8:00 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m.
Greenville Hilton ~ Greenville, NC

 Summit Objectives

  1. To learn about and review national and local policies that either hinder or promote the development of healthy lifestyle habits related to obesity; and
  2. To provide participants with tools to become advocates for policy and environmental changes within their own communities and clinical settings.

Continuing Education Units and Category 1 Continuing Medical Education credits were offered.

 
Morning Plenary Speakers
 
Plenary 1: "Environmental and Policy Approaches for Promoting Healthy Weight" Ross Brownson, PhD, Co-Director, Prevention Research Center; Professor, School of Medicine and George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis

Plenary 2: "Farm to Fork: Building Sustainable Local Food Economies to Promote Healthy Weight" Alice Ammerman, DrPH, RD, Director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Professor, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Plenary 3: "The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Reversing the Childhood Obesity Epidemic by 2015" Jasmine Hall Ratliff, MHA, Program Office, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Plenary 4: "CDC's Strategies for Obesity Prevention and Control" Beth Tohill, PhD, MSPH, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Afternoon Sessions
The afternoon program consisted of three tracks which included workshops and panel discussions.

  • Health Care Track
    • Workshop: "Outpatient Obesity Management Strategies: Improving Office Systems" Sarah Armstrong, MD
    • Panel: "Developing Healthy Kids: Advocacy for Healthcare Providers

  • School Track
    • Panel: "Developing Healthy Schools: Opportunities for Policy Change and Advocacy
    • Workshop: "Learning from Tobacco: Framing Obesity for Policy Change and Using Media Advocacy"

  • Community Track
    • Panel: Developing Healthy Communities: Promoting Physical Activity Opportunities"
    • Panel: Developing Healthy Communities: Promoting Improved Nutrition Environments"

For complete program and registration information, download the summit brochure. To download a Word version of the registration form only, click here.

Summit Sponsors

  • ECU Pediatric Healthy Weight Research & Treatment Center
  • The Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation
  • Pitt Partners for Health, Nutrition and Physical Activity Subcommittee
  • ECU Department of Exercise and Sport Science
  • ECU Department of Physical Therapy
  • Eastern AHEC -- Division of Continuing Medical Education and Division of Allied & Public Health

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