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9:00 – 9:15 Welcome

Jeff Koplan, Vice President for Global Health and Director
Global Health Institute
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
IOM Standing Committee Chair

9:15 – 9:30

Dick Gephardt, Former U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader

9:30 – 10:00 The Scale of the Problem: Obesity in the UK and the US

Moderator: Jeff Koplan

Klim McPherson, Visiting Professor of Public Health Epidemiology
Oxford University, United Kingdom
Chair of the National Heart Forum, United Kingdom

Cynthia Ogden, Epidemiologist
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

10:00 – 10:25 Government Structure: US and UK

Moderator: Bill Dietz, Director
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Workshop Planning Committee Chair

Anne Jackson, Director for Child Wellbeing
Department for Children, Schools, and Families, United Kingdom

Jeff Koplan

10:25 – 10:30 Physical Activity Break

10:30 – 12:00 Obesity Prevention Policy Actions Initiated in the US and UK

Moderator: Tom Robinson, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
IOM Standing Committee member

Panel 1 – School Meal Policy:

Judy Hargadon, Director
School Food Trust, United Kingdom

Julie Paradis, Administrator
Food and Nutrition Service
United States Department of Agriculture

Panel 2 – Physical Activity and the Built Environment:

Harriet Tregoning, Director, Planning Office
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Washington, DC

Peter Ashcroft, Regional Physical Activity Lead
Department of Health Southwest, United Kingdom

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – 3:15 Obesity Prevention Policy Actions Initiated in the US and UK

Moderator: Shiriki Kumanyika, Associate Dean
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
IOM Standing Committee member

Panel 3 – National Programs and Policies:

Kevin Concannon, Undersecretary
United States Department of Agriculture

Tim Smith, CEO
Food Standards Agency, United Kingdom

Dana Carr, Director
Health, Mental Health, Environmental Health, & Physical Education Team
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
United States Department of Education

Susan Jebb, Head of Nutrition and Health Research
Medical Research Council
Collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK

Panel 4 – Local Policies and Perspectives:

Lynn Silver, Assistant Health Commissioner
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Jonathan E. Fielding, Director of Public Health and Health Officer
Department of Health Services, Los Angeles County, CA

Chip Johnson, Mayor
City of Hernando, Mississippi

3:15 – 3:30 Break

3:30 – 4:15 Open Discussion
Policies and Gaps: Opportunities for Collaboration

Moderator: Jeff Koplan

Bill Dietz

Anne Jackson

Peter Ashcroft

Ailsa McGinty, Policy and Stakeholder Manager
Cross Government Obesity Team
Department of Health, United Kingdom

4:15 – 4:30 Summary and Closing Remarks

Bill Dietz

4:30 Adjourn

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