Strategies for Developing School-Based Policies that Promote Nutrition and Physical Activity among Children and Youth

Workshop sponsored by the
Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth
Institute of Medicine

June 16, 2003
1:00 pm – 5:30 pm

National Academy of Sciences Auditorium
NAS Building
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20418
Phone: (202) 334-2223

Program

1:00 pm            Welcome and Introductions
                        Jeffrey Koplan, M.D., M.P.H.
                        Chair, Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth

1:10 pm            Strategies for Developing School-Based Health Promotion Policies
                        Harold Goldstein, Dr.P.H.
                        California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Davis, CA

1:30 pm            Helping Public Schools Meet Expectations: Balancing Obesity
                        Prevention and Physical Activity Goals with Fiscal and Curriculum
                        Realities
                        Alex Molnar, Ph.D.
                        Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

1:50-2:30 pm     Discussion

2:30-2:50 pm     Break             

2:50 pm            Panel Discussion
                        Each presenter will present for 10 minutes followed by questions from the
                        committee.      

                        Mark Vallianatos, J.D.
                        Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

                        Judith Young, Ph.D.
                        National Association for Sports and Physical Education, Reston, VA

                        Jennifer Wilkins, Ph.D., R.D.
                        Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

                        Paula Hudson Collins, M.H.D.L., R.H.Ed.
                        North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh, NC

3:30 pm            Discussion

4:30 pm            Open Forum

5:30 pm            Adjourn