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2001
California Childhood Obesity Conference
Issues,
Strategies & Programs
San Diego,
California
March 19-20, 2001
Topics,
Speakers & Presentations
Below is the outline of the conference
presentations. Scroll down to find links (in blue) to the
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Day
1 Plenary
| Day 1 Workshops |
Day 2 Plenary | Day 2 Workshops
| Closing Plenary
Master of Ceremonies: Phyllis
Bramson-Paul, MPPA, Chief, Women, Infants, and Children
Supplemental Nutrition Branch, California Department of Health
Services
Tameron
Mitchell, MPH, RD, Deputy Director, Primary Care and
Family Health
Diana Bontá,
Director, California Department of Health
Services
Sharon Fleming,
PhD, Co-Director, Center
for Weight and Health, and Professor, Nutritional Sciences
and Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley
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USDA Efforts
in Childhood Obesity
Patricia N. Daniels,
RD, Director, Supplemental
Food Programs Division, United States Department of Agriculture
Prevalence of
Obesity and Consequences
Valerie
Charlton, MD, MPH,
Children’s Medical Services, California Department of Health
Services
William
Dietz, MD, PhD, Director, Division of Nutrition
& Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Visit the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/surveill.htm
to view the following slides:
US
Obesity Trends in Adults, 1991-1998
Obesity
Epidemic Slide Presentation
Youth Risk Behavior
Survey and Other Department of Education Data
Marilyn
Briggs, RD, MS, Assistant
Superintendent, Public Instruction and Director, Nutrition Services
Division, California Department of Education
California Children’s
Healthy Eating and Exercise Practices Survey, and California
Teen Eating Exercise, and Nutrition Survey
Sue
Foerster, MPH, RD, Chief, Cancer Prevention and Nutrition
Section, California Department of Health Services
Physical Activity
Levels of California Children
James
Sallis, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, San
Diego State University
What Are California
Children Eating?
Pat
Crawford, DrPH, Co-Director, Center for Weight and Health,
University of California, Berkeley
Overview
of Programs and Initiatives in California
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1A
Social
Marketing: Can It Be Effective in Influencing Childhood Obesity
Sue Foerster,
MPH, RD, Chief, Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section,
California Department of Health Services
Michael
Miller, President and Founder, Brown Miller Communications
1B
New
CDC Initiatives and Opportunities in Childhood Obesity
William
Dietz, MD, PhD, Director, Division of Nutrition &
Physical Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1C
Childhood
Obesity: Current Treatment Approaches
Kathy
James, DNSc, NP, Assistant Professor of
Nursing, Hahn School of Nursing and Health Sciences, University
of California, San Diego
Linda
Omichinski, BSc[FFc], RD, Founder and President, HUGS,
International, Inc:
Christiane
Wert, MPH, RD, Program Director, KidShape
1D
Can Children Self-Regulate Food Intake? Implications for Parenting
Practices
Susan
Lee Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor, and Director of
the Children’s Eating Laboratory, The GoodLIFE Clinic, University
of Colorado Health Sciences Center
1E
Parents’ and Children’s Take on Positive Parenting of Large
Children
Michael
Loewy, PhD, Assistant Professor, San Diego State University
Shirley
Sheffield, Freelance Writer and Editor
Jenna Sol,
Daughter of Shirley Sheffield
Connie
Sobczak, Founder and Executive Director, The Body Positive
Carmen
Sobczak, Daughter of Connie Sobczak
1F
Cultural
Assets and Barriers to Programs with African
Antoinette
Yancy, MD, Director of Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, Los Angeles City Department of Health
1G
Cultural
Assets and Barriers to Programs with Hispanic Americans
Yolanda
Guttierrez, PhD, MS, RD, Nutrition Consultant, Region
4, California Diabetes and Pregnancy Program and the Mid-Coast
Regional Perinatal Program of California, Stanford University:
Cultural Issues Surrounding
Obesity (40KB PDF)
Lucia Kaiser,
PhD, RD, Community Nutrition Specialist, Department
of Nutrition, University of California, Davis
James
Sallis, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, San
Diego State University
1H
Physical
Activity Interventions in Various Settings
Mike Ernst,
PhD, Department Chair, Kinesiology and Recreation,
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Janet Fulton,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Paul
Rosengard, BA, Executive Director, SPARK, San Diego State
University
1I
Fit
WIC: Three Obesity Prevention Models
Lynne Bortree,
MS, Nutrition Specialist, Vermont Fit WIC Project,
Vermont Department of Health
Alicia
White, MS, RD, Project Coordinator, Virginia Fit WIC
Project, Virginia Department of Health
1J
Effective
Parenting Practices for Childhood Obesity Prevention
Cathi Lamp,
MS, MPH, RD, Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences
Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension
Rita
Mitchell, RD, Nutrition Research Associate, Department
of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
1K
School
Interventions: Special Programs and Efforts to Improve Nutrition
and Physical Activity
Peggy Agron,
MPH, RD, Program Chief, Project LEAN, California Department
of Health Services
Sally Livingston,
RD, MA, Nutritional Education Administrator, Education
and Training Unit, California Department of Education, Nutrition
Services Division
Thomas
Robinson, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine,
School of Medicine, Stanford University
1L
Medical
Risks, Treatment and Referral of Very Obese Children
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Multiple
Causes of Childhood Obesity and Implications for Programs
Joanne Ikeda,
MA, RD, Co-Director, Center
for Weight and Health, University of California, Berkeley
Paul
Rosengard, BA, SPARK, San
Diego State University
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2A
Working
in American Indian Communities on Obesity Prevention
Sally Davis,
PhD, Principal Investigator/Program
Director, Pathways Project Navajo Site
Vera Dazen,
Assistant Director of the White Mountain Apache Tribe WIC
Program
Nancy Flynn,
MPH, RD, Director of Nutrition
Services, United Indian Health Services
Cecilia
Garcia, CAN, WIC Coordinator
of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe WIC Program
2B
Obesity
Prevention at Headstart and Family Day Care
Peggy Da
Silva, MPH, Project Director, Center for Health Training
Sandra
Gross, MA, MPH, Independent Consultant, Population
and Family Health
2C
Role
of Primary Care Providers in Prevention of Obesity
Nancy
Warden, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of California,
Davis, Medical Center
2D
Asset-based
Community Development: Steps for Getting Started
Gregory
Shaffer, BS, MA, Faculty, California Asset-Based Community
Development Institute
2E
How
to Influence State and Federal Legislation to Make Child Healthy
Policies
Amy Dean,
MSW, Principal Consultant, Senate Select Committee
on Family, Child and Youth Development
Harold
Goldstein, DrPH, Executive Director, Southern California
Public Health Association
Kenneth
Hecht, Executive Director, California Food Policy Advocates
Carrie
Krueger, EdM, Consultant, Senator Martha Escutia’s Office
2F
How
to Influence the Media and What Can Be Done About It?
Pat
Lyons, RN, MA, Director, Connections Women’s Health Consulting
Janice Parks, BA, Vice President, Social Marketing, Lawrence,
Mayo & Ponder
2G
How
Genetics Influences Obesity
Craig
Warden, PhD, Associate Professor, University of California,
Davis
2H
Access
to Treatment Services
Lakshmi
Dhanvanthari, MD, FAAP, Medical Director of State Sponsored
Programs, Blue Cross of California
David Perin,
MD, Medical Consultant, San Francisco Medi-Cal Field
Office
Christiane
Wert, MPH, RD, Program Director, Kidshape
2I
The
Relationship of Food Insecurity and Childhood Obesity
2J
Funding
Sources for Childhood Obesity Programs
Jose Marquez,
Program Officer, California
Endowment
2K
Building
Self-Esteem and Positive Body Image in Children
Michael
Loewy, PhD, Assistant Professor, San Diego State University
Jennifer
O’Dea, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University
of Sydney, Australia
2L
Addressing
Childhood Obesity in Low-Income Families: The Gap Between Client
and Provider Perceptions
Susan
Sherman, DPA, Kentucky Fit WIC Project and Children’s
Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
2M
Health
Impacts of Dieting in Childhood
Mary Sanders,
PhD, Director, Psychology/Co-Director, Training, Division
of Child Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine
2N
Creating
Linkages to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity: State
and Local Perspectives
Yolanda
Becerra-Jones, Intervention Specialist, Fit WIC Project,
University of California, Berkeley
2O
Fighting
Size Discrimination and Supporting the Fat Child
Sondra
Solovay, JD, Author and Consultant on Weight-Related
Issues
2P
Use
of Community Organizations to Support Healthy Eating and Physical
Activity
Arnell
Hinkle, MPH, RD, Program Director, California Adolescent
Nutrition and Fitness Program
Glovioell
Rowland, PhD, Director of the Body and Soul Program,
Minister and Developmental Psychologist, Pasadena Church of
God
Kirsten
Quigley Siemering, RD, MPH, Nutrition Specialist, University
of California, Berkeley
2Q
Use
and Advantages of the Newly Revised Pediatric Growth Charts
Pat Crawford,
DrPH, Co-Director, Center
for Weight and Health, University of California, Berkeley
Barbara
Emison Gaffield, RD, MS, Nutritionist, Child Development
Center, Children’s Hospital Oakland
2R
Enhanced
School-based Interventions for Obesity Prevention
Brenda
Padilla, MS, Director of Child Nutrition, Department
of Child Nutrition, Vacaville Unified School District
Wendy Slusser,
MD, MS, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of
California, Los Angeles
Leila
Towry, Healthy Schools Coordinator, Urban Environmental
Policy Institute
Community
Empowerment: Steps to Making Success Enduring
Leonard
Syme, PhD, Emeritus Professor
of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, and Director,
Center for Community Wellness
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