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Please
join us for "Preventing
Obesity in an Obesogenic Society: Targeting the Adolescent Population"
to be held on October 29th 2002 in Seattle at the Urban
Horticulture Center.
The
Society for Public
Health Education (SOPHE) is hosting this program at the Center
for Urban Horticulture, Seattle, Washington; 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 pm.
It will examine the obesity epidemic currently confronting our nation
and the multitude of factors that contribute to this public health
crisis.
The
keynote speaker will be Marion Nestle,
PhD, MPH. Dr. Nestle is the author of Food Politics:
How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, and coauthor
of the article Halting
the obesity epidemic: a public health policy approach. Her
research focuses on analysis of the scientific, social, cultural,
and economic factors that influence the development, implementation,
and acceptance of federal dietary guideline policies. Other speakers
will discuss issues relevant to multiple disciplines, including
medicine, nursing, dietetics, teaching, and health education.
The
increasing prevalence of obesity in our society affects the work
of so many professions that topics and speakers have been selected
to benefit physicians, nurses, dietitians, teachers, health educators.
REGISTRATION
& EVENT FEES:
$45
Students
$60 SOPHE members
$90 Non-SOPHE members
NOTE:
A SOPHE one-year membership
is $30.
Continuing
education credits will be offered for CHES, RD, and CEARP.
**
To register for the conference, please download the conference
registration form. **
CONFERENCE
SPONSORS:
Bellevue
YMCA
Children's
Hospital and Regional MedicalCenter
Comprehensive
Health Education Foundation
Exercise Express
Group Health Community Foundation
New
Lifestyles, Inc.
Office of Health Promotion,
Department of Health
UW
Center for Public Health Nutrition
UW
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
CONFERENCE
PLANNING COMMITTEE:
SOPHE
Program Co-chairs:
Keven
Mosley-Koehler, Group Health Community Foundation
Laura
Johnson, Group Health Cooperative
Caroline
McNaughton Tittel, UW Center for Public Health Nutrition
Christina
Gallagher, Bellevue YMCA
Elizabeth
Cartwright Fiddler, NW Obesity Prevention Project
Eric
Nelson, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Kelly
Culbert
Linda
Schwartz, Bicycle Alliance of Washington
Patty
Hencz, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Stephanie
Hillman, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Susan
Haws, UW Social Development Research Group
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