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Katherine Flegal, PhD, MPH, Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal weight-related surveillance data: what, where and how (868 KB pdf)

Susan Mattingly, MS, RD, Children's Medical Services Branch, California Department of Health Services

Sharon Sugerman, MS, RD, Manager, Research and Evaluation Unit, California Department of Health Services

Anne Seeley, Physical Activity and Health Initiative, California Department of Health Services

Christine Cherdboonmuang, Project Co-Coordinator, Berkeley Ecology Center

Andy Fisher, Community Food Security Coalitio

Kenneth Hecht, Executive Director, California Food Policy Advocates

Healthy Kids and Healthy Choices: Three USDA Tools to Promote Nutrition and Physical Activity (3559 KB pdf)

handout (263 KB pdf)

Melisa Di Tano, MPH, Nutritionist, Food and Nutrition Service,USDA Western Regional Office

Jan Lewis, MA, RD, Nutrition Services Division,
California Department of Education

Karen Ratcliff, MA, RD, Sierra Cascade Project LEAN Coordinator, Community Health Division, Shasta County Department of Public Health

Robin Hamre, MPH, RD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Obesity Prevention Through Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs (6723 KB pdf)

Faye Wong, MPH, RD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.VERBnow.com Parents:http://www.VERBparents.com
Youth: http://www.cdc.gov/youthcampaign

Edith Thomas, PhD, National Program Leader, Nutrition and Food Security in the Families, 4-H and Nutrition Unit of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Nutrition, Diet, and Health Base Program - Reversing Childhood Obesity Trends: Helping Children Achieve Healthy Weights (115 KB pdf) Status Report (164 KB pdf)

Pat Crawford, DrPH, RD, Co-Director, UC Berkeley Center for Weight and Health How Cooperative Extension is Collaborating to Reverse Trends in Childhood Obesity (or getting more for your money!) (637 KB pdf)

Gloria Espinosa-Hall, MPH, RD, Nutrition, Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension Shasta/Trinity Children and Weight in Shasta & Trinity Counties (1904 KB pdf)

Mary Fuji, MS, RD, University of California Cooperative Extension Contra Costa County County-based Response to Children and Weight Issues (435 KB pdf)

Diane Metz, BA, University of California Cooperative Extension Solano County Moving People to Action (751 KB pdf)

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Karen Peterson, ScD, RD, Harvard School of Public Health Sugar-sweetened Beverages and Obesity: Evidence and Opportunities for Action (305 KB pdf)

Amanda Purcell, MPH, California Project LEAN, Food on the Run, California Department of Health Services

Lisa Harnack, DrPH, RD, Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota

Amethyst Cureg, MD, FAAP, Acting Maternal and Child Health Chief, County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency

Esther Meyers, PhD, RD, FADA, Director, Scientific Affairs and Research, The American Dietetic Association Activities Addressing Healthy Weight for Children (160 KB pdf)

Pat Crawford, DrPH, RD, Co-Director, UC Berkeley Center for Weight and Health APHA Resolution on Child Obesity - a model for success (739 KB pdf)

Joanne Ikeda, MA, RD, Co-Director, UC Berkeley Center for Weight and Health, Nutritional Science and Toxicology

Patricia Lyons, MA, RN, Author, Educator, Researcher,
Connections Women's Health Consulting

Connie Sobczak, BA, Executive Director, The Body Positive of California

Michael Pouliot, BS, Fresno County Office of Education

Robert Wilkins, CEO and President, YMCA of the East Bay YMCA Feelin' Good YMCA StepUp (88 KB pdf)

Anna Zacher, MPH, Children's Hospital and Health Center, San Diego Safe Routes to School Programs as a Means to Increase Physical Activity in Children (242 KB pdf)

Amy Beckstrom, Coordinator, Food and Nutrition Services,
Hawthorne Elementary School District

Innovative Approaches in WIC: Improving the Diets of Low Income Families (1013 KB pdf)

Linnea Sallack, MPH, RD, Chief, Nutrition Programs, WIC Branch, California Department of Health Services

Mandeep Punia, MS, RD, Senior Nutritionist, WIC Branch, California Department of Health Services

Kim Wade, Food Bank of Northern California Food Banks and Childhood Obesity (89 KB pdf)

Lakshmi Dhanvanthri, MD, FAACP, Medical Director,
State Sponsored Programs, Blue Cross of California

Judy Cook, MD, Public Health Medical Officer III, Children's Medical Services Branch, California Department of Health Services Summary of Benefits and Regulations(76 KB pdf) Pertinent State Regulations (50 KB pdf)

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Veenu Aulakh, MPH, Senior Project Manager, Regional Health Education; and Scott Gee, MD, Medical Director, Prevention and Health Information, Kaiser Permanente Overweight Children: A Population Based Approach to Prevention and Treatment (811 KB pdf)

Wendy Slusser, MD, MS, University of California, Los Angeles,
Schools of Medicine and Public Health Obesity Prevention in Health Care Settings (308 KB pdf)

Katrina Holt, MPH, MS, RD, Georgetown University, Public Policy Institute

Kevin Patrick, MD, MS, San Diego State University

Cynthia Ogden, PhD, National Center for Health Statistics,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention What growth charts are and what they are not

Gail Woodward-Lopez, MPH, RD, UC Berkeley Center for Weight and Health BMI and Public Policy (1321 KB pdf)

Virginia Chomitz, PhD, Senior Scientist, Institute for Community Health

Peggy Agron, MA, RD, Program Chief, Project LEAN,
California Department of Health Services Using Media Issues to Address Childhood Obesity Issues (190 KB pdf)

Sonja Herbert, MPH, Berkeley Media Studies Nutrition News Coverage (77 KB pdf)

Gary Feldman, MD, Riverside County Health Department Models of County Health Department Leadership to Decrease Childhood Obesity (459 KB pdf)

Eloisa Gonzalez, MD, MPH, Los Angeles County Health Department Models of County Health Department Leadership in Child Obesity Prevention (645 KB pdf)

Michael MacLean, MD, Tulare County Health Department Overweight Children (233 KB pdf)

Stefan Harvey, California Center for Public Health Advocacy

Jessica Reich, California Food Policy Advocates Childhood Overweight and Hunger: Co-existing Problems, Co-existing Solutions (161 KB pdf)

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Master of Ceremonies: Linnea Sallack, MPH, RD, Chief, Nutrition Programs, WIC Branch, California Department of Health Services

"Obesity Prevention Policy: A Comprehensive Approach"
Leslie Mikkelsen, MPH, RD, Managing Director of Prevention Institute http://www.preventioninstitute.org/

"Obesity Prevention Policy: Navigating Uncharted Waters"
Andrea Margolis, MSPH, Consultant to Senate Health and Human Services Committee

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Adam Drewnowski, Director, Center for Public Health Nutrition; and Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Medicine, University of Washington

Lorrene Ritchie, PhD, RD, UC Berkeley Center for Weight and Health Determinants of Overweight in Children: Implications for Intervention (681 KB pdf)

Craig Warden, PhD, Rowe Genetics, University of California, Davis

Naomi Butler, BS, Food on the Run Coordinator,
San Diego State University Foundation, California Project LEAN

Eugenia Lau, RD, SFNS, Oakland Unified School District Childhood Obesity Prevention in Schools - handout (76 KB pdf)

Jennifer Robertson, MS, RD, Public Health Nutrition Consultant,
California Project LEAN Helping School Boards Enact Policies that Support Healthy Eating (287 KB pdf)

Peggy Agron, MA, RD, Program Chief, Project LEAN,
California Department of Health Services

Harold Goldstein, DrPH, California Center for Public Health Advocacy An Epidemic: Overweight and Unfit Children in California Assembly Districts (4076 KB pdf)

Arnell Hinkle, MPH, RD, California Adolescent
Nutrition and Fitness Program (CANFIT) CANfit is P.H.A.T! (202 KB pdf) handout (94 KB pdf)

Antronette Yancey, MD, MPH, School of Public Health,
University of California, Los Angeles

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Tanya Garbolino, MBA, Marketing Manager, California Children's 5-A-Day Power-Play Campaign: A Social Marketing Approach to Improving the Health of California's Kids (1286 KB pdf)

Karen Peterson, ScD, RD, Harvard School of Public Health Methods and Results of a School-based Interdisciplinary Intervention to Reduce Obesity in Youth (312 KB pdf)

Michelle Pecchinino, MA, RD, Merced College

Paul Rosengard, BA, The SPARK Programs, San Diego State University

Jane Heinig, PhD, IBCLC, Assistant Research Nutritionist,
Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis Breastfeeding Advocacy in California (433 KB pdf)

Kathryn Dewey, PhD, Professor, Department of Nutrition,
University of California, Davis Is Breastfeeding Protective Against Childhood Obesity (1180 KB pdf)

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Ann Albright, PhD, RD, Chief Diabetes Control Program

Jan Ozias, PhD, RN, Texas Department of Health

Edward Livingston, MD, UCLA School of Medicine

Dennis Styne, MD, PhD, UC Davis School of Medicine Medication and Lifestyle Change for the Therapy of Childhood Obesity (2039 KB pdf)

Nancy Warden, MD, UC Davis Department of Pediatric Medicine

Antronette Yancey, MD, MPH, School of Public Health,
University of California, Los Angeles

Poppy Strode, MS, MPH, RD, Public Health Nutrition Consultant, WIC Branch, California Department of Health Services Walking the Talk: Program Staff as Role Models for Families (702 KB pdf) handout (93 KB pdf)

Katherine Alaimo, PhD, RD, Associate Evaluation Director, Prevention Research Center, University of Michigan School of Public Health Socioeconomic Status, Food Security,
and Obesity: Lessons from NHANES III (350 KB pdf)

Donna Matheson, PhD, Youth Studies Group, Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, Stanford University School of Medicine

Marilyn Townsend, PhD, Department of Nutrition, UC Davis Hunger, food insecurity and obesity: A connection? (490 KB pdf)

Geanne Lyons, MPH, Childhood Obesity Prevention Initiative,
California Department of Health Services Designing a pilot intervention to reduce tv viewing in "tweens" (648 KB pdf)

Karen Peterson, ScD, RD, Harvard School of Public Health Television Viewing in Obesity Prevention and Control in Youth: Lessons from Planet Health (799 KB pdf)

Marta Luna Wilde, MEd, Stanford University

Janice LeBeuf, MPH, Project Director, North Carolina Healthy Weight Initiative, Child Youth Branch, North Carolina Division of Public Health Moving our Children Toward Healthy Weight (946 KB pdf)

Annie Carr, MS, RD, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Statewide Approaches to Prevent Childhood Obesity (335 KB PDF)

Deanna Hoelscher, PhD, RD, LD, CNS, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences & Nutrition, Human Nutrition Center, University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health Everything is Bigger in Texas: Addressing Childhood Obesity in the Lone Star State (1842 KB pdf)

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Cindy Zedeck, MA, Stanford Pediatric Weight Control Program

T. Kristian von Almen, PhD, Committed to Kids

Naomi Neufeld, MD, Founder and Medical Director, Kidshape® Foundation

Christiane Wert Rivard, MPH, RD, Program Director and Head Pediatric Nutritionist, Kidshape® Foundation

Hector Balcazar, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center

Leanne Birch, PhD, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University

Judith Levine, RD, MS, Author and Nutritionist, American Heart Association

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Francine Ratner Kaufman, MD, Head, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism; Director, the Comprehensive Childhood Diabetes Center, Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California; and President, American Diabetes Association

Allan Ng, Regional Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, Western Region, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Eric Bost, MA, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services,U.S. Department of Agriculture

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