Workshop on the Public Health Effects of Food Deserts
January 26-27, 2009
Keck Center of The National Academies
500 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC
Keck 100
Monday, January 26
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8:00 a.m. |
Registration and check-in |
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8:30-8:40 |
Welcome and introductory remarks Barry Popkin, Planning committee chair |
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8:40-9:00 |
Congressionally mandated study of food deserts: Work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service Laurian Unnevehr and Shelly Ver Ploeg, USDA Economic Research Service |
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9:00-9:10 |
Overview of workshop Barry Popkin, Chair |
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9:10-9:30 |
National overview of demographics and socioeconomic status Lisa Powell, University of Illinois at Chicago |
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Appendix B
Workshop Agenda
Workshop on the Public Health Effects of Food Deserts
January 26-27, 2009
Keck Center of The National Academies
500 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC
Keck 100
Monday, January
8:00 a.m. Registration and check-in
8:30-8:40 Welcome and introductory remarks
Barry Popkin, Planning committee chair
8:40-9:00 Congressionally mandated study of food deserts: Work
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic
Research Service
Laurian Unnevehr and Shelly Ver Ploeg, USDA Economic
Research Service
9:00-9:10 Overview of workshop
Barry Popkin, Chair
SESSION 1: Measuring “food deserts”: Demography and
the dynamics of food accessibility, availability,
affordability, and quality
9:10-9:30 National overview of demographics and socioeconomic
status
Lisa Powell, University of Illinois at Chicago
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9:30-9:50 Urban food deserts: Perspective from Chicago and Detroit
Mari Gallagher, Mari Gallagher Research and Consulting
Group
9:50-10:10 Rural food deserts: Perspective from rural Texas
Joseph Sharkey, Texas A&M University
10:10-10:30 The current and future dynamics of the food shopping
environment
Ephraim Leibtag, USDA Economic Research Service
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Moderated Panel Discussion
Moderator: Heidi Blanck, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention & Health Promotion
11:45-1:00 Lunch on your own
SESSION 2: Challenges in identifying causal effects of food
environment on health
1:00-1:20 A view from an epidemiological approach
Ana Diez Roux, University of Michigan
1:20-1:40 A view from a geospatial approach
Steven Cummins, University of London
1:40-2:00 A view from an economic approach
Yan Song, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:00-2:45 Moderated Panel Discussion
Moderator: Jill Reedy, National Cancer Institute, National
Institutes of Health (NIH)
2:45-3:00 Public Comment Period
3:00-3:15 Break
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SESSION 3: The potential health consequences of changes to diet
3:15-3:35 Effects of select dietary factors on obesity
Richard Mattes, Purdue University
3:35-3:55 Effects of select dietary factors on cardiovascular diseases
and cancer
Frank Hu, Harvard School of Public Health
3:55-4:45 Moderated Panel Discussion
Moderator: Wendy Johnson-Askew, National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
4:45-5:00 Wrap-up for the day
Barry Popkin, Chair
5:00 Adjourn
5:00-6:00 Conversation and light refreshments
Tuesday, January
8:00 a.m. Registration and check-in
8:30-8:40 Welcome and overview of day 2 of the workshop
Barry Popkin, Planning committee chair
SESSION 4: Changing food deserts: Lessons from current
intervention research
8:40-9:00 Overview of efforts to change the food environment
Joel Gittelsohn, Johns Hopkins University
9:00-9:20 Effect of introducing new supermarkets
Neil Wrigley, University of Southampton
9:20-9:40 Intervening in small Hispanic grocery stores (tiendas)
Guadalupe
Guadalupe �Suchi�� Ayala, San Diego State University
9:40-9:50 Break to set up videoconference
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9:50-10:10 Developing and supporting farmers markets
Andrew Smiley, Sustainable Food Center (via videoconference)
10:10-10:30 Break
10:30-11:30 Moderated Panel Discussion
Moderator: Terry Huang, National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development, NIH
11:30-1:00 Lunch on your own
SESSION 5: Policy and program options to increase food
accessibility in a dynamic food environment
1:00-1:15 Top-down approach—New York as a case study
Cathy Nonas, New York City Department of Health & Mental
Hygiene
1:15-1:30 Bottom-up approach
John Weidman, The Food Trust
1:30-1:45 Community-level food environment
Andy Fisher, Food Security Coalition
1:45-2:00 Evaluation of the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program) and WIC (Women, Infants, and
Children) pilot program changes
August Schumacher, Jr., Kellogg Foundation
2:00-2:15 How do grocers site store locations?
Bill Drake, Cornell University
2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:15 Moderated Panel Discussion
Moderator: Robin McKinnon, National Cancer Institute, NIH
3:15-3:45 Break
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APPENDIX B
SESSION 6: Research gaps and needs
(To provide input about gaps and future research needs, please submit
notecards to staff by 2:30 p.m. prior to the panel discussion in session 5.)
3:45-4:15 Summary of research gaps and needs discussed
at workshop and standards needed for evaluating
interventions
Robin McKinnon, National Cancer Institute, NIH
4:15-4:30 Closing remarks
Barry Popkin, Chair
4:30 Adjourn
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