WORKSHOP ON MEASUREMENT STRATEGIES FOR ACCELERATING PROGRESS IN OBESITY PREVENTION
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies 100 Academy Way, Irvine, CA March 23-24, 2011
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(1) Explore and understand the ways that measurement techniques, strategies, and data sources can impede and/or promote acceleration of progress toward prevention of obesity. |
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(2) Understand what additional knowledge regarding assessments of environments and policies is needed to measure progress in obesity prevention. |
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DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 |
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| 12:00 pm | Welcome and Opening Remarks William Purcell,* Harvard University |
| 12:15 | PANEL I: The Physical Activity, Inactivity, and Built Environments: Current and Potential Sources of Measures for Assessing Progress in Obesity Prevention |
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Moderator: Bill Kohl,* University of Texas School of Public Health and University of Texas, Austin |
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*Member of the IOM Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention.
| 1:30 | PANEL II: The Food and Nutrition Environments: Current and Potential Sources of Measures for Assessing Progress in Obesity Prevention |
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Moderator: Steven H. Kelder,* University of Texas School of Public Health-Austin |
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| 2:45 | BREAK |
| 3:00 | PANEL III: Cross-Cutting Issues: Current and Potential Sources of Measures for Assessing Progress in Obesity Prevention |
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Moderator: Patricia B. Crawford,* University of California, Berkeley |
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Robert M. Malina, University of Texas, Austin, and Tarleton State University |
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Robin McKinnon, National Cancer Institute |
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Roland Sturm, RAND |
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| 4:30 | ADJOURN |
DAY 2: THURSDAY, MARCH 24 |
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| 8:30 am | Welcome and Recap of Day 1 |
| William Purcell,* Harvard University | |
| 8:45 | PANEL IV: Marketing and Industry Measures and Evaluations |
| Moderator: Ellen Wartella,* Northwestern University | |
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Victoria Rideout,* VJR Consulting |
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Shu Wen Ng, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
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(via web) |
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Robert C. Hornik, University of Pennsylvania (via web) |
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| 10:15 | BREAK |
| 10:30 | PANEL V: State and Community Reach |
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Moderator: Eduardo J. Sanchez,* Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas |
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Maya Rockeymoore, Global Policy Solutions and Leadership for Healthy Communities |
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Laura Kettel Khan, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Amy A. Eyler, Washington University (via web) |
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Jamie Chriqui,* University of Illinois, Chicago |
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Brian Cole, University of California, Los Angeles |
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| 12:45 pm | LUNCH |
| 1:45 | PANEL VI: Disparities and Measurement |
| Moderator: Shiriki Kumanyika,* University of Pennsylvania | |
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Sarah Samuels, Samuels & Associates |
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Carlos J. Crespo, Portland State University |
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Sonya Grier, American University |
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| 3:30 | BREAK |
| 3:40 | CLOSING SESSION: Themes of the Workshop and Next Steps |
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Robin McKinnon, National Cancer Institute |
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| 4:00 | ADJOURN |
