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Workshop Agenda
Advancing Obesity Solutions Through Investments
in the Built Environment: A Workshop
Roundtable on Obesity Solutions
September 12, 2017
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Lecture Room
Workshop Goals
The overall goals of the 1-day workshop are to improve understanding of the roles built environment policies and practices play in the prevention and treatment of obesity and to identify promising strategies in multiple sectors that can be scaled up to create more healthful and equitable environments. Built environment topics to be considered include urban planning and design, transportation systems, parks and recreation, and food systems.
The workshop will
- introduce attendees to evidence-based principles of designing built environments to support health and reduce the risk of obesity;
- describe examples of successful multisector strategies (policies, programs, projects, and public investments) that are creating health-promoting built environments;
- discuss approaches for ensuring that built environment strategies improve health equity and environmental justice;
- discuss strategies by which promising, effective, and equitable built environment strategies to improve health can be scaled up and institutionalized; and
- discuss who should be involved and next steps.
8:30 AM | WELCOME AND SETTING THE STAGE |
Bill Purcell, Chair, Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, former Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee | |
Jim Sallis, Workshop Planning Committee Member, University of California, San Diego | |
8:45 AM | SESSION 1: Built Environments, Obesity, and Health Overview |
Moderator: Governor Parris Glendening, Smart Growth America | |
Rodrigo Reis, Washington University in St. Louis | |
Karen Glanz, University of Pennsylvania | |
Daniel Rodríguez, University of California, Berkeley | |
9:30 AM | MODERATED DISCUSSION |
10:00 AM | PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BREAK |
10:30 AM | SESSION 2: Progress in Improving Built Environments—Examples from Communities and Cities |
Moderator: Bill Purcell | |
Michelle Nance, Centralina Council of Governments | |
Leslie Meehan, Tennessee Department of Health | |
Cathy Costakis, Montana State University | |
11:30 AM | MODERATED DISCUSSION |
12:00 PM | LUNCH |
1:00 PM | SESSION 3: Challenging and Promising Strategies for Achieving Equitably Healthy Environments |
Moderator: Shiriki Kumanyika, Drexel University | |
James Siegal, KaBOOM! | |
Kimi Watkins-Tartt, Alameda County Public Health Department | |
Sara Hammerschmidt, Urban Land Institute | |
Shai Lauros, LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation) National | |
3:00 PM | PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BREAK |
3:30 PM | SESSION 4: Opportunities for Action |
Moderator: Monica Hobbs Vinluan, Robert Wood | |
Johnson Foundation | |
Janet Fulton, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
Steve Lavrenz, Institute of Transportation Engineers | |
Patricia Smith, Reinvestment Fund | |
Ken Wilson, Perkins+Will | |
4:30 PM | ADJOURN |
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