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Healthy Ohio Forum on Childhood Obesity Prevention--Presentations

  • Keynote Address by William Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Part 1  Part 2  Part 3

 

Understanding the Problem: The Health and Economic Consequences of Childhood Obesity

  • Moderator: Leona Cuttler, M.D., Director, the Center for Child Health and Policy, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
  • Ellen Rome, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Chief of Staff and Section Head, Adolescent Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
  • Barbara Burns, Carrollton High School Wellness Team Member; and Emily Burns and Jen Podratz, Student Representatives, Carrollton High School’s Teen Advocates for Health Awareness   Part 1   Part 2

 

Healthy Students: Making Policy Changes to Support Sustainability in Schools

 

Creating Healthy Communities: Making Change Happen

  • Jolene Molitoris, Assistant Director, Ohio Department of Transportation
  • Meghan Estes, Director of Health Promotion, Steps to a Healthier Cleveland
  • Renee Mahaffey Harris, Executive Director of Administration, Center for Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati

 

What Are Other States Doing? Strategic Policy, Environment and System Changes to Reduce Childhood Obesity

  • Yael Lehmann, Executive Director, The Food Trust, Philadelphia, PA

 

Moving Obesity Prevention Forward in Ohio: Building Coalitions and Defining Action Steps to Create Solutions for Progress

  • For Your Health Ohio (FYHO)
    • Mary Beth Thaman, Director, Recreation Department, City of Kettering and FYHO Leadership Team
    • Laura Rooney, MPH, Executive Director of Community Health and Wellness, YMCA of Central Ohio and FYHO Leadership Team 
  • Action for Healthy Kids
    • Jan Meyer, Regional Support and Development Consultant, Action for Healthy Kids
            

9/25/08