Upcoming Events

Obesity Prevention Policy Symposium

July 10-11, 2008

Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AR

AGENDA

Objectives

• To report on and evaluate state team implementation of their policy action plans developed at the October 2007 Policy Symposium on Healthy Eating;
• To review the latest research and best practices in childhood obesity prevention, with emphasis on physical education and activity;
• To understand, recognize, and address the needs and concerns of vulnerable populations; and
• To revise, update, and expand the scope of the state team action plans to include physical education/activity and vulnerable populations.

Thursday, July 10th—Great Hall

9:00 AM          Healthy light breakfast

9:30 AM          Welcome from NASBE

Karabelle Pizziagti,Member, Maryland State Board of Education; NASBE President; Co-Chair of the NASBE Obesity Prevention Project

Brenda Welburn, Executive Director, NASBE

Welcome from NSBA

Brenda Z. Greene,Director School Health Programs, NSBA

                        Purpose and Agenda

Colin Pekruhn,Obesity Prevention Project Director, NASBE

9:45AM           State Team Action Plan Progress Reports

11:00 AM        Break

11:15 AM        Calories In, Calories Out: Call to Action

Dr. Howell Wechsler,Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health

12:00 PM         Lunch

Welcome from Leadership for Healthy Communities

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore,Program Director, Leadership for Healthy Communities, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

12:45PM          Policies for Physical Education and Activity

Charlene Burgeson,Executive Director, National Association for Sport and Physical Education

1:30 PM           Lessons Being Learned From USDA Grants

                        Louise Lapeze, Food & Nutrition Service, USDA

2:15 PM           Organized Recess Break

2:30 PM           Team Planning: Revising Current Action Plan and Adding New Ideas

3:30 PM           Break

3:45 PM           Panel Discussion: National Organizations – Promising Work & Practices

Moderator: Nora Howley,Consultant, NSBA

Ginny Ehrlich,Executive Director, Alliance for a Healthier Generation

Rob Bisceglie,Executive Director, Action for Healthy Kids

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore,Program Director, Leadership for Healthy Communities

4:30 PM           Wrap-Up

5:00 PM           Break

5:30 PM           Guided Tour of the Clinton Library and Presidential Center

7:30 PM           Adjourn

9:00 AM          Healthy light breakfast

Welcome Back

Barbara Fish,Member, West Virginia State Board of Education; Co-Chair of the NASBE Obesity Prevention Project

9:20AM           Panel Discussion: Addressing Vulnerable Populations

Moderator: Nora Howley,Consultant, NSBA

Roel Gonzalez,Superintendent, Rio Grande City CISD

Dr. Jayne Greenberg,Executive Director, Division of Life Skills and Special Projects, Miami-Dade County Public Schools

10:05 AM        State Team Discussion on Addressing Vulnerable Populations

10:35 AM        Organized Recess Break

10:45 AM        Panel Discussion: Arkansas Experience – Successes and Challenges

Moderator: Dr. Martha Phillips, University of Arkansas

Dr. Joseph Thompson, Arkansas Surgeon General

                Herschel Cleveland,Former Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives

Wanda Shockey, Director of Child Nutrition, Arkansas Dept. of Education

11:30 AM        Importance of an Active Living Environment

Dr. James Sallis,Professor, San Diego State University

12:15 PM         Lunch & State Team Action Planning: Final Amendments and Revisions

1:15 PM           Break

1:30 PM           State Team Report-Outs

2:15 PM           Wrap-up and Evaluation

2:30 PM           Adjourn