Obesity and the Built Environment: Improving Public Health Through Community Design When: May 2426, 2004 Where: Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC Institute: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) This conference will examine how buildings and other constructed parts of our environment contribute to obesity. This happens in various ways, such as facilitating access to food and reducing the need for physical activity. The conference will investigate how environmental health research and interventions can address the public health problem of obesity. Who Should Attend? - Academicians from schools of public health, architecture, planning, medicine, and nursing.
- Representatives of environment, health, planning, and transportation agencies of federal, state, and local governments.
- Advocacy and public health professional organizations and associations.
- Community and business leaders.
- Policy makers, urban planners, communication specialists, health educators, physicians, nurses, and public health practitioners.
Next Steps For further information, please visit www.niehs.nih.gov/drcpt/beoconf.
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