Weight of the Nation
The Weight of the Nation conference is designed to provide a forum to highlight progress in the prevention and control of obesity through policy and environmental strategies.
Next week, July 27-29, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity (DNPAO) will host Weight of the Nation
, its inaugural conference on obesity prevention and control. The forum will highlight progress in addressing obesity through policy and environmental strategies, and anyone can participate through live webcasts and satellite broadcasts of key sessions. Also, anyone can follow conference events and happenings on Twitter. View tweets by visiting @CDC_eHealth. Use the hash tag #won09 for your conference-related tweets or to search for what others are saying.
To view a live webcast or satellite broadcast:
Registration: www.adph.org/alphtn
Cost: There is no cost to view.
Satellite: C band (analog). Coordinates available upon registration.
Webcast: Watch with RealPlayer or Windows Media Player. Test your computer with the "test connection link" at www.adph.org/alphtn.
Audio: To listen by phone, call 1-888-557-8511. Enter access code 972-1530 #.
Press # again to listen to the conference.
On Demand: Available August 14, 2009, at www.adph.org/alphtn.
Webcast or Satellite Details Questions: Call: 334-206-5618 • E-mail: alphtn@adph.state.al.us.
Live Webcast or Satellite Viewing Plenary Sessions
Monday, July 27, 2009 (All Times Eastern)
12:45 – 1:30 pm — Report on Cost Burden of Obesity
1:30 – 2:30 pm — Improving Health Outcomes: Integrating Obesity Prevention in Health Reform
3:00 – 4:00 pm — Nexus between Transportation and Obesity Prevention
4:20 – 5:20 pm — Nexus between Food Systems and Obesity Prevention
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 (All Times Eastern)
12:45 – 2:30 pm — Collaboration Fosters Healthy Places and Healthy People
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 (All Times Eastern)
10:00 – 11:00 am — Innovative Policy Initiatives at the Local Level
11:15 – 12:15 pm — Focusing State Health Departments on Obesity Prevention
12:30 – 1:45 pm — Improving Access to Healthy Places and Healthy Foods – Impact of Federal Legislation on Obesity Prevention and Control
Already on Twitter?
Tweet about the insights you gain, references others should check out, and your experiences at the Weight of the Nation conference. Be sure and use the hash tag #won09 to keep track of the developing conversation. Please note: cell phone charges may apply.
Haven’t Joined Twitter Yet?
Visit http://search.twitter.com/ and search Weight of the Nation or #won09 to follow the conversation and learn how you can contribute by joining Twitter. Please note: cell phone charges may apply.
After the Conference
Be sure and search Twitter at Weight of the Nation or the #won09 hash tag to review the public record of the conversation.
Weight of the Nation is designed to provide a forum to highlight progress in the prevention and control of obesity through policy and environmental strategies and is framed around four intervention settings: community, medical care, school, and the workplace. The conference objectives include:
- Highlight strategies that overcome barriers to the primary prevention of obesity for youth and adults in communities, medical care, schools, and workplaces.
- Provide economic analysis of obesity prevention and control efforts (e.g., cost burden of obesity on the health care system and employers, and cost effectiveness of prevention).
- Provide forum to share promising, emerging, and best practices for setting specific policy and environmental initiatives impacting obesity.
- Highlight the use of law-based efforts to prevent and control obesity (e.g., legislation, regulation and policies).
Planning for the conference is being done in consultation with the CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health; the CDC Division of Adult and Community Health; the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Nutrition Directors (ASTPHND); the Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE); and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD).
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