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Public Health Policy Change Series Webinar: Healthy Kids, Healthy Child Care (Webinar)

  • Tuesday, June 19, 2012 (10:00AM - 11:00AM)
  • Free
  • Webinar
The Healthy Kids, Healthy Child Care Webinar will cover the current science, as well as both intervention and policy strategies to promote healthy eating and physical activity in the child care setting. Presenters will cover the current state of the research, including opportunities for improvement and research gaps. In addition, presenters will outline existing intervention-based resources and promising interventions being used around the country. Finally, presenters will analyze state and local approaches to policy change within the child care setting.

Speakers:
  • Sara Benjamin Neelon, PhD, MPH, RD, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center & Duke Global Health Institute
  • Elizabeth Walker, Senior Director, Health Improvement, The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
  • Natasha Frost, Staff Attorney, Public Health Law Center
Moderator:
  • Kimberly F. Stitzel, MS, RD, Vice-President, Nutrition and Obesity Strategies, Consumer Health, American Heart Association National Center

Please register to attend this webinar.