Agenda
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome
Jeff Koplan, Vice President for Global Health and Director
Global Health Institute
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
IOM Standing Committee Chair
9:15 – 9:30
Dick Gephardt, Former U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader
9:30 – 10:00 The Scale of the Problem: Obesity in the UK and the US
Moderator: Jeff Koplan
Klim McPherson, Visiting Professor of Public Health Epidemiology
Oxford University, United Kingdom
Chair of the National Heart Forum, United Kingdom
Cynthia Ogden, Epidemiologist
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10:00 – 10:25 Government Structure: US and UK
Moderator: Bill Dietz, Director
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Workshop Planning Committee Chair
Anne Jackson, Director for Child Wellbeing
Department for Children, Schools, and Families, United Kingdom
Jeff Koplan
10:25 – 10:30 Physical Activity Break
10:30 – 12:00 Obesity Prevention Policy Actions Initiated in the US and UK
Moderator: Tom Robinson, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
IOM Standing Committee member
Panel 1 – School Meal Policy:
Judy Hargadon, Director
School Food Trust, United Kingdom
Julie Paradis, Administrator
Food and Nutrition Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Panel 2 – Physical Activity and the Built Environment:
Harriet Tregoning, Director, Planning Office
Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Washington, DC
Peter Ashcroft, Regional Physical Activity Lead
Department of Health Southwest, United Kingdom
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 3:15 Obesity Prevention Policy Actions Initiated in the US and UK
Moderator: Shiriki Kumanyika, Associate Dean
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
IOM Standing Committee member
Panel 3 – National Programs and Policies:
Kevin Concannon, Undersecretary
United States Department of Agriculture
Tim Smith, CEO
Food Standards Agency, United Kingdom
Dana Carr, Director
Health, Mental Health, Environmental Health, & Physical Education Team
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
United States Department of Education
Susan Jebb, Head of Nutrition and Health Research
Medical Research Council
Collaborative Centre for Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK
Panel 4 – Local Policies and Perspectives:
Lynn Silver, Assistant Health Commissioner
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Jonathan E. Fielding, Director of Public Health and Health Officer
Department of Health Services, Los Angeles County, CA
Chip Johnson, Mayor
City of Hernando, Mississippi
3:15 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:15 Open Discussion
Policies and Gaps: Opportunities for Collaboration
Moderator: Jeff Koplan
Bill Dietz
Anne Jackson
Peter Ashcroft
Ailsa McGinty, Policy and Stakeholder Manager
Cross Government Obesity Team
Department of Health, United Kingdom
4:15 – 4:30 Summary and Closing Remarks
Bill Dietz
4:30 Adjourn
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