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The IOM, in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico, will convene a two-day workshop to explore common issues and the potential for collaboration in the area of preventing childhood obesity in populations of Mexican origin.
From the perspective of the U.S. and Mexico, workshop presentations will consider the nature of the problem, current policies and program to address it, lessons learned from current interventions, and potential public policy approaches.
The workshop is scheduled to take place May 3-4, 2006 at the National Institute of Public Health (Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica) in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Planning Group:
Reynaldo Martorell, Ph.D., Chair
Robert W. Woodruff Professor of International Nutrition Chair, Department of Global Health The Rollins School of Public Health Emory University Atlanta, GA
Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H.
Vice President for Academic Health Affairs Woodruff Health Sciences Center Emory University Atlanta, GA
Juan Rivera Dommarco, Ph.D.
Director, Nutrition and Health Research Center (Centro de Investigacion en Nutricion y Salud) National Institute of Public Health (Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica) Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico
Maria Oria, Ph.D.
Study Director
Institute of Medicine
Washington, DC
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