Texas! Bringing Healthy Back
Statewide Obesity Partner Meeting & Summit:
Policy & Environmental Change in Practice
AT&TConferenceCenter - University of Texas – Austin, TX
July 13 – 16, 2009
Evening Reception & Texas Obesity Partner Meeting on the State Plan
July 13 & 14 respectively, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009, 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Texas Obesity Partners Reception
5:00-6:00pNetworking Social - Live Texas music provided by The Cornell Hurd Band
6:00pWelcome & Charge – Mary Guzman, Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity Prevention Program, DSHS with Susan Anderson, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity, CDC Atlanta
Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 8:00am – 12:45pm
8:00a-11:45aTexas Obesity Partner Meeting for the Revision of the Strategic Plan for the Prevention of Obesity in Texas: 2005-2010
12:00-12:45pLunch
Partner meeting concludes – Official Start of Summit begins following lunch at 1:00pm – Plenary in Main Amphitheater
Texas! Bringing Healthy Back
Statewide Obesity Partner Meeting & Summit:
Policy & Environmental Change in Practice
AT&TConferenceCenter - University of Texas – Austin, TX
July 13 – 16, 2009
Statewide Obesity Summit: Policy & Environmental Change in Practice
July 14 – 16, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 1:00pm – 5:30pm
Framing the Message to Texas: The Need for Policy and Environmental Change
1:00 – 1:30pWelcome and Opening Address to Texas Obesity Partners – David Lakey, MD, Commissioner of Health; and Mary Guzman, Nutrition, Physical Activity & Obesity Prevention Program, Texas Department of State Health Services
1:30-2:30pThe Strategic Alliance of California: Promoting Healthy Foods & Active Environments - Leslie Mikkelsen, Managing Director, The Strategic Alliance, Prevention Institute, Oakland, California
2:30-3:45pPrescription for a Healthy Nation: A New Approach to Improving Our Lives by Fixing Our Everyday World – Tom Farley, MD, Author of “Prescription for a Healthy Nation” and Chair of the Community Health Sciences Department at TulaneUniversitySchool of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
3:45-4:00pBreak
4:00-5:15pPolicy & Environmental Change in Practice in Public Health –Dileep Bal, District Health Officer for theIsland of Kauai, HawaiiDepartment of Health
5:15-5:30pWrap up – Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention Program, DSHS
Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 8:30a – 5:30p
Physical Activity/Active Living and the Built Environment
8:30-9:45aIncreasing Physical Activity and ReducingTelevision Viewing – Evidence for Obesity Prevention and Approaches for Policy & Environmental Change –
Jackie Epping, MED, Lead Public Health Scientist and Team Lead for Guidelines and Recommendations team of the Physical Activity & Health Branch, DNPAO, CDC, Atlanta, GA; and
Natalie Clifton, MED, CHES, Physical Activity Coordinator, Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity Prevention Program, DSHSAustin
10:00-11:15aPlanning for Active Living Communities – Robert Ogilvie, Director, Planning for Healthy Places, Public Health Policy and Law
11:30a-12:30pBreakout Sessions I
1. Activate Attleboro - Ed Poirier, Family Wellness Specialist, Attleboro YMCA
2. National Complete StreetsCoalition -Roger Henderson, Senior Transportation Practice Builder, Henderson Consulting, LLC
3. Safe Routes to School, Mark Fenton
12:45-2:00pLunch
2:00-3:00pGenerating Physical Activity Through Our Built Environment, Mark Fenton
3:15-4:15pBreakout Session II
1. Mueller/Steps to a Healthier Austin – Rick Schwertfeger, Health
Program Manager, AustinTravisCounty
2. Trinity Strand Trail - Dallas– Shelly White, Executive Director, Trinity Strand Trail
3. Lower RGV Trails Network(Los Caminos Del Rio)–Eric Ellman, Executive Director, Los Caminos Del Rio
4:30-5:15pNetworking/Roundtable Discussion
5:15-5:30pWrap Up
Thursday, July 16, 2009, 8:30a – 5:00p
Healthy Eating and the Nutrition Environment
7:30-8:30aContinental breakfast
8:30-9:45aNutrition Strategies – Evidence for Obesity Prevention and Approaches for Policy & Environmental Change –
Joel Kimmons, PhD, DNPAO, CDC, Atlanta, GA; and
Tracie Wood, MS, RD, LD, Nutrition Coordinator, Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity Prevention Program, DSHSAustin
10:00-11:15aPlanning for Healthy Food Communities – Hannah Burton Laurison, Senior Associate for Economic Development, Planning for Healthy Places, Public Health Law and Policy
11:30a-12:30pLunch
12:45-2:00pPolicy Approaches to Healthy Eating – Michael Jacobson, Executive Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest
2:15-3:15pBreakout Session I
- California menu labeling bill –Stefan Harvey,Assistant Director,
CaliforniaCenter for Public Health Advocacy
- Oklahoma Farm to School Program – Chris Kirby, Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
3. Washington Trucking Study -David Bobanick,Executive Director, Rotary First Harvest
3:30-4:30pBreakout Session II
1. Urban Roots–Max Elliot or Mike Evans, Program Co-coordinator
2. Sustainable FoodCenter – Andrew Smiley, Farm Direct Projects Director
3. Baby Café – Libby Berkeley, TexasTechUniversityHealthScienceCenter – El Paso
4:45-5:00pClosing Plenary – Adolfo Valadez, MD, MPH, Assistant Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services
Summit concludesat ~5:00pm - Plenary in Main Amphitheater