The Crisis of Childhood Obesity: Is It Reversible? - Audio
On Thursday, April 3, 2008, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia in collaboration with PhillyHealthInfo.org; its Section on Public Health and Preventive Medicine; and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Public Health & Science, Region III presented The Crisis of Childhood Obesity: Is It Reversible? featuring Keynote Speaker: Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH, Acting Surgeon General, United States Department of Health. To listen to audio from the presentations, use the players below.
Part 1 of the audio recording includes introductions by George M. Wohlreich, MD, Director & CEO, The Thomas W. Langfitt Chair, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and presentations by:
- Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson, MD, MPH, Acting Surgeon General, United States Department of Health;
- Donald F. Schwarz, MD, MPH, Deputy Mayor, Health & Opportunity and Health Commissioner, Philadelphia Department of Public Health;
- and Calvin B. Johnson, MD, MPH, Secretary of Health, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Part 2 of the audio recording contains presentations by:
- Vanessa Briggs, MBA, RD, LDN, Executive Director, Health Promotion Council;
- Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University, Principal Investigator, Philadelphia GROW Project;
- Arthur C. Evans, PhD, Acting Commissioner, Department of Human Services and Director, Department of Behavioral Health & Mental Retardation Services, City of Philadelphia;
- and Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, JD, Executive Director, National Nursing Centers Consortium.
For slides from the various presenters Powerpoint presentations, use the links below:
Galson - Healthy Youth for a Health Future
Schwarz - Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Briggs - Philadelphia Urban Food & Fitness Alliance (PUFFA)