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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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8:00 am - 8:30 am
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8:30 am - 11:30 am
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- Understand what a collaborative approach to tacking obesity entails and why this model is necessary for success
- Learn how to achieve buy-in from public, private and competing stakeholders whose mission is to improve local population health
- Prepare a plan and set the stage for a multi-stakeholder dialogue about prevention in your community
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| Lead Instructor: |
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Andrew Webber
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Business Coalition on Health

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John M. Clymer
Senior Advisor
Alliance for the Healthiest Nation

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James M. Galloway, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA
Assistant Surgeon General and Regional Health Administrator
Region V, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

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Philip Smeltzer
Strategic Consultant for Wellness and Health Promotion Advisor, Obesity Clinical Care Team
Humana

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11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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12:30 pm - 12:40 pm
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Christine C. Ferguson, JD
Director, STOP Obesity Alliance;
Research Professor, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services

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12:40 pm - 1:10 pm
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- Has the Obama Administration and Congress sufficiently and urgently addressed the obesity epidemic?
- What new local, state, and federal prevention and wellness initiatives have taken root in the last year?
- What is our responsibility as a nation to alter the trajectory of this chronic disease and its co-morbid complications?
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Joseph W. Thompson, MD, MPH
Surgeon General, State of Arkansas;
Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity;
Director, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
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1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
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- Uncover how evidence-based population health strategies are being employed to effectively battle obesity
- Learn strategies on how to eliminate duplicated efforts and avoid repetitive mistakes
- Achieve a measurable ROI through outcomes measurement: Discover why stakeholder buy-in for recording and utilizing outcomes data is a key driver for success
- Examine how grand funding plays a critical role in facilitating these initiatives in a recovering economy
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| Moderator: TBD |
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Dora Barilla, DrPH, MPH, CHES
Executive Director, Center for Health Policy and Leadership, Loma Linda University;
Founder and Executive Director, Partners for Better Health; Director, Healthy Ontario, Healthy Communities Movement

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Renee R. Brownstein
Associate Director, Human Resources, Benefits, Health and Wellness
Rochester Institute of Technology

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Durand 'Rudy' Macklin
Director, Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals;
Louisiana State Coordinator, National Society for Physical Activity Practitioners in Public Health (NSPAPPH)
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2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
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4:30 pm - 5:15 pm
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- Understand the relationship between obesity and numerous cardiac and metabolic diseases
- Establish a new Obesity Medicine physician credential with separate board certification
- Mandate a strategic plan of advocacy for coverage and reimbursements to support this physician base
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Robert F. Kushner, MD, FACP
President, The Obesity Society;
Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

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Clyde W. Yancy, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP
President-Elect, American Heart Association;
Medical Director, Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute;
Chief, Cardiothoracic Transplantation, Baylor University Medical Center

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5:15 pm - 6:15 pm
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- Preview the 2010 HHS food and physical activity guidelines for a healthier nation
- Hear successful strategies for increasing health literacy now before nation-wide PHR mandates are a reality tomorrow
- Learn how to implement new preventative strategies in medical and community settings to comply with guidelines
- Utilize consumer education as a tool: How to increase engagement and treatment adherence through consumer-driven educational platforms
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William H. Dietz, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (NCCDPHP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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RADM Penelope Slade-Sawyer, PT, MSW, USPHS
Director, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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6:15 pm - 6:20 pm
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6:20 pm - 7:15 pm
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