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Shaping a Healthy Future

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**Please note change in presenters for
Cooking with Kids post-conference workshop on April 25**

   

Wednesday, April 23 – The Power of the Environment
     
10:00 am – 1:00 pm    Conference Registration
 
1:00 – 1:30 pm Opening and Welcome Celebration
 
1:30 – 2:25 pm From Mindless Eating to Eating Better Mindfully 
Brian Wansink, PhD – Director, Center for Nutrition Policy & Promotion, U.S. Department of Agriculture; and author, professor of marketing, and director of the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University		  
 
2:25 – 2:35 pm In-place stretch break
 
2:35 – 3:30 pm Consuming Kids: How marketing undermines children’s well being and what we can do about it
Susan Linn, EdD – Author, instructor, and associate director of the Media Center of the Judge Baker Children’s Center at Harvard Medical School		  
 
3:30 – 3:55 pm Networking and fitness break
 
4:00 – 4:55 pm Whole, Happy, Healthy Lives: Creating communities that support active living
Dan Burden – Principal with Glatting Jackson (community planning and design) and founder and executive director of Walkable Communities		  
 
5:00 – 5:30 pm Question-and-answer panel with afternoon speakers
 
6:00 – 7:00 pm Reception and Social
 

Thursday, April 24 – Food and Eating: Well Being from the Inside Out
     
6:30 – 7:45 am Continental Breakfast  
     
8:00 – 9:10 am Are Healthy Eaters Born or Made? The development of young children’s eating behavior
Jennifer Orlet Fisher, PhD – Assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center 		 
     
9:15 – 9:40 am Networking and fitness break  
     
9:45 – 10:55 am Welcome to the Table:  Pleasurable family meals
Martha Lindgren Marino, MA, RD, CD - Consultant with nutrition and food communications and Washington State Dairy Council		  
     
11:00 am – 1:30 pm Share Fair: Exhibits, posters, community projects and resources (lunch provided)  
     
2:00 – 3:10 pm Afraid of Cookies? Exploring food-body relationships
Karin Kratina, PhD, MPE, RD, LD/N – Author and nutrition therapist at Nutrition Therapy Associates and University of Florida		  
     
3:15 – 4:25 pm Let’s Get Moving: Walk-the-talk activity time - Physical activities for every fitness level and personal preference led by qualified instructors  
     
4:30 pm Association and interest group meetings  
 
Evening to enjoy Jackson on your own!
     

Friday, April 25 – Shaping Healthy School Environments
     
6:30 – 7:45 am Continental Breakfast  
     
8:00 – 9:10 am Promotion of Physical Activity for Health Enhancement of Youth
Russell Pate, PhD – Associate vice-president for Health Sciences and professor of exercise science at the University of South Carolina		  
     
9:15 – 9:40 am Networking and fitness break  
     
9:45 – 10:55 am Strong Bodies, Smart Minds: Strategies from successful schools
Dayle Hayes, MS RD - Author, educator and director of Nutrition for the Future, Inc. 		 
     
11:00 – 11:10 am Send-off to a Healthy Future  
     
11:15 – 11:30 am Conference Evaluation and Closing  
     

Post-conference workshops – Friday, April 25 – 12:30 - 4:00 p.m. (limit 50 each)

  • Cooking with Kids
    Lynn Walters, MS, and Jane Stacey, BA – Cooking with Kids, Inc.

  • How to be More Influential: Simple Ways to Be an Effective Change Agent
    Pam McCarthy, MS, RD - Pam McCarthy and Associates, Inc.