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Who Is Winning the Childhood Obesity Battle?

Thursday, October 7, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (ET)

Boston, MA

Who Is Winning the Childhood Obesity Battle?

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Who Is Winning the Childhood Obesity Battle?


Dr. Dong-Chul Seo, Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Health Science at Indiana University; Dr. Marlene Schwartz of the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at Yale University; Karen Voci, Executive Director of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Foundation; and Dr. Frank Robinson, Executive Director of Partners for a Healthier Community, join Dr. Chris Economos, the new Balance Chair of Childhood Nutrition at Tufts University's Friedman School of Nutrition to discuss which policies on childhood obesity are effective, as well as whether calorie-counting, food labeling and junk food taxes are fair to those who are not at risk for obesity.  At the heart of the discussion lie the questions: what is causing obesity, who is responsible for policing it, and what are the unintended consequences of the methods we’ve tried thus far?


Thursday, October 7, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University

 

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C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
55 Temple St.
Boston, MA 02114

Thursday, October 7, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (ET)


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