264 School Based Obesity Approaches

Wednesday, April 1, 2009: 3:15 PM-5:15 PM
Tampa Convention Center: 1-2
AAHE/Plan Strategies/Interventions/Programs
Presider: Susan Cross Lipnickey, Miami University, Oxford, OH
A project exploring the potential for school-based obesity prevention/reduction in a New York county suggested many voices needed to be considered in planning, and that these voices did not often agree – explore the voices. Also, learn how to work with schools to implement Coordinated School Health- the levels of collaboration, the successes, the challenges, and the factors impacting long-term sustainability.
Do Many Voices Create “Mission Impossible” for Obesity Prevention?
Bonni C. Hodges and Jill Murphy, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY
Creating Change in Schools-Coordinated School Health
Cheri Thomas1, Janis Lake1, Bonnie Bailer2 and Chad Fenwick1, (1)Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA, (2)Northridge Hospital, Northridge, CA