Sponsored by the Institute of Medicine’s Food and Nutrition Board.
Monday, April 22, 2013
3:00 PM–5:00 PM
Chairs
Linda Meyers, PhD, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC
Suzanne P. Murphy, PhD, RD, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI
Presentations
The Food and Nutrition Board in 2013: What’s New and What’s Next?, Suzanne P. Murphy, PhD, RD, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI
SNAP Benefits: Can an Adequate Benefit be Defined? Examining the Evidence, Julie Caswell, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Physical Fitness: How Should it be Measured?, Russell Pate, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Obesity Prevention: Where do we Stand?, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Open Discussion and Closing Remarks