Obesity Forum 2011
Community and Clinical Approaches to Preventing Obesity Across the Lifespan
Thursday, September 8; 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Presentations: (some presensations are not currently availalbe, but will be available soon)
Update from the 2010 Forum
Kelli Seals, MPH, Washoe County Health District
Review of Obesity Data Over the Life Span
Nageshwara Gullapalli, MD, FACP, UNR School of Medicine
Supporting Active Living throught Policy, Environment and System Change
Monica Lounsbery, PhD, UNLV
The State of the State and the State of the Nation
Tracy Green, MD, Nevada State Health Division
Clinical Track
Effective Interventions in the Clinical Setting: Engaging & Empowering Patients {1} {2}
Doina Kulick, MD, MS, UNR School of Medicine
Michael Bloch, MD, UNR School of Medicine, Saint Mary's
Breaking the Obesity Cycle: Understanding the Origins in the Maternal/Infant Dyad
Kent Sasse, MD, MPH, FACS, FACRS, Western Surgical Group, UNR School of Medicine
Screening and Management of Obesity
Raymond Plodkowski, MD, UNR School of Medicine, Reno Vetrans Affairs Medical Center
Obesity Across the Lifespan: Trends, Impacts and Action
Quang Ngyen, DO, UNR School of Medicine
Beyond Inactivity & Unhealthy Diets: Unsusual Determinants of Obesity {1} {2}
Barbara Cox, RD, ABC Nutrition Services
A. Bhargava, MD, Sleep Medicine Center, UNR School of Medicine
Community Track
Strategies to Reduce Obesity from Our Front Porch to Our State Capital
Christopher Roller, American Heart Association
Age Appropriate Interventions in Preschool and the Before/After School Setting {1} {2}
Demise Benson, Washoe County School District
Yolanda Ortega-Gammill, Yo's Kitchen Counter
Mental, Behavioral and Social Health Implications of Overweight and/or Obesity
Brandon Keppner, MS-IOP, Center for Hope of the Sierras
The Physical Design of Communities and the Relationship to Obesity
Chad Giesinger, AICP, Washoe County Community Develpment Department
