UAB Teleconference:
June 4, 2008
10:00 am - 2:00 pm, Pacific Time

PEDIATRIC UPDATE:

Pediatric Update TeleConference
Assessment, Treatment and Environmental Factors that Impact Childhood Obesity

A videotape from this teleconference is available for loan through WA-PNPG. Contact Chair, Melissa Mortensen for a copy. Copies are also available through the State of Washington Department of Health's lending library.

This year's conference will focus on Assessment and Treatment of child and adolescent obesity. Additionally, we will provide sessions on medical and environmental factors that have an impact on children and weight.

Introduction/Moderator
Frank Franklin, MD, MPH, PhD
Professor and Chair, Maternal and Child Health
School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Assessment of the overweight/obese child
Nancy Krebs, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, Section on Nutrition
University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center
Denver, CO

Interventions/Treatments that work
Hollie Raynor, PhD, RD
Clinical Psychologist and Registered Dietitian
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN

Sleep & Obesity in Pediatrics
Chris Makris, MD, MPH
Professor and Director, Pediatric Sleep Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's Hospital
Birmingham, AL

Food Marketing to Children
Margo G. Wootan, D.Sc
Director, Nutrition Policy
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Washington, DC

The national teleconference is sponsored by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau.