Keynote Presentations
These presentations were given by national experts appearing as keynote speakers at CLOCC Quarterly Meetings.
- A Systems Approach to Childhood Obesity
by Terry Huang, PhD, MPH, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Presented March 21, 2012
- Linking Community and Clinical Obesity Work: What's New and
Next Steps
by Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD, MPH, CLOCC
Presented December 14, 2011
- Making the Case for Health with Media Advocacy
by Fernando Quintero, Berkeley Media Studies Group
Presented September 14, 2011
- Childhood Obesity: What's Hunger Got to Do with It?
by Barbara A. Laraia, RD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Presented March 8, 2011
- School Environments and Policies to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
by Mary Story, PhD, RD, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Presented December 15, 2010
- Contributions of Public Parks to Physical Activity and Health: Recent Findings and Research Needs
by Myron F. Floyd, PhD, North Carolina State University
Presented June 15, 2010
- Research and Evidence in Obesity Prevention: Getting It "Right"
by Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, University of Pennsylvania
Presented March 17, 2010
- Early Early Factors in Childhood Obesity
by Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD, MPH, CLOCC
Presented December 9, 2009
- The Community Food Environment Around Low-Income Children
by June Tester, MD, MPH, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Presented September 16, 2009
- Faithful Families
by David E. Hall, MPH, MDiv, North Carolina State University and North Carolina Division of
Public Health
Presented June 1, 2009
- Evaluation Is For Everyone: Assembling Evidence From Childhood Obesity Prevention
Research and Practice
by Laura K. Brennan, PhD, MPH, Transtria
Presented March 11, 2009
- School Wellness: Progress or Promise?
by Sarah Titzer, MHA, Action for Healthy Kids
Presented on June 16, 2008
- Application of a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Reduce Health Disparities
by Angela Reyes, MPH, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation and
Barbara A. Israel, DrPH, MPH, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Presented March 27, 2008
- The Built Environment and Obesity
by Jeanette Gustat, PhD, MPH, Tulane University School of Public Health
Presented September 17, 2007
- Healthy Weight at Child Care: The NAP SACC Project
by Dianne Ward, EdD, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina School of
Public Health
Presented September 12, 2006
- New York State's Approach to Fighting Childhood Obesity
by Barbara A. Dennison, MD, New York State Department of Health
Presented June 6, 2006
- The Economic Causes and Consequences of Obesity
by Eric Finkelstein, PhD, Research Triangle Institute
Presented June 7, 2005
- The US Obesity Epidemic: Causes, Issues,
and Action Plan
by Steven Blair, President, CEO Cooper Institute
Presented March 3, 2005
- The Overweight Epidemic in Children and Youth in the United States:
Causes and Opportunities for Prevention
by Steven Gortmaker, PhD, Harvard University School of Public Health
Presented December 3, 2003
- Quality of Life of Obese Children: A Race with the CLOCC
by Jeffrey B. Schwimmer, MD
Presented June 4, 2003
