Making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice

South Carolina Facts

Obesity-related medical expenditures for adults in SC total over $1 billion – half is financed by Medicaid and Medicare.

2011 Obesity Prevention Summit

Building Leadership for Healthy Communities

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Medallion Center, Columbia

 

and plan to join Eat Smart, Move More SC for an education forum on obesity prevention in South Carolina.  Presented in partnership with several statewide organizations, the event will provide an interactive and engaging look at best practices for obesity prevention with intensive tracts on schools, worksites, communities, faith centers, childcare centers and health care.

If you are a professional in the area of public health, healthcare, education, nutrition, physical activity, the media or simply interested in what you can do in your community, plan to attend the 2010 SC Obesity Prevention Summit.

Featured Speaker:

Cost:

$49.00 ($25 for full time students)

Agenda

8:00 – 8:45 am Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibits
8.45 – 10:15 am Welcoming Remarks, Eat Smart, Move More SC Update,  the State of the State; Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity in SC, SC Success Stories
10:30 – 11:45 am Breakout Sessions

  1. Schools: Navigating and Negotiating Physical Activity in Schools
  2. Community: Walking, Biking and Active Living
  3. Worksite: Policies and Environmental Changes to Improve Physical Activity at Work
  4. Faith: Promoting Inter-generational Physical Activity to Build Health Equity
  5. Child Care: Eat Smart, Move More: Grow Healthy Toolkit Initiative: Physical Activity
  6. Health Care: Exercise is Medicine
12:00 – 1:00 pm Networking Lunch and Learn
Participants will be provided with a boxed lunch and will choose among a variety of topics presented for discussion, sharing of successes and brainstorming solutions to challenges.
1:15 – 2:30 pm Breakout Sessions

  1. Schools: Navigating and Negotiating Healthy Food Choices in Schools
  2. Community: Increasing Access to Locally Grown Foods
  3. Worksite: Policies and Environmental Changes to Improve Healthy Eating at Work
  4. Faith: Promoting a Curlture of Healthy Eating Across Generations
  5. Child Care: Eat Smart, Move More Grow Healthy Toolkit Initiative: Healthy Eating
  6. Health Care: SC’s Approach to the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
2:45 – 3:45 pm The Affordable Care Act’s Prevention and Public Health Fund in Your Community:A panel discussion incorporating federal, state and local perspectives on how the ACA can improve SC communities, schools, worksites and health care

Please click here to be directed to the Registration Link