Health Care Series Web-Assisted Audioconferences - 2008

Health related Web-Assisted Audioconferences for 2008 are listed on this page as information becomes available.  Please check back if you do not see an event that you are interested in, as the page is updated frequently. To view or register for other NCSL web events, visit http://www.ncsl.org/public/registration/mtg_reg.htm?mtg=wc020808.

Focusing on Food and Fitness:  State Strategies for Healthy Communities and Economic Development

Friday, February 8, 2008
12 noon-1:00pm EST/11am-12:00pm CST/10am-11:00am MST/9am-10:00am PST
 

Free archive for this webcast is available here.  This webcast was produced by WebEx.

This webcast will provide listeners with a state legislative perspective on increasing nutritious food and fitness options and how they are intertwined with economic development in our communities. Many states are looking at ways to increase access to nutritious food, build physical activity into daily routines, with safe pedestrian walkways, parks, and recreation, especially in low-income neighborhoods. Healthy food and fitness options are also seen as a way to address Americans' growing girth - 66 million Americans are overweight or obese - and help prevent diabetes, heart disease and stroke, and other chronic conditions.    

Speakers: 
Michael Hamm, PhD: C.S. Mott Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, Michigan State University
Tracey Giang, Program Manager: The Food Trust, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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