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AACORN Members Featured in Presentation at 2010 National Medical Association Conference

Active Living Research grantee and 2010 AACORN Affiliate, Dr. Keshia Pollack, presented at the National Medical Association's 2010 Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly on July 31st in Orlando, FL. The presentation, "Practitioners as Advocates: Promoting Environmental and Policy Change to Increase Physical Activity and Decrease Obesity among Low-Income and African-American Children" featured research by Dr. Pollack, Dr. Wendell Taylor*, and Dr. Antronette "Toni" Yancey*. The session feaurured a wealth of information of interest to health care professionals and anyone who works with children and families regarding advocating for environmental and policy changes that can encourage physical activity. (*AACORN Members)

AACORN Member Featured in RWJF Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity Special Webinar to Launch National Physical Activity Plan

On Monday, April 26, 2010, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity (RWJF Center) held a special webinar in preparation for the launch of the National Physical Activity Plan and corresponding Instant RecessŪ breaks.
The special hour-long session, Increasing Physical Activity in America, offered specific information on how you can participate in the launch of the National Physical Activity Plan and continue to be involved in its implementation. Speakers explained the concept of how to make the active choice the easy choice, and discussed opportunities to carry out these practices in schools and worksites.

Numerous events are scheduled to accompany the official launch of the National Physical Activity Plan on Monday, May 3 -- including the kick-off of three months of Instant RecessŪ breaks, which will be broadcast nationally five days a week by radio station WPFW and the National Pacifica Foundation's stations and affiliates.

Increasing Physical Activity in America featured presentations from members of the National Physical Activity Plan's Coordinating Committee:

• Russell Pate, Ph.D. -- Associate Vice President for Health Sciences in the Office of Research and Health Sciences, Professor in the Department of Exercise Science, and Director of the Children's Physical Activity Research Group in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina.
• James F. Sallis, Ph.D. -- Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University and Director for Active Living Research.
• Antronette Yancey, M.D., M.P.H. -- Professor at the UCLA School of Public Health, Co-Director for the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity, and Member of the Board of Directors for Partnership for a Healthier America. (*AACORN Member)
• Paula Card Higginson (Moderator) -- Deputy Director, RWJF Center and Associate Director, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
  

Click here to view a copy of the Powerpoint presentation.

For more information about future RWJF Center webinar series, visit: www.reversechildhoodobesity.org.