Agenda

 

Speakers and Abstracts

 

Poster

 

Directions

 

Registration

The Diversity Worskhop "Obesity and Physical Activity among Minority Populations" took place on Monday, June 13, 2005. 150 participants registered from institutions as diverse as East Boston Community Health Center, Joslin Diabetes Center, Massachusetts Public Health Association, Rhode Island Department of Health, Boston Medical Center, Sinai Urban Health Institute in Chicago etc.

The workshop included six individual presentations and a panel discussion: "How can we design culturally accepted behavioral interventions to increase physical activity and improve nutrition among minorities: methodology, successes and challenges?


Panel Discussion

  



Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika, Panel Moderator


Comments from workshop participants:
  • "Great job!"
  • "I enjoyed the presentations and was pleased with the great healthy lunch!"
  • "Very nice range of presentations. Thank you."
  • "I thought all the speakers were amazing and were very clear."
  • "I've been in different workshops and this one has been interesting, balanced and well coordinated."
  • "It was a long day, but I learned a lot and had a great time!"
  • "It was a very insightful workshop."
  • "Kudos for another exceptional workshop!!"
  • "Thank you all very much."
  • "Wonderful!"
  • "The networking I was able to do today was great.
  • Dr. Ranjita Misra, Texas A&M University
    "The Obesity Epidemic in the United States: Prevalence in Minority Populations and Associated Risks for Chronic Diseases".

  • Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
    "Reducing obesity in ethnic minority populations: Concepts and controversies".

  • Dr. Melicia Whitt Glover, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Strategies to Promote Physical Activity in African-Americans.
    "Behavioral Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Among African Americans".

  • Dr. Rakale Collins Quarells, Social Epidemiology Research Center, Morehouse School of Medicine.
    "Reducing Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Black Families: The F.I.G.H.T. for Life Study".

  • Dr. Cassandra Arroyo, Morehouse School of Medicine
    "Modifiable Risk Factor Trends in US Hispanics by SES and Hispanic subgroup: 1997-2003".

  • Dr. Steve Gortmaker, Harvard School of Public Health
    "Planet Health: The Prevention of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity Through School-Based Intervention".

  • Dr. Lilian Cheung, Harvard School of Public Health
    "Eat Well and Keep Moving An Integrated School Based Program Promoting Nutrition and Physical Activity in Upper Elementary Schools".

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    Welcome Remarks by Dean James Ware

    Networking Lunch Between Students, Speakers and Participants

    The workshop was sponsored by the Department of Biostatistics. Funding is provided by the National Institutes of Health (grant numbers 1-R25-GM55353 and 5-T35-ES07293), Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.