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National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality’s Annual Forum for Improving Children’s Healthcare and Childhood Obesity Congress
Mar 8 2010 - Mar 11 2010
Atlanta, Georgia

 

The Childhood Obesity Congress will be held on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The full-day event will feature more than 10 session offerings on best practices in childhood obesity assessment, prevention and treatment.

Register by Friday, January 15th to take advantage of the early bird discount rates!
 

For more information on conference sessions visit: www.nichq.org/conferences_training/annual_forum_2010/ObesityCongress.html

USDA Farm to School: Opportunities to Increase Local Food in School Meals
Mar 10 2010
Online Webinar

 

The USDA Farm to School Team is holding its first webinar to introduce the Farm to School Team. They welcome state agencies, school food service administrators, farmers, and others interested in learning about the commitment USDA offers to Farm to School.

USDA will discuss the Farm to School Team’s mission and goals for 2010, available resources, grant opportunities, and answer questions you may have regarding Farm to School. 

When: March 10, 2010

Time: 3:00pm-4:00 p.m. Eastern

To participate in this webinar, please indicate your intent by COB, Monday, March 8, 2010 by registering online.

Global Health & Innovation Conference
Apr 17 2010 - Apr 18 2010
Yale University, New Haven, CT

 

This conference is presented by Unite For Sight, 7th Annual Conference
 

The Global Health & Innovation Conference convenes more than 2,200 students and professionals from 55 countries who are interested in global health and international development, public health, medicine, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, philanthropy, microfinance, human rights, anthropology, health policy, advocacy, public service, environmental health, and education.

For registration information and details, visit: www.uniteforsight.org/conference

Rx for Healthy Places (CNU Annual Congress), Atlanta, Georgia
May 19 2010 - May 22 2010

http://www.activelivingbydesign.org/events-resources/events-conferences/rx-healthy-places-cnu-annual-congress

Fourth Annual Southern Obesity Summit
Sep 12 2010 - Sep 14 2010
Atlanta, GA

The Fourth Annual Summit will provide attendees with strategies and tools to use in their work to reverse the obesity epidemic in their community.

Overall summit objectives:

• Promote cross-sector collaboration and partnerships to prevent obesity;
• Provide opportunities for practitioners to share successful policy and community-based intervention strategies;
• Define a Southern strategy to encourage effective inter-state initiatives and collaboration.

The Southern Obesity Summit Planning Committee invites proposals for breakout sessions for the summit.

Please visit the Southern Obesity Summit website: www.southernobesitysummit.org for more information about the conference or to access the proposal form. 

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