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Thu, Dec 8, 2005 -- 9:00 AM
Obesity in Young People
Forum discusses new studies detailing increases in obesity in young people as a result of a lack of exercise and diet.
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Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Gail Woodward-Lopez, associate director at the Center for Weight and Health at UC Berkeley
- Marion Nestle, the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, author of several works on health and nutrition, including "Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health"
- Theresa Hastert, research associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
- Timothy Johnson, executive director of Team Up for Youth
- Tom Torlakson, State Senator for District 7 and currently working with the governor on SB559, a bill concerned with the enforcement of current PE laws and enhancement of quality within existing PE programs