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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.

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