USDA Highlights from the NIFA Childhood Obesity Prevention Program

Recorded Tuesday, August 2, 2016. 
Moderators: Deirdra N. Chester, PhD, RDN; Mallory M. Koenings, PhD, RDN, National Institute of Food and Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition
Speakers: Janice Emerson, PhD, Tennessee State University; Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, PhD, RD, FAND, Rutgers University; Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD, University of Illinois; Marian Fitzgibbon, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago; Sheryl Hughes, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine; Deborah John, PhD, Oregon State University; Julie Lumeng, MD, University of Michigan; Jessica Meendering, PhD, EP-C, South Dakota State University
This session will provide highlights from the research portfolio of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) competitive grants program – Childhood Obesity Prevention. Learning Objectives:

1.  Articulate new knowledge of behavioral, social, cultural and/or environmental factors that influence childhood obesity.Describe the impacts of family, peer, community and/or school based interventions for preventing childhood obesity.