Upcoming Events

4th Annual Southern Obesity Summit

You are invited to the 4th Annual Southern Obesity Summit
September 12 -14, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia

KEYNOTES AND PANELISTS
Our keynote presenters and panelists in Atlanta include:

• First Lady Michelle Obama (invited)
• Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (invited)
• Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, MD (invited)
• Wayne Giles, MD, Director, Division of Adult & Community Health, NCCDPHP, CDC (invited)
• Jeff Levi, PhD, Executive Director of Trust for America's Health
• Rodney Lyn, PhD, Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Health, Georgia State University
• Janet Murguía, JD, President and CEO, National Council of La Raza (Invited)
• Joe Thompson, MD, MPH, Executive Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity
   
  BREAKOUTS AND WORKSHOPS
  The SOS agenda features presentations and workshops sharing the most innovative policy and environmental change solutions to the obesity epidemic impacting the South.  Speakers include representatives from:
   
  
• Be Active North Carolina-Appalachian State University Partnership
  
• Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems - University of   Missouri-Columbia
• Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
• Cook County Family Connection
• Feeding the Kids Workshops
• Food Trust
• Georgia State University
• Healthy Savannah
• Mississippi State University
• National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
• National Latino Children’s Institute
• The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
• The National Policy & Legal Analysis Network to Prevent Childhood Obesity (NPLAN)
• University of New Mexico – Prevention Research Center
   
  You do not want to miss this exciting opportunity!  Register NOW!  Please see agenda for more information. 
  Early Registration has been extended thru Friday, July 23rd!  Visit www.southernobesitysummit.org
  Lodging provided at the Summit rate of $139.00 + tax at: JW Marriott Buckhead Atlanta  3300 Lenox Road  Atlanta, GA 30326   (404) 262-3344  (To receive this rate, please mention you will be attending the 4th Annual Southern Obesity Summit.  Reservations must be made by Friday, August 27, 2010.)
  Click here to view the 2009 Southern Obesity Summit Call to Action:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6iLSEDI2Vc