Leadership for Healthy Communities - Healthy Eating, Active Living D.C. 2010: Implementing a Citywide Obesity Plan

Healthy Eating, Active Living D.C. 2010: Implementing a Citywide Obesity Plan

PowerPoint Presentations from Selected Sessions

This policy institute hosted by Leadership for Healthy Communities, entitled "Healthy Eating, Active Living D.C. 2010: Implementing Citywide Policies to Prevent Obesity," took place on May 10-11, 2010, in Washington, D.C. It was focused on the implementation of the District of Columbia’s Overweight and Obesity Action Plan.

Presentations from selected sessions can be downloaded by clicking on the links below.

Welcome and Opening Remarks: The Importance of Obesity Prevention
Pierre Vigilance, M.D., M.P.H., Director, District of Columbia Department of Health; LaQuandra Nesbitt, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Deputy Director, Community Health Administration, District of Columbia Department of Health

Obesity Prevention in Washington, D.C.: Making the District a Model for the Nation
Harriet Tregoning, Director, District of Columbia Office of Planning

Replicating What Works: Focus on Best Practices
Ben Thomases, M.B.A., Food Policy Coordinator, City of New York

Laura Benavidez, M.B.A., Deputy Director, Food Services, Los Angeles Unified School District