Preliminary Program subject to change
All-Academy Symposium: Combating Obesity in K-12 Learners
StructureNational Association for Sport and Physical Education
DescriptionCombating obesity in school-aged children is the focus of this session. The session will highlight initiatives for reducing childhood obesity. Initiatives will be analyzed and interpreted from the viewpoint of specialists in each of NASPE's eight research academies.
Panelists:Felicia Cavallini, Limestone College, Gaffney, SC
Gregory Welk, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Tristan L. Wallhead, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Jacqueline D. Goodway, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Claudia Guedes, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Melicia Whitt-Glover, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC
H. Scott Strohmeyer, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO
Speaker:Ginny Ehrlich, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Portland, OR

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