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Comprehensive symposium by Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities addresses healthy eating
March 2, 2011
The Arnold School of Public Health's Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities is sponsoring a symposium Friday, March 18, on the nationally compelling challenges of poor diet and physical activity.
Participants should register for attendance by March 10 for the event, titled "Healthy Eating in Context: The Role of the Political, Physical, Economic and Social Structures in Nutrition." The program, which is free and open to the public, will be at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Early registration is required.
Arnold faculty and affiliated researchers have achieved national recognition for their contributions in nutrition environment and policy. Since improving diets and boosting physical activity through education alone have proven difficult, it has become increasingly urgent to develop and institute additional policy and environmental approaches, said Dr. Angela Liese, director of the Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities.
Program Schedule
Opening and Welcome
8:45 a.m.: Dr. Angela Liese, Director, Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, and Dr. Stephen Kresovich, Vice President, Office of Research and Graduate Education
Session One: Food Environment, Access, and Behavior
9 a.m.: Introduction
9:05 a.m.: Dr. Darcy Freedman, College of Social Work, "Developing a Theory of Food Access"
9:20 a.m.: Dr. Natalie Colabianchi, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, "Won't You Be My Neighbor? Understanding Neighborhood Boundaries and Their Salience to Physical Activity and Healthy Eating"
9:35 a.m.: Dr. Ruth Saunders, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, "Conceptualizing, Implementing, and Monitoring Structural Health Promotion Interventions in Organizational Settings"
9:50 a.m.: Dr. Angela Liese, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, "Discussant Food Environment, Access, and Behavior"
10:10 a.m.: General Discussion (Moderator, Dr. Angela Liese)
Session Two: Innovations in Environmental Measurement and Methods
10:45 a.m.: James Hibbert, Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, "Prediction of Shopping Behavior Using a Huff Model within a GIS Framework"
11 a.m.: Dr. Bethany Bell, College of Education, "The Impact of Small Cluster Size on Multi-Level Models: A Monte Carlo Examination of Two-Level Models with Binary and Continuous Predictors"
11:15 a.m.: Dr. Kuldar Taveter, College of Engineering and Computer Science, "Enhancing Healthy Eating by Intelligent Digital Assistants"
11:30 a.m.: General Discussion (Moderator, Dr. Angela Liese)
Networking Lunch and Poster Presentations (11:40 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
Session Three: Families and Food
1:10 p.m.: Introduction
1:15 p.m.: Dr. Dawn Wilson-King, Department of Psychology, "A Family Systems Approach for Understanding Youth Obesity, Dietary, and Physical Activity Programs"
1:30 p.m.: Dr. Christine Blake, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, "Parents' Use of Food Choice Coping Strategies; Associations with Work and Family Conditions and Dietary Quality"
1:45 p.m.: Dr. Jihong Liu, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, "Higher Generational and Acculturation Status Are Associated with Poorer Diet and Greater Body Weight among Mexican-American Adolescents"
2 p.m.: Dr. Edward Frongillo, Chair, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, "Understanding Experiences of Children and Parents in Food-Insecure Families"
2:20 p.m.: General Discussion (Moderator, Dr. Edward Frongillo)
Session Four: Policy Environments
2:50 p.m.: Introduction
2:55 p.m.: Dr. Michael Beets, Department of Exercise Science, "Nutritional Policies and Standards for Snacks Served in Afterschool Programs"
3:10 p.m.: Dr. Melayne McInnis, Moore School of Business, "Taxing Sin Vs. Subsidizing Virtue: An Experimental Study of the Impact on Nutritional Content of Food Purchases"
3:25 p.m.: Dr. Kevin Bennett, School of Medicine, "Obesity among Working Age Adults: The Role of County Level Persistent Poverty in Rural Disparities"
3:40 p.m.: Dr. Sonya Jones, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior
4 p.m.: General Discussion (Moderator, Dr. Sonya Jones)
Closing Remarks
4:10 p.m.: Patricia Moore-Pastides, First Lady, University of South Carolina
For more information about the event, call Dr. Holly Pope, the center's director of communications, at 803-556-1122.
Visit http://nutritioncenter.sph.sc.edu/ to register for the symposium.
