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2013 Let's Move the Needle on Childhood Obesity: Welcoming Remarks

The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia is very pleased to co-host the 3rd Annual Let's Move the Needle on Childhood Obesity event with Inova health System to help shine a light on the issue of childhood obesity and inspire action to address it.
 
Eileen Ellsworth is the President of the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia.

2013 Let's Move the Needle on Childhood Obesity: Opening Panel Discussion

Advocating Through Policy Panel...
Moderator: David P. Ascher, MD, MBA
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Inova Children's Hospital
 

Panelists:
Sandy Evans, Fairfax County Public School Board Member
Carolyn M. Custard, Director, Office of Student Services, Prince William County Schools
August Schumacher, Jr., Executive Vice President of Policy, Wholesome Wave
Laura Horne, MPH, CHES, Senior Program Analyst, National Association of County and City Health Officials

 

2013 Let's Move the Needle on Childhood Obesity: TED Style Talks

Policy Makers and Policy Influencers...
Moderator: Tricia Rodgers, Chair, Alexandria Childhood Obesity Action Network; Program Officer, Northern Virginia Health Foundation

Samuel Stebbins, MD, MPH - Arlington County Public Health Division Public and School Health Physician
Danny Saggese, Director of Marketing for the Virginia Foundation for Healthy, Chair of Prevention Connection with Julie Welch, Y Street Leadership Team
Alyia Smith-Parker, Anti-Hunger Program and Policy Associate, D.C. Hunger Solutions
Penny E. McConnell MS,RDN,SNS, Director, Food and Nutrition Services, Fairfax County Public Schools

2013 Let's Move the Needle on Childhood Obesity: Keynote

Denice Cora-Bramble, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, Ambulatory and Community Health Services Children's National Medical Center;
Professor of Pediatrics
George Washington University

 

In her roles at Children's National Medical Center, Dr. Cora-Bramble leads all regional ambulatory clinical operations to include eight pediatric sub-specialty regional outpatient centers, two emergency departments, seven general pediatrics health centers, nine pediatric practices, seven school-based health centers & three mobile medical units. Dr. Cora-Bramble directs the physician business enterprise at Children's National focused on quality outcomes, operational efficiency, patient satisfaction, access to timely services, fiscal responsibility and shared accountability. She also leads the strategic alliance, vaccine group purchasing contracts and other activities of the Children's National Health Network which includes more than 1,400 providers in six states.
After finishing a Bachelor of Science degree at George Washington University Dr. Cora-Bramble completed her medical and pediatric residency training at Howard University and a Master in Business Administration with a concentration in Medical Services Management from Johns Hopkins University. Her professional development also included a three year W.K. Kellogg Foundation Leadership fellowship. Dr. Cora-Bramble has held several leadership positions at the George Washington University Medical Center and the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Dr. Cora-Bramble is a Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and a Diplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics. She is the recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Johns Hopkins University and the 2009 Health Care Delivery Award from
the Academic Pediatric Association. In 2007 she received the highest national honor in community pediatric education, the Academic Pediatric Association and American Academy of Pediatrics' National Pediatric Community Teaching Award. Her work in community pediatrics was featured in the Advocate for Children section of the national pediatric journal, Contemporary Pediatrics and she has lectured throughout the US, in Europe, South America and the Middle East.

2013 Let's Move the Needle on Childhood Obesity Awards

Eileen Ellsworth, President, Community Foundation for Northern Virginia:

With so many wonderful programs up and running in our region, Inova and the Community Foundation wanted to keep the momentum going.  So in 2012 we announced a new awards opportunity– the annual “Let’s Move the Needle on Childhood Obesity Awards.”

Programs that are based in or sponsored by schools, nonprofits, faith based organizations, businesses, local government agencies, or other community based organizations in Northern Virginia were eligible to apply.  A nominated program was judged on three criteria:

1. Did it encourage more activity and/or encourage better nutrition for children?
2. Did it inspire healthier living for children?
3. Did it create real, tangible and measureable results?

We decided to select three winners, each of whom will receive an award of $2,000 to help further grown and promote their programs. We also choose three runners – up, each of whom will also receive a cash award of $500 for their programs.  The cash prizes for the winners were made possible by contributions from Inova and the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, and the cash prizes for the runners – up were made possible by a grant from the Nishida Fund, a donor advised fund at the Community Foundation.

We collected 20 nominations and had a very difficult time selecting 6 finalists.  Of those 6 finalists, three are winners.  So now, I would like to call up the three runners up and ask you all to help me recognize them for their terrific programs. Then, I will call up the three winners to receive their award.

 

 

First Lady joins her first ever Google+ Hangout

Mrs. Obama highlighted great progress being made in schools, towns and businesses across America. She also announced several new programs that will help families make healthier choices and will enable our kids to be more physically active, including a new MyPlate partnership that identifies recipes that meet USDA nutrition standards on the largest food sites on the web, and the launch of Let's Move Active Schools, which empowers schools to find free or low-cost ways to incorporate movement before, during, and after the school day. On Monday, March 4th at 11:10 a.m. ET, the celebration continued as the First Lady joins her first ever Google+ Hangout. Mrs. Obama participated in a completely virtual conversation from the Blue Room of the White House, speaking with families from around the country. The hangout was moderated by Kelly Ripa, co-host of LIVE with Kelly and Michael. Note: Video starts at minute 13.

 

The Weight of the Nation: http://theweightofthenation.hbo.com/

PART 3: Children in Crisis Childhood obesity is much more than a cosmetic concern. The health consequences of childhood obesity include greater risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma and other serious illnesses. The combination of these health effects and the dramatic increase in childhood obesity rates over the past three decades causes some experts to fear this may be the first generation of American children who will have a shorter life expectancy than their parents.