Public Health Grand Rounds stresses importance of healthy behaviors for kids
| June 11, 2007 | |
Photograph of Grand Rounds poster
The importance of establishing healthy behaviors during childhood instead of attempting to change unhealthy behaviors during adulthood is the subject of a Friday, June 15, broadcast, a collaboration of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. “Coordinated Approach to Child Health: From Research to Practice” is part of the series Public Health Grand Rounds, a one-hour televised broadcast shown at health-related facilities worldwide and also available on the Internet. “The alarming statistics about childhood obesity, the poor eating habits of kids, and the decreasing amounts of exercise by young people are the clarion calls about the significance of this program,” said host Dr. Ed Baker, director of the North Carolina Institute for Public Health, the service and outreach arm of the Carolina School of Public Health. 
Photograph of Dr. Ed Baker
“While it features a case study of what Texas and one county school district in Texas has done, it also shows a process, a public health intervention, that schools and communities across the country can adopt to promote health and particularly to help children establish lifelong healthy practices,” Baker said. Joining Baker on the program to discuss the Coordinated Approach to Child Health will be
The program airs Friday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET. Downlink information is available on the Public Health Grand Rounds website. The program is free but online registration is requested. # # # Note: For more information, contact Lisa Morris, (919) 843-9621 or lamorris@email.unc.edu. School of Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, (919)966-7467 or ramona_dubose@unc.edu. |
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