144/162 - Preventing Childhood Obesity in Latin America: Building the Evidence Base for Effective Policies and Programs
| Organized by: National Institutes of Health / Fogarty International Center (USA) | ||
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| Track 3: Public Health Nutrition and Environment | ||
| Wednesday 18 October | 11.30 - 13.30 h. | Room 1 |
Chairs
Prof. Benjamin Caballero
Bloomberg School of Public Health. Johns Hopkins University. Maryland. USA.
See biography
Prof. Juan Ángel Rivera Dommarco
Director. Research Center in Nutrition and Health. National Institute of Public Health. Mexico.
See biography
Nutrition Status during Childhood in Latin America
Speaker
Dr. Camila Corvalan-Aguilar
Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA). University of Chile. Santiago. Chile.
See biography
Prevention of Childhood Obesity and Food Policies in Latin America: From Research to Practice
Speaker
Dr. Rafael Perez-Escamilla
Yale School of Public Health. USA.
A Research Agenda to Guide Progress on Childhood Obesity Prevention in Latin America
Speaker
Prof. Barry M. Popkin
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. USA.
Capacity for research on childhood obesity in Latin America
Speaker
