Session 2: Causes and Consequences of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Youth

Thursday, March 29 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM Westside Salon 2 5th floor

Chair: Dean Jolliffe, U.S. Department of Agriculture (DOA)
Discussant: Chad Meyerhoefer, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), HHS

1.	Relating Activity Involvements to Child Weight Status: Do Normal and Overweight Children Differ in How They Spend Their Time?  •  Silvia Bartolic, University of Texas at Austin; Sook-Jung Lee, University of Texas at Austin; Elizabeth Vandewater, University of Texas at Austin

2.	Overweight Children: Assessing the Contribution of the Neighborhood Environment  •  Irina Grafova, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

3.	Using Cumulative Risk Models to Link Social Disadvantage to Obesity Risk in the Transition to Young Adulthood  •  Hedwig Lee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

4.	Predicting Young Adult’s Obesity: The Role of Body Image during Adolescence and Race/Ethnicity  •  Linda M. Manning, Arizona State University; Mary H. Benin, Arizona State University; Verna Keith, Florida State University

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