Family Meals – Setting the Table

Posted by on February 17, 2006

Family Meals – Setting the Table http://www.familymeals.org/

Family Meals: Setting the Table
Professional Conference
Saturday, March 4, 2006
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Department of Food Marketing at
Saint Joseph’s University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Please join us on March 4th at the Family Meals Professional Conference, featuring one of America’s best-known pediatricians, renowned author and child development expert T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
http://www.familymeals.org/professional/speakers_prof.htm

Recent studies reveal the powerful impact that family meals have on child health and development.

* Learn how family meals have an impact on children’s emotional and behavioral development, including the latest scientific and nutritional research
* Gain practical tools and techniques in family engagement, time management, meal planning and preparation
* Network with potential resources and partners that can help with training, planning, motivating and implementing family meals
* Find out how educators, health professionals and family advocates all can play a supportive role in promoting family meals

In addition to renowned pediatrician Dr. Brazelton, speakers include:
* Joshua Sparrow, M.D., Harvard University, child psychiatrist and co-author, The Brazelton Way series
* Barbara Mayfield, MS, RD, Purdue University, family meals expert
* John Stanton, Ph.D., St. Joseph’s University, professor of food marketing and editor, Journal of Food Products Marketing

For more information, to learn about professional credits available and to register, go to http://www.familymeals.org/