Rethink Your Drink: The Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on the Obesity Epidemic

Posted by on June 11, 2012

Rethink Your Drink: The Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on the Obesity Epidemic

The American Heart Association and Einstein Medical Center are pleased to partner in hosting
Rethink Your Drink: The Impact of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on the Obesity Epidemic & Clinical and Environmental Strategies to Reduce Consumption
Monday, June 25, 2012
8 AM – Noon
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Gouley Auditorium
5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia

This symposium will explore both clinical approaches and changes in policies and environments designed to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.  Featured speakers include:

• Gary D. Foster, PhD, Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education and Professor, Medicine and Public Health, at Temple University
• Goutham Rao, M.D., Vice Chair of the Dept. of Family Medicine at the University of Chicago and Associate Director of the Center for Clinical Research Informatics of the NorthShore University Health System; also Vice Chair of the AHA’s Obesity Committee
• Christina Shay, PhD, a cardiovascular epidemiologist and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center; also current President of the Board of Directors for the AHA in Oklahoma City

Additionally, a panel of speakers directly involved in Boston’s nationally-recognized hospital collaborative model, The Learning Network, will share their perspectives.  This panel includes:

• James Corbett, MDiv, JD, System Vice President of Mission, Steward Health Care System, LLC
• Stacia Clinton, RD, LDN, Healthy Food in Health Care Associate, Health Care Without Harm
• Natasha Frost, Staff Attorney, Public Health Law Center, William Mitchell School of Law

http://www.einstein.edu/events/rethink-your-drink-conference/