"Innovations in Addressing Childhood Obesity"

Washington D.C. (December 16, 2009) The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing titled, "Innovations in Addressing Childhood Obesity." The hearing examined innovative strategies to reduce obesity among children and adolescents. 

There to present testimony were to the following:
•    William H. Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
•    Terry Huang, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, Obesity Research Strategic Core, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
•    Ron Jaworski, Jaws Youth Fund, National Football League Play 60
•    Sandra Hassink, M.D., Chair, Obesity Leadership Workgroup, American Academy of Pediatrics
•    Jeremy Nowak, Ph.D., President and CEO, The Reinvestment Fund
•    Mary Sophos, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Grocery Manufacturers Association
•    Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

To view witness testimony and opening statements click here.