5th Annual PEAR Conference
The Whole Child, The Whole Day

Conference Resources: Sports



Books

Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance

Recreation and Youth Development

Journal

New Directions for Youth Development

Reports

National Report Card on Youth Sports

State Differences in Rates of Overweight or Obese Youth

The New Normal? What Girls Say About Healthy Living

Liquid Candy: How Soft Drinks are Harming America's Health

Websites

Action for Healthy Kids

"The only nonprofit organization formed specifically to address the epidemic of overweight, undernourished and sedentary youth by focusing on changes at school. We work in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to improve children's nutrition and increase physical activity, which will in turn improve their readiness to learn."

Active Living Network

"The Active Living Network is designed for professionals, advocates and anyone interested in promoting active lifestyles and vibrant, healthy places. The mission of the Active Living Network is to promote active, healthy environments by building a national coalition of professional leaders who have a stake in the health impacts of how places are designed and built."

Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity

The Future of Children

Harvard Prevention Research Center for Nutrition and Physical Activity

Nutrition Source

School Health

School Nutrition Association

Papers

Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity: Focus on Schools - Brief Summary: Institute of Medicine Regional Symposium . Can be purchased: http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3788/25044/32913.aspx

Greves HM , Rivara FP . Report card on school snack food policies among the United States' largest school districts in 2004-2005: Room for improvement . Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2006 Jan 3;3:1

Dehghan M , Akhtar-Danesh N , Merchant AT . Childhood obesity, prevalence and prevention. Nutr J. 2005 Sep 2;4(1):24.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report: Future of Children Issue on Child Obesity

 

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5th Annual PEAR Conference

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Advisory Board



Advisory Board

Mayor Thomas Menino
Honorary Chair, Boston, MA

Jonathan Abbot
WGBH

Senator Robert Antonini
Massachusetts State Senator

Alan Bersin
California Secretary of Education

Louis Casagrande
Boston Children's Museum

Commissioner Elizabeth Childs
Department of Mental Health, Boston MA

Michael Contompasis
Boston Public Schools

William Dandridge
Lesley University

Nicholas Donohue
Nellie Mae Education Foundation

Matt Fishman
Partners HealthCare

Gary French
Boston Police Department

Chris Gabrieli
Massachusetts 2020 Foundation

Cinthia Haan
Haan Foundation for Children

Reverend Ray Hammond
Bethel AME Church, Boston, MA

Milton Little, Jr.
United Way of Massachusetts Bay

Stacey Lucchino
PEAR, Boston Red Sox Foundation

Senator Thomas M. McGee
Massachusetts State Senator

Jill Medvedow
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

Ronay Menschel
Phipps House

Ioannis Miaoulis
Museum of Science, Boston, MA

Earl Phalen
The Bell Foundation

Commissioner Anne Reale
Department of Early Education and Care, Massachusetts

Eric Schwarz
Citizen Schools

Ellen Semenoff
Department of Human Services, Cambridge, mA

John Shattuck
JFK Library Foundation

Commissioner Harry Spence
Department of Social Services, Massachusetts

Representative Marie P. St. Fleur
State Representative

Marylou Sudders
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children,

Meg Vaillancourt
Red Sox Foundation


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