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| 5th Annual PEAR Conference The Whole Child, The Whole Day Conference Resources: Sports BooksPreventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the BalanceRecreation and Youth DevelopmentJournalNew 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 "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." "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 Harvard Prevention Research Center for Nutrition and Physical Activity 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 Registration (WAIT LIST) Advisory Board Mayor Thomas Menino Honorary Chair, Boston, MA Jonathan Abbot Senator Robert Antonini Alan Bersin Louis Casagrande Commissioner Elizabeth Childs Michael Contompasis William Dandridge Matt Fishman Gary French Chris Gabrieli Cinthia Haan Reverend Ray Hammond Milton Little, Jr. Stacey Lucchino Jill Medvedow Ronay Menschel Earl Phalen Commissioner Anne Reale Eric Schwarz Ellen Semenoff John Shattuck Commissioner Harry Spence Representative Marie P. St. Fleur Marylou Sudders Meg Vaillancourt |