Staying Within the (Guide)lines
Thursday, March 25, 2010
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
- Wendy E. Braund, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.ed, Acting Lead, Prevention Science Team, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Department of Health & Human Services
- Robert Post, Ph.D., Deputy Director, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
- Virginia A. Stallings, M.D., Director, Ofc. of Faculty Devel, CHRI; Director, Nutrition Center; Division of GI, Hepatology & Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, jointly issued and updated every 5 years by the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services, are the cornerstone of Federal nutrition policy and nutrition education activities. Key leaders in this initiative will discuss the Dietary Guidelines process, communication tools and how the guidelines may be used in nutrition education efforts.
In addition, this session will conclude with a focus on school meal programs. According to a recent Institute of Medicine report, school meals should have less salt, more vegetables, fruits and whole grains, skim and low-fat milk, and other dairy products. The report called on the federally funded National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program to update their current policies. As much confusion exists about school feeding programs, you’ll benefit from current, sound information on this important topic.
About the Speakers:
Dr. Wendy E. Braund is the Acting Prevention Science Team Lead in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). She is a senior advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and directs the team responsible for leadership and coordination within HHS on nutrition issues, including co-producing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans with the U.S. Department of Agriculture; reviews materials relating to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans; and oversees of ODPHP’s Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Scholarship Program. Dr. Braund is a 2007 graduate of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Preventive Medicine Residency Program and is board certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
Since June 2007, Dr. Robert C. Post has been the deputy director of the USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP). He joined CNPP with over 25 years of experience in food and agriculture public policy, food production, nutritional science, food marketing, and public health communications and education. He is the senior administrative official in the agency and collaborates with the executive director in representing the department in matters related to nutrition policy and guidance. He holds a doctorate degrees in Public Health and Science Education Policy and Program Administration from the University of Maryland. Dr. Post has been awarded certificates of merit for his technical competence and leadership qualities in directing many vital USDA and inter-agency projects.
Dr. Virginia Stallings is a professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, director of the Nutrition Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and holds the Jean A. Cortner Chair in Gastroenterology and Nutrition. She is a pediatrician and a specialist in nutrition and growth in children with chronic illness. Her research interests are in areas of nutrition-related growth and body composition abnormalities in healthy children, as well as those with chronic disease, including obesity, osteoporosis, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, cerebral palsy, Crohn’s disease, and congenital heart disease. She has been extensively involved in pediatric nutrition clinical care and research for more than 25 years. Dr. Stallings recently chaired the Institute of Medicine committee which recommended revisions to school lunch and breakfast programs.