Health Affairs Briefing: Food & Health

The November 2015 issue of Health Affairs takes a comprehensive look at the complex relationships between food and health. What we eat, where we eat, how much we eat, and how we produce our food all have consequences for individual and community well-being. All of these topics are explored in this month's Health Affairs.

You are invited to join us on Thursday, November 5, 2015, at a forum featuring authors from the new issue at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. Panels will cover obesity, food insecurity, systems, restaurant and food labeling, and food shopping.

WHEN:
Thursday, November 5, 2015
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Capital Hilton Hotel
1001 16th Street NW
Washington, DC

Register now!

You may follow live Tweets from the briefing @Health_Affairs, and join in the conversation with #HA_FoodHealth.

After opening remarks from Abbey K. Cofsky, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, additional confirmed speakers are:

• Laura Cobb, PhD Candidate, Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University, on Baltimore City Stores Increased Availability Of Healthy Foods After WIC Policy Change
• Tamara Dubowitz, Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation, on New Supermarket In Food Desert Associated With Diet And Perception Change Among Residents But Not Due To Supermarket Use 
• Brian Elbel, Associate Professor, Population Health and Health Policy, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, on Five Years Later: Awareness Of New York City's Calorie Labels Declined With No Changes in Calories Purchased
• Steven Gortmaker, Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, on Three Of Seven Interventions To Reduce Childhood Obesity Are Projected To Save More Than They Cost To Implement
• Craig Gundersen, Soybean Industry Endowed Professor of Agricultural Strategy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on Food Insecurity and Health Outcomes
• Vivica Kraak, Assistant Professor of Food and Nutrition Policy, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virgina Tech, on Guiding Principles And A Decision-making Framework For Stakeholders Pursuing Healthy Food Environments
• Roni Neff, Assistant Professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, on A Food Systems Approach To Healthy Food And Agriculture Policy, and Reducing Food Loss And Waste While Improving The Public's Health
• Jennifer L. Pomeranz, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Global Public Health, New York University, on Outstanding Questions In First Amendment Law Related To Food Labeling Disclosure Requirements For Health
• Hilary Seligman, Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco, on A Pilot Food Bank Intervention Featuring Diabetes-Appropriate Food Improved Glycemic Control Among Clients In Three States
• Dalia Stern, University of North Carolina, on US Household Food Shopping Patterns: Dynamic Shifts In The Past Thirteen Years And Socioeconomic Predictors and Gains Made By Walmart's Healthier Food Initiative Mirror Preexisting Trends
• Julie Willems VanDijk, Associate Scientist and Co-Director, County Health Rankings and Roadmaps Program, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, on Challenges And Lessons Learned From Communities Using Evidence To Adopt Strategies To Improve Healthy Food Environments
• Dong D. Wang, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, on Improvements In US Diet Helped Reduce Disease Burden And Lower Premature Deaths, 1999-2012; But Overall Diet Remains Poor
• Y. Claire Wang, Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, on Severe Obesity in Adults Cost State Medicaid Programs Nearly $8 Billion in 2013 

Health Affairs is grateful to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for its generous support of the issue and event.

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