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2005 Health Summit Information

2005 Health Summit: Obesity Prevention

To follow up on what was started at the 2005 Health Summit: Obesity Prevention, State Health Commissioner Judith A. Monroe, M.D. will be traveling around the state to host 10 regional meetings on finding solutions to the obesity problem in Indiana. Below is information on the meetings. Exact locations of future meetings is pending, and dates may be subject to change. A brief report will be added to this site after each meeting:

To combat the negative health effects of Hoosiers being overweight and obese, INShape Indiana hosted a Health Summit on obesity prevention on October 27 in Indianapolis in partnership with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Indiana ranks ninth in the nation for obesity.

Approximately 400 individuals representing more than 50 counties and greater than 200 organizations participated "Obesity Prevention: A Commitment to Act," including leaders from the medical, business, faith-based, school, and government communities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent representatives to participate in the Summit. Laura Kettle Kahn, Ph.D. and Jeff McKenna with the CDC shared with participants ideas and advice from across the nation that Hoosiers can put into practice in their own communities.

Below are links to archived video and audio Web casts of the Summit.

Archived Video

Archived Audio


Your Community's Prescription for Health


Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced at the Summit the release of a new resource for Hoosier parents, “Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids.” Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids is a 16-page color brochure developed by the American Dietetic Association and reviewed by more than 200 physicians and a panel of registered dietitians from across the nation. This guide provides practical advice for making good nutrition and physical fitness a part of everyday life for Indiana families. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield will help distribute 500 thousand copies of the brochure in the months ahead. Copies of the brochure, in English and Spanish, are available below for downloading.

English

Spanish



2005 Health Summit Presentations

A Plan for Reducing Obesity in Indiana (Power Point 571 KB)
Lloyd J. Kolbe, Ph.D. - Professor, Applied Health Science, Indiana University

Lighten' the Load (Power Point 8.73 MB)
Deborah McMahan, MD - Health Commissioner, Fort Wayne - Allen County Health Department

Communities in Motion (Power Point 913 KB)
Christina Kempf, RN, and Carol Anderson, RN - Health Educator, Vanderburgh County Health Department

Dekalb Memorial Hospital (Power Point 530 KB)
Andrea Bales, MS, ACE - Wellness Coordinator

Action for Health Kids (AFHK) (Power Point 1.40 MB)
Amy Moyer - State Chairperson

Deskercise (Power Point 12.70 MB)
Nicole Haywood, MA, RD - National Institute for Fitness and Sports, (NIFS)

Ideas and Advice from Around the Nation (Power Point 19.50 MB)
Laura Kettle Kahn, Ph.D. - Science and Policy to Translation, Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

More Ideas and Advice from Around the Nation (Power Point 3.09 MB)
Jeff McKenna, MS - Deputy Team Lead in Communications Marketing, CDC



For more resources, please see the Obesity Prevention Tool Kit.