Agenda

Time Event Location
8:30 am Registration Rudder Exhibit Hall
9:00 am Welcoming Remarks and Introduction Dr. Rosemary Walzem, THNC Committee Chairperson and Associate ProfessorDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, Texas A&M University

 Rudder Theater
9:05 am Stephen D. Green, Ph.D.“Understanding the mind of the child: How Developmental factors Influence Young Children’s Eating Behaviors“

Presiding – Dr. Sharon F. Robinson

Associate Professor and Extension Child Development Specialist, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M University

 Rudder Theater
09:55 am Exhibits and Refreshments Rudder Exhibit Hall
10:20 am Deanna M. Hoelscher, Ph.D., R.D., L.D., C.N.S “CATCH ‘Em Young:Prevention of Child Obesity through School and Daycare Settings “

Presiding – Dr. Peter S. Murano

Director – Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, Austin, TX

 Rudder Theater
11:15 am Break for Lunch

Lisa Whittlesey – Junior Master Gardeners

“Growing Healthy Kids and Families through School -Based  Junior Master Gardeners Program”

 University Club
1:30 pm Oral Capps Jr., Ph.D “The Efficacy of “soda taxes” as a policy approach to shift food consumption patterns “

Presiding – Dr. Rosemary Walzem

Executive Professor and holder of the Southwest Dairy Marketing Endowed Chair,

Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University, Co-Director of Agribusiness, Food, and Consumer Economics Research Center (AFCERC)

 Rudder Theater
2:25 pm Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Ph.D. “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Overweight and Obesity in Young Children, Federal Nutrition Policies, and Social and Environmental Influences on Physical Activity in Young Children “

Presiding – Dr. Wm. Alex McIntosh

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Rice Scholar, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, TX

 Rudder Theater
3:20 pm Exhibits and Refreshments Rudder Exhibit Hall
3:45 pm Jane Clary, Ph.D. “Childhood Weight and Obesity: Communicating effectively with the general public on health and nutrition through the use of social networks and Families, Food and Fitness Extension  ”

Presiding – Ms. Erica Trojacek

Extension Professor, Mississippi State University

 Rudder Theater
4:30pm Adjourn