BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2238257:Event:39536 DTSTAMP:20130525T064257Z SUMMARY:Taking on the Weight of the Nation DESCRIPTION:View invitation in your browser http://t.co/xEGGsgmL\nPle ase join us for this interactive Web Forum on Tuesday, May 1\n10:00 AM to 11:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time\nWe invite you to attend a special Dialogue4Health Web Forum on May 1, Weight of the Nation Day, in advance of the May 14-15 nationwid e release of HBO's The Weight of the Nation film series, and correspon ding public health campaign.\nConfirmed presenters are:\n\nWilliam H. Dietz, MD, PhD, Director of The Division of Nutrition, Physical Activi ty, and Obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\nMay a M. Rockeymoore, PhD, Director of Leadership for Healthy Communities and President and CEO of Global Policy Solutions\nLoel S. Solomon, PhD , Vice President of Community Health at Kaiser Permanente\nNaz Habtezg hi of HBO will present an 11 minute 'preview' of the Weight of the Nat ion documentary film\nTyler Norris, MDiv, Convener of Advancing the Mo vement, Community Commons and Senior Advisor for Total Health at Kaise r Permanente, will serve as session moderator.\n\nJoin us, and civic l eaders from across the nation, to learn about the compelling The Weigh t of the Nation films and campaign assets, and how these can be employ ed by you, your organization and affiliations, and community partnersh ips to create healthier built, food, beverage, social and community en vironments.\nThe Web Forum will address the key themes of The Weight o f the Nation, and how you can grow the distributed movement for a heal thier nation by mobilizing individuals, organizations, and place-based partnerships - everywhere -- to host screenings events and actions th at can:\n\nStart new conversations in homes, neighborhoods, worksites, clinical settings, faith settings, and schools.\nDeepen existing conv ersations and actions - especially within the existing movement of pla ce-based partnerships and collaboratives.\nBuild widespread constituen cy for targeted actions and environmental changes that support healthy living where we live, learn, work, play, worship, and vote.\n\nHBO an d the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of H ealth (NIH), and in partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundati on and Kaiser Permanente, launched THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION as a campa ign to raise public awareness of the seriousness of the obesity epidem ic. Over the course of three years, HBO worked with IOM and other rese archers on the science and economics of obesity, talked to the country 's leading experts on this issue, and traveled nationwide to meet hund reds of Americans who are struggling with obesity, and examined the st rategies that are being employed to create a healthier nation.\nThe jo urney to a healthier nation begins with each of us. Join us on May 1 t o begin the journey.\nSponsored by Kaiser Permanente and the Public He alth Institute\nREGISTER NOW! https://publichealthinstitute.webex.com/ publichealthinstitute/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=966436546\n\nFor more inform ation visit http://dialogue4health.ning.com/events/taking-on-the-weigh t-of-the-nation DTSTART:20120501T170000Z DTEND:20120501T183000Z CATEGORIES:"web forum", webinar LOCATION:online WEBSITE:http://t.co/xEGGsgmL URL:http://t.co/xEGGsgmL CONTACT: ORGANIZER:Kaiser Permanente, the Public Health Institute and Dialogue4 Health ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://api.ning.com:80/files/tIIOb8kbDeZQR pn1ZFTKZ3PW2qLiYlMXMzb1v8Jz*pJ4CS5u6-G*MSnEGolUUZJd8JSyJ5aaDIsGXWTjXkh i8DH9y6Fi8GQ4/TheWeightoftheNation.jpg ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Laura Ap odaca":http://dialogue4health.ning.com/profile/LauraApodaca ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Kelly Mo rphy":http://dialogue4health.ning.com/profile/KellyMorphy ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Dialogue4 Health:http://dialogue4health.ning.com/profile/Dialogue4Health END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR