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Appendix F: Biographical Sketches
Appendix F: Biographical Sketches
Pages 383-394
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and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. He worked in the area of enhancing the interactions between clinical medicine and public health by leading the Prudential Center for Health Care Research, a nationally recognized health services research organization.
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Her research explores factors shaping food preferences in infants and children, regulation of food Intake in children, dieting and problems of energy balance in school-age girls, predictors of maternal child feeding styles, and parental and environmental influences on children's dietary practices. She currently receives research support from the National institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
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to understand the environmental characteristics of activity-friendly communities and to measure the perceptual qualities of urban settings through RWJF's Active Living Research program. He is a member of numerous editorial boards and is associate editor of the Annual Review o f Public Health.
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Her obesity prevention research has focused on pricing strategies to promote sales of lower fat foods in cafeterias and vending machines, and changing the availability and promotion of healthful foods in school cafeterias to influence student food choices. She has also researched eatrng disorders, dieting, and other weight management strategies among adolescents and adults.
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While a Commissioned Of ricer in the U.S. Public Health Service, he served as Director of the Center for Practice and Technology Assessment, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services and Director of the Clinical Preventive Services staff of the Public Health Service Of rice of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
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She has served on a number of expert panels, including the 1995 and 2000 U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committees, and she served on the NIH Advisory Committee for the National Children's Study in 2002-2003.
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in physical education from Springfield College, and M.S.
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He has served on the scientific advisory board of the Arkansas Children's Hospital Research institute; on the planning committee of the Cincinnati Health improvement Collaborative; as Vice Chair of the scientific advisory board of the ILSI Center for Health Promotion; and Treasurer of the public-private Partnership for Healthy Eating and Active Living.
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She is a past president of the American School Food Services Association. She received a B.S.
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She has co-authored a variety of publications related to food security and community food systems, nutrition and HIV/AIDS, international food aid and food security, viewpoints about genetically engineered foods, use of dietary supplements, and the influence of commercialism on the food and nutrition-related decisions and behaviors of children and youth. Cathatyn T
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Since joining the IOMI in 2002, she has worked on projects involving evaluation of the safety of dietary supplements for the Food and Drug Administration, and reviewing the food packages used in the USDA Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, infants, and Children.
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394 PREVENTING CHILDHOOD OBESITY Shannon L Ruddy is a Senior Program Assistant in the FNB at the TOM.
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