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Appendix G: Biographical Sketches
Appendix G: Biographical Sketches
Pages 115-126
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Committee on Progress in Preventing Childhood Obesity and is a current member of the IOM Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention and the IOM Committee on a Comprehensive Review of the DHHS Office of Family Planning Title X Program.
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Dr. Brennan has published 19 peer-reviewed articles studying behaviors and health, she is lead author of Promoting Healthy Equity: A Resource to Help Communities Address Social Determinants of Health, and she is a co-author of Tailoring Health Messages: Customizing Communication with Computer 116 Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity
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Under his leadership, Somerville has also earned national recognition for its successful joint effort with Tufts University to implement "Shape Up Somerville," an effective program to reduce the incidence of childhood obesity among the city's elementary school children. The campaign targeted all segments of the community, including schools, city government, civic organizations, community groups, businesses, and other people who live, work, and play in Somerville. His success in Somerville has earned him the presidency of the Massachusetts Mayor's Association, a position on the Board of Directors for the National League of Cities, and as a member of the Metropolitan Mayors Association.
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Navy. She is Vice President of the Society for Nutrition Education and serves on the Action for Healthy Kids Partner Steering Committee, is on the board of the Maryland Healthy Schools Coalition, Co-Chaired the Montgomery County School Health Council, and Chaired the Health Committee of the Montgomery County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations.
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His recent research work has emphasized interventions to reduce health disparities by addressing social determinants of health. One area of focus is working with public housing and lower-income communities to design and evaluate healthy community interventions that promote physical a ctivity, increase access to healthy foods, and build community.
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Troutman created the Center for Health Equity, which focuses on eliminating health inequities based on race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. He also established the Mayor's Healthy Hometown 120 Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity
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Dr. Yancey serves on the Coordinating Committee of the National Physical Activity Plan, the IOM Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention and Health Literacy Roundtable, and the editorial boards for the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and American Journal of Health Promotion.
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Before she joined IOM, she was a nutritionist at the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) , a national organization working to end hunger and undernutrition in the United States, most recently as director of Child Nutrition Programs and Nutrition Policy, where she directed FRAC's work on 122 Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity
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She was recently Study Director for two IOM reports on preventing childhood obesity. Other recent studies in which she was involved include Organ Donation: Opportunities for Action; Spinal Cord Injury: Progress, Promise, and Priorities; Testosterone and Aging: Clinical Research Directions; Gulf War and Health; and Reducing the Burden of Injury.
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Nicole Ferring, M.S., R.D., is a Research Associate with the Food and Nutrition Board. She works with the Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention and the Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention Actions for Local Governments.
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Her work on the prevalence and correlates of iron deficiency anemia was among the first to identify differences in normal hemoglobin distributions between black and white women and question the use of a single hemoglobin cutpoint for prevalence estimates. Dr. Meyers has also worked in Kenya and lived in Viet Nam.
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