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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of the Presenters
Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of the Presenters
Pages 129-144
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Mr. Bell has managed a number of projects, including two studies examining the food purchasing patterns of WIC clients, four food stamp nutrition education technical assistance and evaluation projects, two national studies of WIC vendor management practices, and a needs assessment of adolescents participating in the WIC program.
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Prior to going to Duke, Dr. Benjamin Neelon was a postdoctoral research fellow for the Obesity Prevention Program in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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Dr. Black has conducted four studies related to WIC: a statewide survey of feeding practices among families of infants receiving WIC, a statewide study of food preferences related to changes in the WIC food package, a study demonstrating that infants who receive WIC achieve healthier weight and lengths and are perceived to be in better health than eligible infants who do not receive WIC, and a randomized controlled trial of health promotion/obesity prevention among WIC-enrolled mothers of toddlers.
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He has published more than 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals and served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and Diabetes. He holds membership in the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Diabetes Association, the Perinatal Research Society, and the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society.
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Dr. Crawford is a member of the IOM standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention and chaired the planning committee for a series of workshops on community perspectives to prevent childhood obesity.
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Dr. Devaney has served on the IOM Subcommittee on Uses and Interpretation of Dietary Reference Intakes and the Committee to Revise the WIC Food Packages, among others.
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He recently led a study of childhood obesity and school meal programs. He has played a key role in research examining administrative and nutrition-related aspects of the school meal programs, examined the dynamics of participation in the Food Stamp Program, and studied dropout-prevention programs.
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She is a former member of the Food and Nutrition Board and has served on several of its committees, including the Committee on International Nutrition Programs, the Committee to Review the Risk Criteria for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program, the Committee on Implications of Dioxin in the Food Supply, the Committee to Revise the WIC Food Packages, and the Committee on Nutrition Standards for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs.
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, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the other child nutrition programs, and the Food Distribution Programs.
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Dr. Jensen was a member of the IOM Committee on Nutrition Standards for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs and on the IOM Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages.
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Previously, Dr. Labbok served as the Senior Advisor for infant and young child feeding and care at UNICEF headquarters; Chief, Maternal Health and Nutrition Division, Global Health Bureau, and Medical Officer, Population Bureau, U.S.
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She chaired the Subcommittee on Interpretation and Uses of Dietary Reference Intakes and the Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages, was a member of the Committee to Review the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, and currently chairs the Committee to Review the Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Requirements. She is also a member of the Food and Nutrition Board.
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She recently served as a member of the ADA's Pediatric Weight Management Workgroup to formulate evidence-based practice guidelines and the California Department of Education's Child Care Nutrition Standards Workgroup to improve nutrition standards for licensed child care. She is co-author of a book, Obesity: Dietary and Deelopmental Influences, and serves as the pediatric section editor of the ADA's Weight Management Dietary Practice Group newsletter.
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Dr. Sekhobo is currently working on a NY Fit WIC Grant: Revitalizing WIC Nutrition Service, and he is leading the study, "First Steps" Evaluation of New York State Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies, which is being funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the New York State Health Foundation.
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Her work includes theory-driven program development and implementation, nutrition educational methodologies, and program evaluation. She is an expert on the development of assessment tools for primary prevention interventions for low-literate audiences in low-income communities.
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This has included studies on school nutrition, obesity prevention strategies in preschool children, parent–child feeding interactions, the epidemiology of childhood obesity, and the determinants of social and emotional well-being in children. He served on the IOM Committee on Dietary Risk Assessment in the WIC Program and the Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth.
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