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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Moderators and Speakers
Pages 83-92

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From page 83...
... She has worked on numerous other projects, including the National Head Start Impact Study, an evaluation of the Enhanced Home Visiting Project of Early Head Start, and analyses of child care data from the National Survey of America's Families. Earlier positions include Assistant Director of the Child Care and Development Division at the Children's Defense Fund, policy analyst at the Congressional Budget Office, and working directly with low-income children and families.
From page 84...
... For nearly 20 years, Datta has held leadership roles on a wide variety of projects, such as the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) , the Census Integrated Communications Program Evaluation, the Qatar National Education Data Systems project, and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97)
From page 85...
... Ms. Fox served on the Institute of Medicine Committee to Review Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Requirements, as well as the Committee on Nutrition Standards for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs.
From page 86...
... In his current position of Staff Director, he is responsible for managing the staff conducting the evaluation studies and policy analysis for all domestic Special Nutrition Programs, including WIC, the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, CACFP and the other Child Nutrition Programs, and the Food Distribution Programs.
From page 87...
... Her current projects include studies to evaluate the impact of the new WIC food package on dietary intake, weight status, and chronic disease risk in 2- to 3-year-old low-income children; examine relationships between neighborhood food availability, eating behaviors, and weight status in Latino families; and understand the influence of marketing on food consumption in African American families.
From page 88...
... LORRENE RITCHIE, Ph.D., R.D., is Director of Research at the University of California, Berkeley, Atkins Center for Weight and Health, where she has conducted research on child nutrition and child obesity prevention for over a decade. Current research projects include evaluation of nutrition environments in child care in California; dietary patterns, timing of eating, and sleep duration in relation to obesity development in adolescent girls; changes in dietary behaviors and satisfaction among WIC participants in response to food package changes; the impact of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program on the dietary intakes of elementary school students; the impact of the Network for a Healthy California's Power Play!
From page 89...
... Its initiatives and services include School-Family-Community Partnerships, Child Nutrition Programs, School Health Promotion/Mental Health Services/School Nurses, Nutrition Education, the Safe and Drug Free Schools Program, 21st Century Community Learning Centers/AfterSchool programs, Family Resource Centers, the Young Parents Program, and Education of Homeless Children and Youth.
From page 90...
... The NAP SACC program has been widely disseminated and aspects of the program were recently included in the First Lady's Let's Move Child Care initiative. She also published the first paper presenting comprehensive best practice physical activity guidelines for child care in 2009.
From page 91...
... in biochemistry and molecular biology from the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has co-authored a chapter on chemoprevention of cancer for the nutrition text Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, was lead author of a chapter on integrated employee health management in the American College of Sports Medicine's Worksite Health Handbook, and is author of a chapter on environmental contaminants in foods in the Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine.


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