Third Thursday Breakfast Broadcast
Third Thursday Breakfast Broadcast is a monthly satellite broadcast series on new and emerging public health issues. It is sponsored by the School of Public Health, the NYS Department of Health, the NYS Community Health Partnership, the NYS Association of County Health Officials, and the NYS Nurses Association.
Eat Well Play Hard: A Model for Preventing Childhood Overweight in NYS
Satellite broadcast originally aired October 18, 2001
- Available via videostreaming through funding from the New York-New Jersey Public Health Training Center (Requires basic RealOne Player which is available as a free download.)
- Apply for Continuing Education Credits
- Handouts
This broadcast will highlight a statewide model for prevention of childhood overweight – Eat Well Play Hard. Eat Well Play Hard is a NYSDOH intervention to prevent childhood overweight and reduce risks for chronic disease through the promotion of targeted dietary practices and increased physical activity. Presenters will discuss the prevalence of childhood overweight in NYS, efforts to change the environment to make it easier for families to make healthy choices and accomplishments of Eat Well Play Hard local demonstration projects in Jefferson, Erie and Dutchess Counties.
Speakers: Patricia O. Race, MEd, RD, CDN, Director, Nutrition Training and Technical Assistance Unit, NYSDOH; MaryBeth Knowlton, RD, CDN, Demonstration Project Coordinator, Eat Well Play Hard, Jefferson Co. Public Health
Objectives
As a result of this program, participants will be able to describe:
- at least two benefits of the Eat Well Play Hard program..
Continuing Education
This Educational Activity is presented by the School of Public Health Continuing Education, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Association’s Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. It has been approved for 1.0 contact hours and has been assigned approval code 5TLL8T-PRV-04-004.
The School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for 1.0 Category One credits towards the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive up to 1 Category I CECH in health education.
For further information, contact Cheryl Reeves, Assistant Director of Continuing Education, School of Public Health via e-mail and include "t2b2" in subject line. creeves@albany.edu
Last update: July 27, 2004
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