[FILM/DISCUSSION] The Weight of the Nation: Confronting America's Obesity Epidem

Apr 2012 23
Mon 5:00 PM
Description

HBO, Comcast and the Honorable Thomas M. Menino
Cordially Invite You and a Guest to the
Boston Premiere Screening of the HBO Documentary Films Series

The Weight of the Nation: Confronting America's Obesity Epidemic

A Presentation of
HBO Documentary Films and the Institute of Medicine
in Association with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and the National Institutes of Health, in Partnership with
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Kaiser Permanente

MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012

5:00PM • Reception
6:00PM • Opening Remarks & Screening

Part 3: Children in Crisis
7:00PM • Discussion with:
CHRISTINA ECONOMOS, PhD, Associate Professor, Friedman School, Tufts University;
ELSIE TAVERAS, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Obesity Prevention Program at Harvard Medical
School; BARBARA FERRER, PhD, Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission;
MONICA VALDES LUPI, JD, MPH, Deputy Commissioner, Massachusetts Department
of Public Health; and TENEKA WILLIAMS, Subject from Film

Moderated by:
LAUREN A. SMITH, MD, MPH, Medical Director,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Location:
HOUSE OF BLUES
15 Lansdowne Street
Boston, MA 02215
RSVP to 1-888-845-3680 or Email
https://www.homeboxof...

For more info: http://theweightofthe...
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