Today, two-thirds of U.S. adults and nearly one in three children struggle because they are overweight or have obesity.  The effects of the nation’s obesity epidemic are immense:  taxpayers, businesses, communities and individuals spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year due to obesity, including an estimated $168 billion in medical costs.  Obesity is the reason that the current generation of youth is predicted to live a shorter life than their parents.  Much can be done to reverse the epidemic, yet important opportunities to tackle obesity at the national policy level -- including changes that enable more Americans to eat healthy and be active, as well as those that provide appropriate medical treatment for patients -- have gone largely unmet.  The Campaign works to fill this gap.  By bringing together leaders from across industry, academia and public health with policymakers and their advisors, the Campaign provides the information and guidance that decision-makers need to make policy changes that will reverse one of the nation’s costliest and most prevalent diseases.


Congressional Workshop Series
Dollars and Sense: What Economic Incentives Work to Address Obesity

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Monday, December 5th
Capitol Visitors Center, Congressional Meeting Room South

AGENDA

 Opening Remarks/Master of Ceremonies

Carl Holowaty, MD – Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

Panel One:  Behavioral Economics

Moderator: Noah Jacobson, Office of Representative Erik Paulsen (R-MN)

* What Health Behaviors are Triggered by Economic Changes?
John Cawley, PhD – Cornell University

* Do Farm Subsidies Make a Difference?
Patrick Woodall, Research Director - Food and Water Watch

 *Open Discussion with All Participants

 Panel Two:  Physical Fitness

Moderator: Shannon Glynn, Office of Representative Ron Kind (D-WI)

 * What Works in the Workplace?
Stuart Slutzky, Chief of Product Innovation – HumanaVitality

* Can Tax Policy Drive Physical Activity?
Bill Sells, Vice President of Government Relations – Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association

 * Open Discussion with All Participants

 Conclusion and Discussion of Key Themes and Challenges

Carl Holowaty, MD – Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

Space is limited.
Please RSVP to Jennifer Conklin at jconklin@vennstrategies.com



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The Campaign to End Obesity was formed in 2007 following the first National Summit on Obesity Policy. During the Summit, more than 100 diverse thought leaders identified an action agenda for federal policy, and the need for this organization to support their common cause.

Speakers included Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA; now chair, Senate HELP Committee); Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK; member, Senate Appropriations Committee); Dr. Peter Orszag (now director, Office of Management and Budget) and Dr. Mehmet Oz.

Participants included ABC/Disney, American Cancer Society, American College of Gastroenterology, American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Congressional Budget Office, Discovery Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Communications Commission, Girl Scouts of the USA, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Harvard University School of Medicine, Hill & Knowlton, Johnson & Johnson, National Hispanic Medical Association, Sanofi-aventis U.S., Trust for America's Health, University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Yale University/Rudd Center on Food Policy and Obesity and YMCA of the USA.

The Summit was held May 8-9, 2007, at the Ronald Regan Center in Washington, D.C.

                                
National Summit on Obesity Policy Report (PDF)
Attendees
Summit Agenda                                                             


                                                            

The Obesity Society  (PowerPoint document)
Obesity and Health Costs                     



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                        
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) addresses the Summit and stresses the need to combat obesity in America.                        
                        
Summit delegates gather to receive comments from several distinguished guests.                        
                        
Miss Chandler Converse (Atlanta, GA) discusses her efforts to curb obesity in her high school with Senator Tom Harkin(D-IA) and Dr. Mehmet Oz.                        
                        
Congressional Budget Office Director Dr. Peter Orszag addresses the delegates at the Summit.                        
                        
Senator Tom Harkin, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Chandler Converse speak after each delivered remarks at the National Summit on Obesity Policy.                        
                        
Obesity Summit delegates receive comments from one of a number of distinguished speakers.                        

 



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