ADVISORY/Changing the Shape of Philadelphia's Youth.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Tuesday Tuesday: see week. (Sept. 16) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Drexel University Drexel University, at Philadelphia, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, opened 1892, chartered 1894 as Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry. It was renamed Drexel Institute of Technology in 1936 and gained university status in 1970. and the Philadelphia Philadelphia, ancient cities Philadelphia, name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir, it was founded in the 2d cent. B.C. School District to Host Conference that Promotes Healthy Weight
What: The risk of becoming overweight has dramatically
increased over the past two decades and more than 30
percent of children and teenagers are obese, according
to the American Obesity Association. Philadelphia
youth is no exception. In an effort to promote
awareness among children and teenagers on how to
maintain a healthy weight, Drexel University's
Nutrition Center and the Philadelphia School District
will co-host "Changing the Shape of Philadelphia's
Youth," for educators and school officials.
During the day-long activities, educators will learn
how to promote healthy food choices among children and
adolescents in Philadelphia's public schools.
Who: Joan Nachmani, director of dietetic services,
Philadelphia School District, Shortie McKinney,
director of Drexel's Nutrition Center; Eileen Ford,
co-director of Drexel's Nutrition Center; Susan
Davies, assistant professor in the Department of
Health Behavior in the University of
Alabama-Birmingham; Babette Zemel, associate core
laboratory director at the Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia.
When: Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 from 8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
-- Joan Nachmani, "Nutrition Outreach in Public
Schools"
8:15-8:45 a.m.
-- Susan Davies, "Childhood Obesity: Causes &
Solutions"
8:45-9:45 a.m.
Where: Stratton Hall, room 113, Drexel University (32nd &
Chestnut Streets)
Visuals: Demonstrations on how to measure your children
using a "calibrated vertical stadiometer"...
demonstrations on how to calculate the Body Mass
Index.
News Media Niki Gianakaris, Assistant Director,
Contacts: Drexel News Bureau
215-895-6741, 215-778-7752 (cell)
ngianakaris@drexel.edu
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