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NCCOR at the 10th Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference!

Heading to the nation’s largest childhood obesity conference? We’ll see you there!

The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) will be in Anaheim, California, for the 10th Biennial Childhood Obesity Conference. NCCOR is joining 2,000 professionals from around the country to share and discuss emerging research and best practices for reducing childhood obesity.

On Wednesday, July 17, from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., NCCOR members will host a mini-plenary session: Transforming the Field: 10 Years of the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research. Speakers will provide practical information on how practitioners and researchers can use NCCOR tools and will describe what communities can do to address childhood obesity.

NCCOR will have a booth (#205) in the exhibit hall sharing tools and resources to enhance your childhood obesity research and program evaluation, including the Measures Registry, Catalogue of Surveillance Systems, and Youth Compendium of Physical Activities.

Don’t miss NCCOR members presenting at other conference sessions. Jamie Bussel (RWJF) will moderate Poverty: Obesity Prevention’s Top Priority? on Tuesday, July 16, from 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. and S. Sonia Arteaga (NIH) will participate in in Communities’ Role in Childhood Obesity Prevention: The Healthy Communities Study on Wednesday, July 17, from 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Follow and like @NCCOR on Facebook and Twitter  to stay connected with NCCOR activities during the conference. Don’t forget to sign up for NCCOR’s monthly e-newsletter!

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