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New NCCOR Research Presented at ISBNPA 2024

May 22, 2024

NCCOR is pleased to announce that Dr. Laura Balis will present new NCCOR research at the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) 2024 Conference in Omaha. Her presentation, scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2024, from 9:50 AM...
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NCCOR is headed to APHA 2018!

October 25, 2018

NCCOR is headed to San Diego, CA for the American Public Health Association (APHA) 2018 Annual Meeting and Expo! More than 12,000 public health professionals will gather from November 10-14 at the San Diego Convention Center. This year’s theme is...
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NCCOR at SHAPE America National Convention & Expo March 20–24, 2018

March 16, 2018

The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) will feature the recently released Youth Compendium of Physical Activities at the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America National Convention & Expo March 20–24, 2018, in Nashville, TN. The SHAPE America...
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NCCOR at ALR 2018

February 8, 2018

NCCOR is heading to Banff, Canada, for the Active Living Research (ALR) Annual Conference on February 11–14, 2018. NCCOR joins professionals from around the world to share their latest research and innovations related to physical activity and active communities. NCCOR...
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Call for presentations

June 17, 2013

The July 1 proposal deadline is fast approaching for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2014 Convention, occurring July 26-28, 2014, in Chicago. Submit your proposal today! Recognizing and communicating the impact design can have on public health is a...
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Calorie cutback: Progress report on 2010 commitment to reduce calories in the marketplace

June 5, 2013

On May 30, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) and the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation held a webcast to review the progress of companies offering healthier options to consumers. At a White House event in May 2010, 16 food and beverage...
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Promoting a unified message on diet and physical activity

January 29, 2013

A recent commentary published in the Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention examines the advantages of using an energy-balance framework to unify diet and physical activity messages so that adults and their children are better able to understand and follow...
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‘Design thinking’ offers new approach to tackling childhood obesity

December 20, 2012

By Diane Carman For organizations and individuals working to address the epidemic of childhood obesity, the biggest challenge is to make it fun. Or at the very least to avoid making it humiliating, frustrating, boring, and punitive. “We need to...
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A systems approach to childhood obesity prevention

December 14, 2012

On Dec. 11, at a conference on obesity prevention in New Jersey, Terry Huang, professor and chair of Health Promotion at University of Nebraska Medical Center and senior advisor to the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity (NCCOR) discussed the benefits...
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Shifting the obesity paradigm in young children to guidelines for healthy growth

October 2, 2012

On Sept. 22, at a symposium on dietary guidelines for infants and young children, Jose Saavedra, vice president of medical and scientific affairs at Nestlé Nutrition and associate professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, discussed shifting the obesity...
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