Healthy Lifestyle Initiative, University of Missouri Extension

With external sponsor funding from the Missouri Foundation for Health and KC Healthy Kids, MU hosted the Missouri Childhood Obesity Community/University Partnership Summit for community members and representatives from state agencies, non-profit organizations, national and regional foundations (Robert Wood Johnson, Missouri Foundation for Health, Healthcare Foundation of Greater Kansas City, KC Healthy Kids), and MU campus and Extension faculty.

Presentations:

Food and Fitness: The Community Connection

Cornelia Butler Flora

Iowa State University

From Pilot to Policy

Laila Goldberg

The Food Trust

Changing the Built Environment Through Grass-Roots, Advocacy

Ian Thomas
PedNet Coalition

Partnerships for translating evidence to policy

Debra Haire-Joshu

Saint Louis University

Healthy Lifestyle Initiative, University of Missouri Extension

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