WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 Trust for America's Health (TFAH) will hold a briefing, "F as in Fat 2009," on obesity in America, featuring Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution. The briefing will take place Friday, October 23rd at 1 p.m. in the Capitol Visitors Center. Experts will review the findings of TFAH's 2009 annual obesity report and the state of America's obesity epidemic, the importance of containing obesity costs through health reform, and various policy approaches.
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WHO: Scheduled speakers:
Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution
Jeffrey Levi, Ph.D., Executive Director, Trust for America's Health
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WHAT: F as in Fat 2009, How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, a Congressional briefing on obesity policies
WHEN: Friday, October 23rd at 1-2 p.m.
WHERE: Capitol Visitors Center, SVC 208
Attendees should RSVP to Daniella Gratale, [email protected].
Reporters should RSVP to Liz Voyles at [email protected].
To find information on obesity, visit TFAH's website www.healthyamericans.org.
Trust for America's Health is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to saving lives by protecting the health of every community and working to make disease prevention a national priority.
SOURCE Trust for America's Health
