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June 29 – July 2, 2015

San Diego, California

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Marketing to Kids

Mini-Plenary: MP 2.1: Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages for Public Health: What Have We Learned From the Mexico, Berkeley, and San Francisco Initiatives?

2013 and 2014 were watershed years for public health efforts to levy taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages. As other locales across the country consider whether such a tax might be right for their community, the Mexico, Berkeley, and San Francisco experiences hold key lessons about winning strategies, the beverage industry's response, and early data about the impact of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes on consumption.

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Rebecca Berner, El Poder del Consumidor, Directora de Desarrollo Institucional
Maureen Erwin, Founder, Erwin and Muir
Xavier Morales, Executive Director, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
Moderator: Harold Goldstein, Executive Director, California Center for Public Health Advocacy
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WS 2.3: Would You Eat 91 Cubes of Sugar: A Look at Several Strategies for Decreasing Consumption of Sugary Drinks

In this session, experts will provide a local perspective on either implementing and/or assessing a public health campaign aimed at reducing sugary drink consumption or increasing water consumption. Session highlights include an illustration of how healthy beverage media campaigns can be part of an integrated approach to encourage healthier beverage choices in low-income communities and a statewide initiative model to increase awareness on the health impacts of sugar-sweetened beverages.

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Hannah Chichester, Junior, Skyline High School, Y Street
Sarah Chichester, Junior, Skyline High School, Y Street
Henry Harper, Director of Community Outreach and Development, Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth
Morgan Pareja, Associate, The Sarah Samuels Center for Public Health Research and Evaluation
Moderator: Renee Gross, Coordinator of Legal Initiatives, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity (UConn)
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WS 3.3: Unhealthy Food Marketing in Schools: National Progress, State and Local Action

Each year, companies spend $150 million marketing (mostly unhealthy) foods and beverages in U.S. schools. Companies have made commitments and USDA has proposed a national school marketing policy. Come hear about what's happening regarding school marketing at the national, state, and local level. Speakers will share best practices, lessons learned, and other resources to support efforts to address unhealthy food marketing in schools.

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Sabrina Adler, Staff Attorney, ChangeLab Solutions
Stephanie Tama-Sweet, Western Region Campaign Manager, Voices for Healthy Kids, American Heart Association & American Stroke Association
Moderator: Margo Wootan, Director of Nutrition Policy, Center for Science in the Public Interest
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WS 4.3: Effective Messaging to Build Public Support to Curb Unhealthy Food Marketing to Children

Effective messages that resonate with parents and mobilize them to action are needed to accelerate progress to reduce unhealthy food marketing to children. This session will share the findings from focus groups representing diverse sets of moms across the country, highlight effective messages to mobilize parents, and discuss how the results can support national, state and local efforts to reduce unhealthy food marketing to children.

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Anita Sharma, Researcher, formerly of KRC Research
Margo Wootan, Director of Nutrition Policy, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Moderator: Margo Wootan, Director of Nutrition Policy, Center for Science in the Public Interest
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