Summit on Obesity

YOU'RE INVITED TO BE
PART OF THE SOLUTION
JUNE 2 - 4, 2004
WILLIAMSBURG, VA
THE TIME - ABC NEWS SUMMIT ON OBESITY
Presented by
THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

Combining award-winning health expertise and news leadership, TIME has been covering health and medicine for more than 80 years.

National Conference Hosted by TIME and ABC News
To elevate the dialogue on obesity, we are drawing together leaders across sectors and disciplines- medicine and science, government, education, business, academia, media and entertainment-to advance knowledge and focus attention on what can be done to turn this epidemic around.

"Abundance has become the enemy."
Hosted by the editors of TIME and featuring ABC NEWS Peter Jennings

Setting the Agenda for Change
• The Cost of Obesity: Should the Government Pay?
• Selling "Candy" to Children: The Impact of Advertising
• What's for Lunch? The ABCs of School Lunch Menus
• Farm Subsidies: The Link Between Abundance and Obesity
• Suburban Planning: What Happened to the Sidewalks?
• Risky Business: What's In It for Insurers?

The summit leverages TIME’s and ABC News’ recognized authority in health and medicine coverage, providing participants with a top-level view of the latest developments in the field.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving health and health care for all Americans. The foundation invests in initiatives that create meaningful and timely change and help people lead healthier lives.

Preliminary Speakers List
(Please visit time.com/obesity for the latest speaker list)

T. Berry Brazelton, MD - Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and Founder, Child Development Unit, Children’s Hospital, Boston

Kelly D. Brownell* - Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, and Director, Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, Yale University

Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, MD - Surgeon General, United States of America

Peter B. Corr, MD* - Senior Vice President, Science and Technology, Pfizer Corp.

Stephen R. Daniels, MD - Professor and Associate Chairman, Dept. of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Sciences Editor, TIME Magazine

Mark Fenton - Host, PBS series America’s Walking

Jeffrey M. Friedman, MD - Director of the Starr Center for Human Genetics; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Rockefeller University

James O. Hill - Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Peter Jennings - ABC News Anchor

Tim Johnson, MD* - ABC News

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD* - President and CEO, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Brock Leach* - Senior Vice President, New Growth Platforms, and Chief Innovation Officer, PepsiCo Inc.

Julia Lear* - Director, Center for Health and Health Care in Schools

Alice Lichtenstein* - Stanley N. Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Marion Nestle* - Professor and Chair, Dept. of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health, New York University, and Author, Food Politics

Dean Ornish, MD* - Founder, President and Director, Preventive Medicine Research Institute

Mehmet Oz, MD* - Professor of Surgery, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

Barry M. Popkin - Professor of Nutrition and Head, Division of Nutrition Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Susan Roberts* - Senior Scientist and Director, Energy Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University

James F. Sallis - Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University, and Director, Active Living Research

Marva Smalls - Executive Vice President, Public Affairs and Chief of Staff, Nickelodeon

Joshua D. Sparrow, MD - Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Supervisor of Inpatient Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital, Boston

Kari Stefansson, MD - President and CEO, deCODE Genetics Inc.

Thomas E. Stenzel - President and CEO, United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association

James E. Tillotson - Professor, Food Policy, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University

Please visit www.time.com/obesity for the latest speaker list.