PERFORM Colloquium: Exploring Public Health Approaches to Move the Needle on Physical Activity

This presentation will showcase strategies to improve physical activity in populations. Innovative strategies that emphasize individual and population-based approaches will be presented.

Speaker

Dr. Janet E. Fulton is the acting branch chief of the Physical Activity and Health Branch in the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her Ph.D. in Epidemiology at the University of Texas-Houston, School of Public Health.

She has published nearly 100 scientific articles on the epidemiology of physical activity. The research topics covered to date by her work have included the following: surveillance of physical activity in adults and youth, physical activity and attitudes in children, the levels of physical activity among elementary and middle school children during their physical education classes, weight loss and weight gain prevention among youth, the association between physical activity and changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors.

Dr. Fulton was the Science Coordinator and a member of the Writing Group for the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans and most recently the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Midcourse Report: Strategies to increase Physical Activity Among Youth. She also served as a technical consultant to the World Health Organization for the Global Recommendations on Physical Activity for Health.  

Learning objectives 

• Describe behavioral, environmental and policy approaches to improve physical activity
• Identify topics of high interest to physical activity and public health

This talk is open to everyone. Wine and cheese will be served afterwards.