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Promoting Healthy Weight Colloquium

Department of Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition Program

Promoting Healthy Weight Colloquium Series 1.0 Overview

This series provides an overview of how nutrition, physical activity, and parenting play a role in the promotion of healthy weight gain in infants and a healthy weight in children, adolescents, and adults. The series emphasizes the Bright Futures developmental stages and the MCH Life Course Framework. Colloquium presentations are intended for family members, practitioners, and researchers.

Topics covered in past colloquia include:

  • MCH Life Course Framework
    The MCH Life Course Framework and its implications for practice, programs, and services (Spring 2013)
  • Bright Futures Developmental State of Adolescents and Pregnancy
    Introduction to understanding parenting, nutrition, and physical activity in adolescence and pregnancy from a MCH Life Course Framework (Fall 2012)
  • Bright Futures Developmental Stage of Middle Childhood
    Attention to programs and policies that support healthy nutrition and physical activity environments in schools (Fall 2011; Spring 2012)
  • Bright Futures Developmental Stage of Early Childhood
    Emphasis on the role of parents, childcare providers, and the home environment (Fall 2010; Spring 2011)
  • Bright Futures Developmental Stage of Infancy
    Featuring the experiences of mothers and fathers with infant feeding (Fall 2009; Spring 2010)
  • Overview of Bright Futures and Maternal and Child Health
    Introduction and overview of the series, highlighting issues facing infants, children, families, and their communities related to healthy weight (Spring 2009)

Past colloquia are archived and can be viewed via webcast. To access, select Archived Webcasts from the left sidebar. For viewing directions, select How to View.

Contact the Department of Nutrition

1215 W. Cumberland Avenue
229 Jessie Harris Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-1920

nutrition@utk.edu

Phone: (865) 974-5445
Fax: (865) 974-3491