Media Advisory - NJ Department of Health and Rutgers University Host Community Event Focusing on Childhood Obesity
PO Box 360 Trenton, NJ 08625-0360
For Release: April 24, 2014
Mary E. O'Dowd, M.P.H. Commissioner
For Further Information Contact: Office of Communications (609) 984-7160
Media Advisory - NJ Department of Health and Rutgers University Host Community Event Focusing on Childhood Obesity
The New Jersey Department of Health and Rutgers University are co-hosting a community event entitled "Food and the Human Experience" on April 29, at 6 pm. in the War Memorial in Trenton.
The event will feature a screening of a new documentary, Generation at Risk: Joining Forces to Fight Childhood Obesity," that was produced by Dena Seidel, director of the Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking and the Rutgers Film Bureau. The documentary was produced in partnership with the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Following the screening, Dr. Arturo Brito, Deputy Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Health, will lead a panel discussion of New Jersey's efforts to make New Jersey a healthier state.
The documentary features interviews with New Jersey Health Commissioner Mary E. O'Dowd, former New York City Health Commissioner Tom Farley, health writer Michael Moss and Dr. Dwayne Proctor, team director for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Childhood Obesity team.
The event is funded by a grant from the NJ Council for the Humanities. This is the third in a series of community forums throughout the state.
What:
Food and the Human Experience: Community event focusing on childhood obesity and food access in Trenton
Who:
Deputy Commissioner Dr. Arturo Brito, MD, MPH, Dr. Arturo
Abena Busia, Chair, Women's and Gender Studies, Department Chair, Rutgers University
Ruth Perry, MD, Executive Director, Trenton Health Team
Debra Palmer, M.ED, Ph.D., NJ Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program
When: April 29th, 6 pm. War Memorial, 1 Memorial Drive, Trenton
