2007 Health Challenge Think Tank
Changing the global dietary environment

Top international experts to meet at McGill conference on childhood obesity

Leading international experts from health, agriculture, food, education, finance, management, environmental protection, politics and economics will meet at the McGill University Health Challenge Think Tank November 7, 8 and 9 to tackle one of the most serious threats to our childrens health and well-being: the global childhood obesity pandemic.

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Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 1
  • Patrice Resther
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 9:00:15 AM  EST 25 Minutes 47 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 2
  • Karen Siegel
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 9:30:15 AM  EST 12 Minutes 58 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 3
  • Brenda Fenton
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 10:00:15 AM  EST 19 Minutes 22 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 4
  • Pierin Menzli
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 10:30:15 AM  EST 30 Minutes 26 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 5
  • Brady Darvin
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 11:00:15 AM  EST 35 Minutes 33 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 6
  • Zhao Wenhua
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 11:30:15 AM  EST 28 Minutes 44 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 7
  • Maria Theresa Velasco
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 12:00:15 PM  EST 20 Minutes 42 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 8
  • Armando Caceres
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 12:30:15 PM  EST 20 Minutes 26 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 9
  • Narendra K. Arora
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 1:00:15 PM  EST 21 Minutes 20 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 10
  • Shelly Rosen
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 1:30:15 PM  EST 40 Minutes 9 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 11
  • Marcelo Levy
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 2:30:15 PM  EST 24 Minutes 51 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 12
  • Julie Greene
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 3:00:15 PM  EST 35 Minutes 55 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 13
  • Lloyd Kolbe
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 3:30:15 PM  EST 28 Minutes 49 Seconds
Pre-Workshop Briefing Session 14
  • Mark Muller
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 4:00:15 PM  EST 33 Minutes 53 Seconds
Opening Session 2007 - Words of Welcome
  • Peter Downie
  • Peter Todd
  • Laurette Dubé
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 6:00:15 PM  EST 43 Minutes 28 Seconds
Opening Keynote Session - Ways Forwards and Capacity Building for Better Convergence Between Health, Economy and Culture Along Local and Global Food Chains
  • Pekka Puska
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 6:25:15 PM  EST 25 Minutes 22 Seconds
Commentaries - The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth
  • Benjamin Friedman
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 7:00:15 PM  EST 25 Minutes 17 Seconds
Commentaries - For Health-Friendly, Environmentally, Economically and Culturally Sustainable Food and Agriculture Organization, Policy, and Action
  • Prashant Mathur
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 7:15:15 PM  EST 15 Minutes 6 Seconds
Commentaries - Todays and Tomorrows Vision, Leadership and Innovation for a Health- and Environmentally-Friendly World
  • Marc Kielburger
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 7:30:15 PM  EST 8 Minutes 16 Seconds
Report on the State of Progress of the Childhood Obesity Pandemic and its Multi-Level, Multi-Sector Challenges
  • Philip James
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 7:45:15 PM  EST 14 Minutes 41 Seconds
What Could Be Health-Friendly Local and Global Food Chains?
  • Derek Yach
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 8:05:15 PM  EST 18 Minutes 13 Seconds
Commentaries
  • David Ludwig
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 8:35:15 PM  EST 17 Minutes 1 Second
Commentaries
  • Claude Fischler
11/7/2007 11/7/2007 8:45:15 PM  EST 27 Minutes 19 Seconds
Agriculture and Food in the Broader Context of Social, Technological, and Economic Development Around the World
  • Prashant Mathur
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 8:00:15 AM  EST 18 Minutes 50 Seconds
The Local and Global Food Chain and its Health-Friendly Challenges
  • Corinna Hawkes
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 8:15:15 AM  EST 16 Minutes 57 Seconds
Children, Parents and Grandparents as Consumers and Clients of Local and Global Food Chains: The Multiple Motives of Individual Behavior
  • Brady Darvin
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 8:30:15 AM  EST 16 Minutes 12 Seconds
Caloric Intake in Child and Adult Individuals: Energy Density, Portion Size and Other Food Parameters
  • Barbara J. Rolls
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 8:45:15 AM  EST 16 Minutes 51 Seconds
Discussion: Unpacking the Most Strategic Action Along the Food Chains-Issue Expert Statements (3-5 min. ea.)
  • Armando Caceres
  • Vikram Bhatt
  • Ron Lemaire
  • David Sparling
  • Bryony Butland
  • Eve Felder
  • Debra DeMuth
  • Marie-Helene Sicard
  • Shelly Rosen
  • Jessica Zwaiman
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 9:15:15 AM  EST 48 Minutes 3 Seconds
Complex Systems Approach and the Strategic Levers to Shift the Drivers of Food Supply and Demand in a Health-Friendly Direction: Perspective and Overview of Pre-Think Tank Survey Results
  • Ross Hammond
  • Diane Finegood
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 10:35:15 AM  EST 27 Minutes 50 Seconds
General Discussion
  • All
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 11:05:15 AM  EST 59 Minutes 50 Seconds
Legislative and Legal Alternatives for Health-Friendly Agricultural, Trade, Industry and Consumption Policies
  • Stephen Sugarman
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 1:15:15 PM  EST 17 Minutes 10 Seconds
What Is and Whats Next in Consumer Communication Policy: Nutrient Profile, Health Claims and Advertising
  • Adam Drewnowski
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 1:30:15 PM  EST 16 Minutes 3 Seconds
The European Charter on Counteracting Obesity: Action Plan
  • Francesco Branca
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 1:45:15 PM  EST 20 Minutes 40 Seconds
Agriculture Programs in the Quebec Societal Plan Against Childhood Obesity
  • Lyne Mongeau
  • Johanne Godbout
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 2:05:15 PM  EST 15 Minutes 16 Seconds
Using Codex Alimentarius to Help Implement the WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
  • Janine Lewis
  • Mary R. L'Abbe
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 2:15:15 PM  EST 16 Minutes 10 Seconds
Perspective and Discussion Orientation
  • William Dietz
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 3:00:15 PM  EST 20 Minutes 45 Seconds
Special Expert Analysis of the Health Impact of Agricultural and Trade Policies and the Economic Impact of Health Policies on Agriculture and Trade: An American Perspective
  • Stephen A. Vosti
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 3:30:15 PM  EST 12 Minutes 37 Seconds
Issue Expert Statements (3-5 min. ea.)
  • Karl D. Meilke
  • Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey
  • Qiao Zhang
  • Deborah Taylor Tate
  • Christine Lowry
  • Richard Massé
  • Kristinn Kellie Leitch
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 3:40:15 PM  EST 47 Minutes 25 Seconds
General Discussion
  • All
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 4:10:15 PM  EST 30 Minutes 45 Seconds
Summary Review of Ways Forward Discussion (5-7 min. ea.)- With a team from the Steering and Action Committee
  • Corinna Hawkes
  • Kaare Norum
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 5:10:15 PM  EST 16 Minutes 37 Seconds
Strategic Insights to Ensure a Health-Economy-Culture Convergence in Ways Forward
  • Mark Muller
  • Carlos A. Monteiro
  • Warren Belasco
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 5:20:15 PM  EST 23 Minutes 4 Seconds
Strategic Insights to Ensure Political Will in Ways Forward
  • Joe Clark
11/8/2007 11/8/2007 5:50:15 PM  EST 16 Minutes 41 Seconds
Markets, Governance and Innovation Along the Local and Global Food Chains
  • Gary Gereffi
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 8:00:15 AM  EST 18 Minutes 46 Seconds
Voluntary and Market Mechanisms and Innovation in Moving Toward Health-Friendly Local and Global Food Chains: On Carbon Market, Industry Standards, and Other Insights from Environment
  • Paul Thomassin
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 8:15:15 AM  EST 16 Minutes 26 Seconds
The Clinton/AHA Initiative Creating a Healthier Generation
  • Christy Manso
  • Patricia Vaughan
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 8:30:15 AM  EST 19 Minutes 23 Seconds
Multi-Sector Innovation and Partnership in the Global Arena: The World Heart Association Visits Sesame Street
  • Janet Voute
  • Ilana Umansky
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 8:50:15 AM  EST 14 Minutes 32 Seconds
Canadian Initiative for a Health-Friendly Competitive Advantage for Local and Global Food Chains
  • Gaetan Lussier
  • Janice Vansickle
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 9:00:15 AM  EST 14 Minutes 44 Seconds
Issue Expert Statements (3-5 min. ea.) Social and Business Innovation and Grassroot Action
  • Elizabeth Pivonka
  • Jaya Kumar
  • Robert-Jan Brummer
  • Julie Greene
  • Terry Dean
  • Mary Story
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 9:25:15 AM  EST 24 Minutes 52 Seconds
Issue Expert Statements (3-5 min. ea.) Learning From Environmentally-Friendly Innovation in Industrial and Investment Markets
  • Marcelo Levy
  • Lorne Johnson
  • Pierin Menzli
  • William J. Bernstein
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 10:00:15 AM  EST 24 Minutes 28 Seconds
General Discussion
  • All
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 10:45:15 AM  EST 36 Minutes 10 Seconds
Summary Review of Ways Forward Discussion (5-7 min. ea.) - With a team from the Steering and Action Committee
  • William George
  • Jordan LeBel
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 11:25:15 AM  EST 15 Minutes 35 Seconds
Strategic Insights to Ensure a Health-Economy-Culture Convergence in Ways Forward
  • Spencer Henson
  • Narendra K. Arora
  • Harvey A. Levenstein
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 11:35:15 AM  EST 35 Minutes 1 Second
Lever Points that Governments Can Promote to Empower Schools and Communities
  • Rob Merrifield
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 1:15:15 PM  EST 16 Minutes 36 Seconds
Lever Points that Civil Society Can Promote to Empower Schools and Communities
  • James S. Marks
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 1:30:15 PM  EST 17 Minutes 2 Seconds
The American Societys Efforts to Empower Schools and Communities to Support Children and Families for Health-Friendly Food Supply and Demand
  • Jay Hirschman
  • Howell Wechsler
  • Ann Cooper
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 1:45:15 PM  EST 22 Minutes 56 Seconds
Local and Global Initiative for Healthy Schools Around the World
  • Doug McCall
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 2:05:15 PM  EST 11 Minutes 32 Seconds
Issue Expert Statements (3-5 min. ea.)
  • Zhao Wenhua
  • T. Colin Campbell
  • Richard Leblanc
  • Tim Lobstein
  • David Howes
  • Raquel Izquierdo de Santiago
  • Tom Baranowski
  • Brenda Fenton
  • Miguel Pestana
  • Ana Diez Roux
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 2:15:15 PM  EST 54 Minutes 49 Seconds
General Discussion
  • All
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 3:35:15 PM  EST 34 Minutes 8 Seconds
Summary Review of Ways Forward Discussion (5-7 min. ea.) - With a team from the Steering and Action Committee
  • Lloyd Kolbe
  • Richard Lessard
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 4:30:15 PM  EST 17 Minutes 10 Seconds
Strategic Insights to Ensure a Health-Economy-Culture Convergence in “Ways Forward”
  • Virginia Stallings
  • Patrick Webb
  • Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 4:45:15 PM  EST 24 Minutes 34 Seconds
Closing Words-Agriculture, Food and Business as Lever for a More Balanced Society
  • Chandra A. Madramootoo
11/9/2007 11/9/2007 5:30:15 PM  EST 16 Minutes 28 Seconds