Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight and Credit
Hearing to Review the State of Obesity in the United States
Date and Time
March 26, 2009 |
10:00 AM
Location
1300 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
Description
WASHINGTON - On March 26, 2009, the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry held a hearing to review the problem of obesity in the United States.
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Witness Testimonies
Panel 1
Dr. William Dietz,
M.D., Ph.D., Director, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevention Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington, D.C.
Panel 2
Ms. Anne M. Wolf,
R.D., M.S., Research Instructor Univeristy of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Mr. Richard S. Hamburg,
Director of Government Relations Trust for America's Health, Washington, D.C.
Mr. Martin M. Yadrick,
M.S., M.B.A., R.D., F.A.D.A., President American Dietetic Association, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Donna Mazyck,
R.N., M.S., N.C.S.N., President of the Board National Association for School Nurses, Silver Spring, Maryland