MCCHE Consumer Behaviour Webinar and Discussion Series
Interventions to Improve the Food Environment in Baltimore City
Thursday, November 12th聽| 11-12:15pm
The 9I制作厂免费 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) invites you to particpate in our consumer behaviour webinar and discussion series. This series is part of a broader research agenda in developing a model of motivated choice and tranformative innovation for healthier lifestyles and obesity prevention and control. On November聽12th, Dr.聽Joel Gittelsohn聽from the聽Global Obesity Prevention Centre聽at Johns Hopkins University聽will present a webinar on interventions they are using to improve the food enviornment in Baltimore City.聽
This webinar describes a series of intervention trials over聽the last decade to improve the food environment in Baltimore City.聽 Successful pilot trials in corner stores, carryouts and recreation centers will be described, culminating in a large multi-level trial,聽B鈥橫ore Healthy Communities for Kids.聽 Funded by the Global Obesity Prevention Center, BHCK takes a systems approach to improving access and consumption of healthier foods by low income African American children.
颁辞苍迟补肠迟听cameron [dot] mcrae2 [at] mcgill [dot] ca (subject: MCCHE%20Consumer%20Behaviour%20Webinar%20and%20Discussion%20Series) (Cameron McRae)聽for more information.