Panel: Obesity in Southwest Georgia

On November 20 and 21, the health disparities research community organized a panel on local and statewide efforts to combat obesity in Southwest Georgia. The speakers and their presentations can be found below. *

Speakers and topics

Remy Hutchins and Harmeet Singh - Albany Public Health: "Obesity in Southwest Georgia"

Keisa Mansfield - Georgia Cancer Research: "Obesity and Cancer"

Marsha Davis - University of Georgia: "The Child as the Agent of Change: Fighting Obesity in Colquitt County"

Amber Bell - The Southwest Georgia Project: "Community-driven efforts to fight obesity in Southwest Georgia"

Louise Wrensford - Emory Prevention Research Center: "Healthy Rural Communities"

* Please note that the presentation on cancer and obesity is unavailable for upload from the website at this time. If you would like to see this presentation, please send an email to the research facilitator, Judith Rosenbaum, and she will email you a copy.