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Thursday June 1, 2006
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Gary Earl
Past Vice President
Health & Wellness Benefits
Caesar's Entertainment
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7:15 am
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8:15 am
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8:30 am
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| 8:30 am - 9:15 am |
Obesity as a Precipitator of Chronic Disease |
- Discuss the relationships between obesity, insulin
resistance/metabolic syndrome and chronic illnesses, such as, heart disease, stroke,and type 2 diabetes
- Craft a disease management strategy for obesity management
based on prevention of linked chronic disease
- Describe key elements in obtaining a positive ROI in obesity disease
management programs
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Patricia R. Salber MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
Center for Practical Health Reform
Advisor to Peer Trainer
 View Biography
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| 9:15 am - 10:00 am |
Promoting Diet in the Workplace- An Evaluation of Popular Diets and a Model for a Healthy Company Cafeteria |
- Examine the science behind popular diets
- Introduce discussions at work of diets promoting healthy weight loss and track their progress
- Structure a healthy cafeteria with healthy food choices and financial incentives
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Esther F. Myers PhD, RD, FADA
Research and Scientific Affairs
American Dietetic Association
View Biography
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| 10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Break |
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| 10:30 am - 11:30 am |
Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity |
- Assess the link between obesity, cardiovascular disease and life expectancy
- Recognize that prevention begins in childhood
- Discuss what the American Heart Association and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation are doing to treat childhood obesity
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Robert H. Eckel MD
Charles A. Boettcher Endowed Chair in Atherosclerosis
Professor of Medicine, and of Physiology and Biophysics
Program Director, Adult GCRC
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes; and Cardiology
University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
Aurora, Colorado
President, American Heart Association
View Biography
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| 8:30 am - 9:15 am |
Examine the Major Causes of Obesity |
- Recognize obesity has a genetic component, but cannot be explained by genetics alone
- Describe the sedentary environment in which most Americans work
- Assess excess nutrition and the numbers of people who purchase high-fat fast food
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John Peters PhD
Director of the Nutrition Science Institute
Procter & Gamble
Chief Executive Officer
America on the Move Foundation
View Biography
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| 9:15 am - 10:00 am |
Case study: Going Whole-Grain at Work |
- Influence selection of cafeteria breakfast cereals with whole grain choices
- Advertise the connection between whole grain and reduced risk for heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity
- Discount whole grain choices to promote healthy nutrition
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Timothy Crimmins MD
Vice President
Health Services Education
General Mills
View Biography
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| 10:00 am - 10:30 am |
Break |
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| 10:30 am - 11:30 am |
Case study: Going Mediterranean with Weight Loss at the Company Cafeteria |
- Notify employees on their payroll and intranet announcing a 12 week Mediterranean diet
- Run weekly classes for education and information sharing
- Provide individual dietary assessments, cholesterol, lipid profiles and interactive websites
- Create designer salads with olive oil, free fruit break, recipes with less meat, more beans, spices and vegetables, food demonstrations and ethnic foods in the cafeteria
- Demonstrate body weight change after the Mediterranean diet one and two years later
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Mary Flynn PhD, LDN
Assistant Professor of Medicine in Research
Brown University
View Biography
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| 8:30 am - 11:30 am |
Comprehensive Partnership to Combat Overweight: Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey |
- Examine a broad partnership with a health plan, a health system and a school to address weight loss and obesity
- Design a weight management, program with virtual gym, free membership, online tool, behavioral modification coaching tool and support groups/health coaches
- Describe referral to medical centers known for quality, safety, efficiency for bariatric surgery
- Evaluate partnership with Shape it Up—school based program with Rutgers University which offers educational modules for healthy living
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Christopher Valerian MD
Medical Director
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
View Biography
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Diane H. Cheatham RNC, BSN, CCM
Corporate Director
Community Health and Wellness
Atlanticare Health System
View Biography
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Mindy Pomatto MA
Health & Physical Education Teacher
Brigantine Elementary School
View Biography
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Chrissy Ortolf RN
School Nurse
Brigantine Elementary School
View Biography
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Saira Azimuddin Jan M.S., Pharm D.
Director of Clinical Programs
Pharmacy Management
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
View Biography
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11:30 am - 12:00 pm
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12:00 pm
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12:30 pm
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- Introduce a comprehensive health risk appraisal with incentives such as a reduction in the employee’s health care contribution
- Analyze the components of intensive weight management programs: medical, fitness, nutrition, behavioral health and surgical
- What is the return of weight loss programs that address the spectrum of low risk to high risk?
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1:30 pm
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- Identify the costs associated with weight loss programs in their various formats
- Assess the clinical outcomes attributable to this weight-loss method and the long-term maintenance of weight lost among successful participants
- Discover models to assist in the determination of cost/benefit projections within various settings (e.g., self-insured employer).
- MakeWeight Loss Programs More Effective with Online Counseling
- Tailor and implement weight loss programs for the work place
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2:30 pm
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3:00 pm
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- Promote a social-ecological model for health where better health is brought to communities
- Demonstrate 30 restaurants in Rockford, Illinois displaying at least 5 approved CHIP menu items because CHIP participants impact the economic power base in the community
- Conclude better health is achieved by better education in the workplace and society as group environments produce change more than traditional health care on a one-to-one level
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4:00 pm
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- Evaluate a range of pragmatic actions to reduce overweight
- Present new models of care toward prevention, chronic care and partnerships
- Implement cultural change to promote healthy lifestyle: physical activity and improved nutrition
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| Moderator |
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Morgan Downey JD
Executive Director
Chief Executive Officer
American Obesity Association
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| Panelists |
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Keith Bachman MD
Clinical Lead
Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute
Weight Management Initiative
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Michael Dubroff DO
Director of Clinical Client Relationships
Highmark
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Douglas Knoop MD
Senior Medical Director
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
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Nico Pronk Ph.D., FACSM, FAWHP
Executive Director
HealthPartners Health Behavior Group
Vice President, Health & Disease Management
Senior Research Investigator
HealthPartners Research Foundation
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5:00 pm
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