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Denise Austin, member of the President's Council
on Physical Fitness and Sports, opened the first day of Summit with a few
warm-up exercises. |
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U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Richard Carmona, introduced the
Physical Activity Plenary Session. |
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Dr. Cristina Beato, Acting
Assistant Secretary for Health, gave opening remarks. |
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Dr. R. Sanders Williams, Dean of the School of Medicine at
Duke University, delivered the Keynote Address on Thursday morning entitled The Next Healthcare Transformation. |
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Dr. Dorothy Richardson, Vice Chair of the President's Council
on Physical Fitness and Sports, gave a personal and inspirational presentation
on physical activity. |
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Ms. Charlene Burgeson, Executive Director of the National
Association for Sport and Physical Education, talks about the importance of
physical activity in the schools. |
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Mr. John Clymer, President of the Partnership for Prevention,
closes the Physical Activity Plenary Session with his presentation on worksite
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Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services speaks at the lunch on April 29th and released a
"Blueprint for Action" and a new PSA. |
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Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich, Jr. welcomed the
participants to Baltimore and introduced HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson. | |
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These two attendees listened to Secretary Thompson's luncheon
address. |
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Dr. Lester Crawford, Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug
Administration, introduced the Nutrition Plenary Session. | |
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Ms. Sally Squires, Medical Health Writer of the Washington
Post's Lean Plate Club, talked about the role the media can play in improving
nutrition. |
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Dr. Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine,
spoke about nutrition policy. | |
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Dr. Barbara Schneeman, (right) Professor in the Department of
Nutrition at the University of California, Davis, outlined the science of
nutrition. |
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Fitness Consultant and owner of TOROBICS, Mr. Reggie Freeman,
warmed up the conference participants on Friday morning. | |
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Dr. Reed Tuckson, Senior Vice President of Consumer Health
and Medical Care Advancement at United Health Group, delivers his presentation
on healthy choices. |
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Dr. Joxel Garcia, Deputy Director of the Pan
American Health Organization, delivers the Keynote Address adding an
international perspective to prevention. | |
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Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, introduced the Healthy Choices Plenary Session. |
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Lieutenant Governor John Carney discussed his physical
activity challenge for Delaware citizens. | |
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Ms. Barbara Quaintance, Director of Programs and Community
Service at AARP, delivered a presentation on motivating seniors to be more
active. |
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Governor Mike Huckabee, delivered the luncheon address on
Friday and tells of his personal commitment to healthy choices. | |
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Dr. Elias Zerhouni, Director of the National Institutes of
Health, introduced the plenary session on Preventive Screening. |
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Ms. Colleen Doyle, Director of Physical
Education and Nutritional Activity at the American Cancer Society, described the
Great American Weigh-In, a new ACS program. | |
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Dr. Alice Jacobs, President-Elect of the American Heart
Association talked about the challenges in preventing cardiovascular disease. |
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Dr. Eugene Barrett, President of the American
Diabetes Association, talked about finding persons with pre-diabetes. | |
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A participant asked a question at one of the
workshops. |
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Surgeon General Carmona chats with a technology showcase
exhibitor. | |
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A participant browsed the Office of Minority Health exhibit. |
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A participant stopped at the exhibits to speak to a
representative from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. | |
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Participants slowly make their way through a row of
informative exhibits. |
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Participants networked in the hallway. | |
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Sign leads attendees to our Internet Café. |
