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Air date:	Friday, February 13, 2015, 2:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 551 (174 Live, 377 On-demand)
Category:	BSSR - Behavioral and Social Sciences
Runtime:	01:09:18
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Description:	BSSR Lecture Series The B’More Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) has designed a multi-level intervention for obesity prevention for low-income African American children in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gittelsohn will discuss the use of computational modeling to simulate the potential impact of programs and policies for reducing children’s obesity risk. Using agent-based modeling, they have developed a virtual representation how low income Baltimore children behave in their food environment, including dietary and physical activity choices. Key institutions within this model (corner stores, carryouts, recreation centers) can be impacted by different intervention strategies. Dr. Gittelsohn’s lecture, Simulation Modeling to Support a Multi-Level Obesity Prevention Program in Baltimore City, is part of the 2014-2015 BSSR Lecture Series to promote open and engaged discussion about cutting edge research in the behavioral and social sciences field. For more information go to http://obssr.od.nih.gov

NLM Title:	Systems science & Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins / Joel Gittelsohn.
Author:	Gittelsohn, Joel. National Institutes of Health (U.S.),
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Abstract:	(CIT): BSSR Lecture Series The B'More Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) has designed a multi-level intervention for obesity prevention for low-income African American children in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gittelsohn will discuss the use of computational modeling to simulate the potential impact of programs and policies for reducing children's obesity risk. Using agent-based modeling, they have developed a virtual representation how low income Baltimore children behave in their food environment, including dietary and physical activity choices. Key institutions within this model (corner stores, carryouts, recreation centers) can be impacted by different intervention strategies. Dr. Gittelsohn"s lecture, Simulation Modeling to Support a Multi-Level Obesity Prevention Program in Baltimore City, is part of the 2014-2015 BSSR Lecture Series to promote open and engaged discussion about cutting edge research in the behavioral and social sciences field.
Subjects:	Baltimore Food Supply Health Behavior Health Policy Obesity--prevention & control Poverty Urban Health
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	WD 210
NLM ID:	101654009
CIT Live ID:	14971
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=14971

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