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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>See below about a webinar regarding the
efficacy of school wellness policies. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Amy R.
Winston</span></font></st1:PersonName><font color=navy><span style='color:
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w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Economic Development Office (LCEDO)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Focus on Agriculture in Rural Maine Schools
(FARMS)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Margo Wootan
[mailto:mwootan@cspinet.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 27, 2009
9:33 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NANA Coalition<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> FW: Register for Local
Wellness Policy Webinar on September 2, 2009</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>FYI
-- </span></font></tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">Local Wellness Policy Policies: Findings from the
First Two Years</font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Wednesday, September 2, 2009</font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">3:00-4:30pm ET/ 2:00-3:30pm CT/ 1:00-2:30pm MT/
12:00-1:30pm PT</font></tt><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Join Action for Healthy Kids on Wednesday
September 2 for a 90-minute</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">webinar about national evaluation findings from a
Robert Wood Johnson</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Foundation (RWJF) report on the strengths and
weaknesses of local wellness</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">policies. </font></tt><br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">This landmark study by RWJF's research program
Bridging the Gap, presents</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">data on the most comprehensive review of school
district wellness policies</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">conducted to date. Policies were evaluated
based on nutrition education,</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">school meals, competitive food and beverage
guidelines, physical activity</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">and education, food and beverage marketing in
schools, and evaluation</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">strategies for the first two school years of the
wellness policy</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">requirement.</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New"> </font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Lead author Jamie F. Chriqui, PhD, MHS from the
Institute for Health</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Research and Policy at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Illinois
Chicago</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> will discuss</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">implications of the report's findings on the Child
Nutrition and WIC</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Reauthorization Act. </font></tt><br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Following the presentation, Sarah Titzer of Action
for Healthy Kids will</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">facilitate a conversation for AFHK volunteers to
take action at the state</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">and local levels to help school districts with
wellness policy</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">implementation. We hope you will join us for
this conversation on September</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">2. </font></tt><br>
<br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Click here</font></tt><br>
</span></font><a href="https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/205074115"><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/205074115</span></font></tt></a><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> to register for the
webinar by the Monday, August 31 deadline. </span></font></tt> <br>
<br>
<tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>A complete
copy or executive summary of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report can be
downloaded using the link below:</span></font></tt> <br>
<a href="http://www.bridgingthegapresearch.org/research_products/"><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://www.bridgingthegapresearch.org/research_products/</span></font></tt></a><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
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