Maine Association of School Nurses

SAVE THE DATES- 5th Annual Let's Go Conference-Food in Health Care

Maine Health Conference Center
110 Free Street
Portland, ME 04101

Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 9:00am ET - Friday, September 16, 2016 at 9:00pm ET
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110 Free Street, Portland, ME 04101

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Nancy Chen, PhD, Professor of Anthropology at University of California- Santa Cruz


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SAVE THE DATES – 5th Annual Let's Go Conference - Food in Health Care – It is more than an Apple a Day 

Join us for two days of exploration into the role of food as medicine. Nancy Chen, PhD, Professor of Anthropology at University of California- Santa Cruz and authro of Food, Medicine, and the Quest for Good Health, will kick off the event by addressing the cultural and historical contexts of food, medicine and health. Then, using the American Academy of Pediatrics' Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight's Algorithim for the Assessment and Management of Childhood Obesity as a pathway, we will explore the role of food in prevention, management, and treatment of childhood obesity and related health conditions. We hope you will join us in September 2016!

Registration opens May 2nd!