Youth obesity rates are trending upwards. The impact of this epidemic has a direct effect on kids and teens, their academic success, and the communities they live in. Join the School-Based Health Alliance Youth Advisory Council as they share their perspectives on obesity prevention, how SBHCs can promote awareness, and how adolescents and adults can work together to develop and implement programming to improve student health outcomes.
Presenters
- Nicole Carrillo, YAC member, Summer Youth Intern/President YHAC, Building Healthy Futures, Omaha, NE
- Cameron Estrada, YAC member, Founder, Impact Teens, Roswell High School, Roswell, NM
- Seleena Moore, MPH, Program Associate, School-Based Health Alliance, Washington, DC
- Emily Weigel, BSN, RN Yale University, School of Nursing, New Haven, CT