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Agenda
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and Networking 11:20 – 11:35 Eat Your Best, Less Salt, More Plants- CDC Sodium
Complimentary Western Bagel Breakfast Reduction Initiative
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS, FAAFP
8:30 – 8:40 Welcome Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Dr. Annette Besnilian, EdD, MPH, RDN, FAND,
Executive Director, Marilyn Magaram Center 11:35 – 11:45 Recipe Demonstration
CDC Sodium Reduction Initiative – Collaboration
Karina Almanza, Dietetic Intern, Public Policy Day between LA County Department of Public Health, CSUN
Coordinator & Itzel Dzul Hernández, Dietetic Intern, Dining, and Marilyn Magaram Center
Public Policy Day Co-coordinator
11:45 – 12:30 LUNCH
8:45 – 9:15 Promoting Health Through Public Policy Kappa Omicron Nu Student Honor Society Research
Keynote Speaker: Senator Robert M. Hertzberg Poster Presentations and Judging
9:15 – 9:55 The Farm Bill and Beyond: Understanding the 12:30 – 1:15 Providing Local, Good and Nutritious Food for All
Impact of Federal Legislations on You and Your Michelle Wood, MPP, Los Angeles County Department of
Community Public Health- Good Food Purchasing Plan
Fatinah Darwish, MPH, RD, Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health Rosa Romero, MEd - “From Farm to Preschool”
9:55 – 10:10 BREAK 1:15 – 1:45 Dietetics, Public Policy, & YOU
Jocelyn Harrison, MPH, RDN
10:10 – 11:20 Building a Healthier Nation: How State, County,
and City Policies Promote Nutrition 1:45 – 2:55 Public Policy Action Now! → Video Compilation
Deborah Cohen, MD, MPH, RAND Corporation Session by CSUN Dietetic Interns
(Author of “A Big Fat Crisis”)
3:00 – 3:10 Closing
Melissa Cannon, RD, CDE, California Food Policy Dr. Annette Besnilian, EdD, MPH, RDN, FAND,
Advocates Executive Director Marilyn Magaram Center