Who:     You -- please come and share your thoughts
What:    Forum--Weighing the Options: How Can We Encourage Healthy
Weights Among West Virginia’s Youth? 
Where:  Marilla Center in Morgantown, WV
When:   Wednesday, November 12th at 6:00pm. 

More children are overweight today than every before and the numbers
are rising.  We know that overweight children and teens experience
more
health problems, ones that worsen as they grow into adulthood.  Yet
parents, teachers, health care providers and policy maker struggle
with
what to do to address this serious problem.

You are invited to attend a community forum to discuss what we can do
to encourage healthy weights among our children and youth.   The WVU
Office of Health Services Research (WVUOHSR) and the Morgantown Board
of
Park and Recreation Commissioners (BOPARC), in partnership with the
West
Virginia Office of Healthy Lifestyles and the West Virginia Center for
Civic Life, are sponsoring a forum on Weighing the Options: How Can We
Encourage Healthy Weights Among West Virginia’s Youth?  It will be
held at Marilla Center in Morgantown, WV on Wednesday, November 12th
at
6:00pm. 

You will join other members of the community in a thoughtful
conversation about what can be done.  You’ll consider several
approaches to improving our children’s health in an atmosphere that
encourages respectful sharing of differing perspectives.  You’ll
receive useful information about successful programs that are
improving
our children’s chance for a future healthy future right here in West
Virginia.  The goal of the forum is to consider individual,
organizational, and community actions. 

We need your voice.  Only you can share your struggles and insights on
tackling this issue.  Please bring others who would like to
participate.
 If we are going be successful in tackling the issue of childhood
obesity, our first step is to listen to and learn from each other. 

Please email or call Mary Swim at [log in to unmask] or (304) 293-1079 to
register for the forum or for more information.   Registration is not
required, but is greatly appreciated so that we may have materials
available for all attendees.