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V AL LE Y NEWS CMONDAY
OCTOBER 25, 2010
HEALTH
mouth lVIedical School. VALLEY NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS - JASON
JOHNS
Women Leadersand Medicinere ceiv in g an equal number of degrees
. You 'dex pect to see (advan cem ent of w om en in sci-ence and m
edic in e) progress, and it ha sn't."Determined not to let these
issues go una d-dr essed, M egli has helpe d to o rg aniz e a sym
-po sium on women in sc ience and medicine th atw ill take plac e
Thursday and Friday at themedi ca l s choo l. Th e s ympos ium is
open t o t hepublic free of charge , bu t registration isrequired
fo r th e works hop . Key note spee chesdo not require registra
tion..Called LEAD (L ea? ershi~ , Equality And
A GUEST COLUMNUpper ValleyCampaignsAgainstChildhoodObesityBy DR.
THARSAN SIVAKUMAR
For the Valley NewsN ot long ago, ABC te levision start-ed ai
ring Huge, a new drama se riesab out a g roup o f o ve rw e ig ht k
id s c op-ing w ith their insecurities whilesp end ing their summ
er at a weight-lo ss c amp.While we can wond er wheth er thesh ow c
ap tu res the tr ue sentim ents oft od ay 's y outh , wha t w e do
know is thatth e unde rly ing basis of this series -ch ildh oo d
obesity - is an epi dem icof alarm ing pro po rt io n s i n th e
United
Sta tes. National surveys have show nthat one out of six chi ldr
en betweenthe ages of 2 and 19 i s obe se . T he ch il-dren of N ew
H ampshire and Vermontare not im mune to thi s nation al ep
i-demic.A 2009 Yout h Risk Beh avior S ur-ve y conducted by the
Cent er s for D is-ease Co ntro l a nd P re ventio n sh ow edtha t
approximately one in eight high-sch oo l children in the T win S
tates isov erweight , and anot her one in ei ghtis obe se .
Fortunately, like the chil-dr en in Huge, U pper V alley kids
aretry ing to do something about thei robesity. The s ur ve y show
ed fo und thatmore than half of New Hampshi re' shig h-school
studen ts are tryi ng to los ewe igh t th rough d ie t a nd e xe
rcise . Thesur vey did not report on this statisticfor V ermon
t.Now stud ents in the Upper Valleyh av e s ome help. T he H ealthy
E atingAct ive L iving (H EA L) P artn ersh ip isa co ll abor atio
n between N ew H am p-shire foun datio ns and state agencies ,which
are determ ined to help th esey ou th a ch ie ve t he ir g oa ls.
Gra nt fund-
ing to fou r N ew H am pshire commu-nity par tnerships be nef it
s 47 ci tie sand tow ns, and provides fun ds forcommunities to
create policy and
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VALLEY NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS - JASON JOHNS
omen LeadersandMedicine
receiving an eq ual n um ber o f deg rees. You 'dex pec t to see
(advancem ent of w om en in sci-en ce an d m ed icin e) progre ss ,
and it hasn 't."D eterm ined not to let these issu es go unad-dr
ess ed , M egli has h elp ed to o rg an ize a sym -p osiu m o n wom
en in sc ie nc e a nd med icine th atw ill take place Thursday and
Friday at themedica l s ch oo l. The sy mpos ium is open to
thepublic free of charge, but regi stration isrequired for the work
sh op . Key note spe echesdo not require reg ist ra tion.Cal led
LEAD (Lea dersh ip , Equ al ity AndDivelSity);tln:syn rposi
unrwtl:t-JJ e-tM ftrsroits kind at the medical s ch ool to "brid ge
m ul-ti pl e d ep artments and disciplines ... t o addressth e
status of and iss ue s im portant to the devel-op men t o f w om en
le aders in m edicine and sci-ence," acc ord ing to the LE AD w
ebsit e.Among the issu es: How do women whoe nt er t he fields of
science and med ic in e jugg lethe desir e to have a fam ily w ith
the desire topu rsue their chose n c ar ee rs? How do wom enbalanc
e the obl ig ations o f rai sing ch il dr en w i ththe ob l iga t
ions o f th eir jobs? H ow do w om enadvance themselves in th ei r
profe ss io ns?And what role does bi as , co nscious or not,play in
w hether w om en are prom oted to posi-t io ns t ha t h av e t ra
di ti on al ly been held by m en,such as departm ent chairs o r h
eads o f l ab or a-tories? H ow d o w om en b reak th ro ugh the
glassceiling? W hat about personal choice , and thefact that not
all women in science andm ed ic in e w an t to c on ce ntr ate t he
ir effo rts o nb ein g d ep ar tm en t c ha ir s o r ru nn in g la
bs ?"I don't feel it's d is cr im i nation in the truesense of the
w ord. T here are so many womenin med ic in e, bu t if y ou lo ok a
t th e actu al lea d-er s, as yo u g o fo rw ard, I feel that the
sy stemisn't really set up for w om en, it's set up formale s,"
said D r. S us an Pepi n, a n o ph thalmol-og ist and su rg eo n w
ho h as b ee n a t Da rtmou thMed ic al S ch oo l s in ce 1999, and
is th e school'schief di ver sity officer. S he curre ntly holds
aSee WOMEN-C2
was rea lly s hock ing, a fte r a ll th e workt in . Y o u'd e
xp ec te (ad van cem en t o fn in s cie nc e a ndc ine ) p rog ress
,a nd it h as n't."Megli, student, DartmouthMedical School
spen ing err summerlo ss camp.W hile w e can w onder w hether
theshow cap tu res th e true sen tim en ts ofto da y's y ou th , w
h at w e d o k now is th atth e u nd erly in g b asis o f th is
series -c hi ld ho od o be si ty - is an e pid em icof al arm in g
p ro portions in the UnitedSta tes. atio nal u rv ey have hownthat
one out of ix children betweenth e a ge s o f 2 an d 19 i s obese.
The chil-dren of ew Ham pshire an d Ve rmontare not immune to thi s
na tio nal ep i-demic.A 2009 Youth R is k Behav ior Sur-v ey c on
du cte d b y th e Ce nt er s f or D is-ease Co ntro l an d Pr ev en
tio n show edth at approximate ly one in eight hig h-school
children in the Tw in S tates isov erweight, and anot her one in
eightis obe se. Fortun ately, lik e th e chil-dren in Huge, Upp er
Valley kids ar etrying to do som ething about theirob esity. T he s
urv ey showed fo un d th atm ore than half of N ew H am
pshire'shigh-school students ar e tr yin g to l os ewe ig ht t hr
ou gh d ie t a nd e xe rc ise. Thes urv ey d id no t rep ort o n th
is s tatis ticf or Ve rmont.N ow students in the U pper V alleyhav
e som e help. T he H ea lt hy E ati ngAc tive L iving (HEAL)
Partnershi p isa co llab oratio n b etw een N ew H am p-shire
foundations an d sta te agen cies,w hich are determ ined to help
theseyouth ac hi ev e t he ir g oa ls. Grant fund-ing to four New
Hampsh ire co mmu-ni ty partnershi ps be nefi ts 47 citiesand
towns, an d pro vid es fun ds forcommunities to create policy
andenvironmental change to reduceadult and childhood obesity. TheU
pper V alley H EA L Partnership isone of the fo ur fu nded
communitiest ha t p ro vi de r esources fo r res id ents inthe
Upper Valley.The HEAL Partnership, a m ulti-o rg an iz atio n c
olla bo ra tiv e h os te d b ythe Children's Hospital at
Dart-mouth-H it ch co ck Me dic al C en te r, ishe lping local
high-school wellnes sco mm itte es p ro mo te he alth y h ab itsw
it hi n t he s ch oo l s ys tem. Th e impa ctof these ef for ts is
beginning toemerge.A t M ascoma V alley R egio na l H ig hS ch oo
l, t hi s c ol la bo ra ti on h as wo rk edto im p ro ve th e im p
leme nta tio n o f th eschool's W ellness P olic y. As part ofth e
p ol ic y, th e s ch oo l i s w or kin g w ithN ew E ngland-based C
afe ServicesIn c. to p hase o ut so me low n utritio n-al value a
La carte item s ( items n otin cluded in the traditional lunchmenu
), a nd r ep la ce th em w ith h ea lt h-i er a lt er na ti ve s. F
or some items, th egoal has been to reduce portion size.F or exam
ple, a 1 ounce cookie hasreplaced the 2 .5 ounce cookie on themenu
.B ut y ou th b eh avio r c an b e d if fic ultSee OSESITY-C2
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decrease in caloric consum ption instudents . There has also
been adecrease in both the fat and the car-bohydrate conten t in
the purchasesp e r s tu d en t.H owe ve r, th e b en efit s o f p
ro vid in gh ea lth ie r c afe te ria f oo d c ho ic es m ig htbe
lo st if ch ildren brin g in unh ealthysnacks from home. To address
th isp o ss ib il it y, t he 'W e lln es s P olic y a lsoprom otes
the education of paren tsand stu den ts regardin g n utritio n an
de xe rc ise , w hich is m ea nt to fo ste r su s-
tainable changes in attitudes andbehavior. The W ellness Policy
alsod is co u ra ge s t he u se o f l ow - nu tr it io n alvalu e
fo od s as rew ard s for stu den ts inth e c la ss ro om a nd in s
ch oo l a ctiv itie s.P are nts a re e nco ura ge d to d o th e s
am eat h om e.T hese p olicy an d env iron mentalchang es am oun t
to an im portant firsts te p in a dd re ss in g th e o be sity e
pid em -ic in our ch ildren. O besity can havelon g-term health an
d p sych oso cialimplication s for ch ildren an d th e b at-tle w
ill no t be easily w on. H ow ever,the success o f th e W elln ess
C omm it-te e/ UV HEAL P ar tn er sh ip in it ia tiv esat M ascoma
Valley Regional H ighS ch oo l sh ow u s th at ev ery s te p c ou
nts .:P erh ap s o ne d ay , sh ow s lik e Huge willbe truly fictio
nal, as op po sed to m ir-ro ri ng o ur p re se nt r ea lity
.oTharsan Sivakum ar; M D, is anE nd oc rin olo gy F ello w a t D
artm ou thM edica l Schoo l and a residen t in the. L ea de rs hip
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outh Institu te forH e alth P olic y a nd C lin ic al P ra ctic
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE Clto predict, w hich begs the question ,w ha
t im pa ct h as th is p olic y h ad ? H av eth e stu de nts' c ho
ic es in th e c afe te riac ha ng ed a s a res ult?T he a nsw er is
a re so un din g y es!A lacarte item purchases from 2009,before the
implementation of theW ellness Policy at MVRHS, wereanalyzed and
com pared to pu rch asesin 20 10 , after th e m en u ch ang es.T
his co mp aris on in dic ate s th at stu -
dents are no w p urchasin g few er h igh-calo rie drin ks, w
hile th e sales o f b ot-tled w ater in creased dram atically .T
his is an im portant ch an ge, b ecau sem any scientific studies
have foundhigh-calorie drinks to be m ajor con-t ri bu to rs t o c
hi ld h oo d o b es it y.C om pa rin g th e ca lo ric c on te nt o
f ala ca rte item s pu rch ased b efo re an dafter the policy
changes, there hasbeen a decrease in consum ption byover 200
calories per student permonth. This represen ts a small bu ts ig
nif ic an t f ir st s te p in th e r ig ht d ir ec -tion , dem
onstrating that changingschool cafeteria m enus can lead to a
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th e studentsmedical school arewom en, and fem alesc omp ri se l ar
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