Early Environmental Exposures and Later Risk of Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Outcomes: Findings From the ECHO Program

Chair(s)

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  Krista Zanetti, PhD, MPH, RDN

  Program Officer
  Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program, National Institutes of Health
  Rockville, Maryland, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Co-Chair(s)

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  Catherine Cohen, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  Denver, Colorado, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Speaker(s)

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  Sylvia Badon, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Research Scientist
  Division of Research
  Kaiser Permanente Northern California
  Pleasanton, California, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Sarah Comstock, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  Michigan State University
  East Lansing, Michigan, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Traci Bekelman, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Colorado School of Public Health
  Aurora, Colorado, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

This session will highlight projects from the National Institutes of Health Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program addressing how early-life environmental exposures influence childhood obesity and metabolic outcomes, and potential implications for prevention strategies and public health interventions. Featured speakers will address (1) early life gut microbiome and childhood obesity, (2) digital media use and obesity among youth: the moderating role of physical activity and peer relationships, and (3) do perinatal or child health behaviors mitigate the obesogenic effect of in utero exposure to maternal overnutrition factors?

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM - 10:10 AM ET

  Introduction to the ECHO Program: Advancing Research on Early Environmental Influences and Child Health
  

  Chair: Krista A. Zanetti, PhD, MPH, RDN – Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program, National Institutes of Health
• 10:10 AM - 10:30 AM ET

  Do Pregnancy and Child Health Behaviors Mitigate Associations of Maternal Obesity With Childhood Adiposity?
  

  Speaker: Sylvia E. Badon, PhD (she/her/hers) – Kaiser Permanente Northern California
• 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM ET

  The Gut Microbiome and Risk of Child Obesity
  

  Speaker: Sarah S. Comstock, PhD (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
• 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM ET

  Screen Use and Childhood Obesity: Is There a Bi-directional Association?
  

  Speaker: Traci A. Bekelman, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Colorado School of Public Health
• 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM ET

  Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers - Early Environmental Exposures and Later Risk of Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Outcomes: Findings From the ECHO Program
  

  Chair: Krista A. Zanetti, PhD, MPH, RDN – Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program, National Institutes of Health

  Co-Chair: Catherine C. Cohen, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

  Speaker: Sylvia E. Badon, PhD (she/her/hers) – Kaiser Permanente Northern California

  Speaker: Traci A. Bekelman, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Colorado School of Public Health

  Speaker: Sarah S. Comstock, PhD (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University