Press Releases: Northwest
December 19, 2003
Kaiser Permanente to hold free public forum addressing childhood obesity
PORTLAND, Ore. – Kaiser Permanente is holding a free forum in north Portland on Wednesday, Jan. 21 for parents and others interested in the problem of childhood obesity and ways to help youth be healthy and active. The forum will include remarks by Njeri Karanja, PhD, who is a researcher at Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research in Portland, and by Kaiser Permanente pediatrician Phil Wu, MD. Their presentations will be followed by audience questions.
The forum will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the studio of Portland Cable Access, 2766 NE Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd., and will be taped for later broadcast. The forum is open to everyone.
Please register by calling Kaiser Permanente at 503-528-3909, Ore. toll-free 1-877-274-0824. Kaiser Permanente is a group practice health care organization serving the health care needs of about 440,000 people in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
