2007 Physical Activity and Nutrition Summit 

On October 2, 2007, the Hawaii State Department of Health, Tobacco Settlement Project, Healthy Hawaii Initiative hosted a Physical Activity and Nutrition Summit. This first ever event brought together over 300 representatives from businesses, schools, and community agencies to showcase systems of change models and best practices in physical activity and nutrition in Hawaii and in the nation. The summit featured prominent national speakers, as well as, local presenters who described their approaches to physical activity and nutrition in the workplace, schools, and the community, discussed the application of Social Marketing principles, provided research to support their interventions and provided a toolkit for participants to utilize in their organizations.    

What people are saying about the first Physical Activity and Nutrition Summit:

“Excellent conference!” 

“Mark Fenton was very captivating. I enjoyed his presentation very much.”  

“Adrian Bauman’s presentation with media examples from around the world was great and interesting.” 

“Adrian Bauman was great, very fresh, creative and innovative.” 

“…learned a great deal and Mark Fenton was amazing.” 

“I enjoyed every minute of this conference. And I learned a lot.” 

“Thoroughly enjoyed Mark Fenton’s presentation – context and delivery.” 

“Good overview of social marketing. Very informative.” 

“I appreciate the activities. This (breakout) session will be helpful in implementing more fun and healthy meetings.” 

“Informative . . . good example of program implemented with community participation.”

                                                                 ~ Comments from the evaluation surveys

Summit Resource Information 

Hawaii Physical Activity and Nutrition Plan

Mahalo to everyone involved
 in making the first
Physical Activity and Nutrition Summit a success!