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STEPHANIE AMARAL


Stephanie Amaral is a Health and Nutrition Officer at UNICEF Brazil,
working with health and nutrition advocacy, coordination, evidence
generation and project conception and implementation at the national and
subnational level. She is a nutritionist with master’s in “Child and
Adolescent Health at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG),
Brazil and PhD in Social Statistics and Demography at the University of
Southampton, UK. Her research focused on populational nutritional status
for children and adolescents as well as trends for population dietary habits
and its association with different health outcomes. She participated in
different projects with WHO, USAID and Open University on maternal and
child health before joining UNICEF Brazil, where she has been since 2019.
 
 

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Thursday, June 27, 2024

• Room 5 - Phillip James
16:30-18:30
SESSION: ADVANCING COMMUNITY-BASED CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION IN CITIES
Moderator: Simon Barquera (Mexico)

Opening: Prevention of childhood obesity through community interventions and the role of cities (WOF)
Keynote: Shaping healthy urban neighbourhoods for children
Speaker: Gil Penalosa (Canada)

Breakout session: Identifying barriers and solutions to co-creating community-based interventions
Panel: What does it take to shape healthy city environments for children?
Panelist: Jo Jewell (Denmark)
Panelist: Henrique Goes (Brazil)
Panelist: Marina Arilha Silva (Brazil)
Panelist: Stephanie Amaral (DF)
Panelist: Carolina Morais Araujo (RJ)

Closing
Speaker: Gil Penalosa (Canada)
 

Saturday, June 29, 2024

• Room 5 - Phillip James
09:30-10:30
SESSION: OBESITY, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, WELL-BEING AND MENTAL HEALTH
Coordinator: Rafael Claro (MG)
Speaker: Cristina Cadenas (Spain)
Speaker: Stephanie Amaral (DF)
Speaker: Nomathemba Chandiwana (South Africa)

Discussion
11:00-12:30
SESSION: CHILDHOOD OBESITY INTERVENTIONS
Coordinator: Magdalena Wetzel (Argentina)

Marketing directed at children
Speaker: Rafael Claro (MG)

The new obesity prevention strategy in Brazil and the school environment
Speaker: Gisele Bortolini (DF)
Speaker: Stephanie Amaral (DF)

Health systems interventions
Speaker: Louise Baur (Australia)

Discussion
14:00-15:30
SESSION: SHAPING THE NARRATIVE TO ADVANCE IN OBESITY PREVENTION POLICY
Coordinator: Simon Barquera (Mexico)
Speaker: Angelika Peczak (South Africa)
Speaker: Stephanie Amaral (DF)
Speaker: Maria Isabel Valero Morales (Mexico)
Speaker: Magdalena Wetzel (Argentina)
Speaker: Tainá de Almeida Costa (SP)

Discussion


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Centro de Convenções Frei Caneca
R. Frei Caneca, 569 - Bela Vista,
São Paulo - SP, 01307-001




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