Bradford Regional Medical Center 

OBESITY IN AMERICA...and what communities can do about it.

A discussion led by Bill Purcell

Upper Allegheny Health System, Olean General Hospital and Bradford Regional Medical Center cordially invite you to an important presentation on the critical issue of obesity in America. We hope that this event might be the beginning of an ongoing dialogue about what we can do to address the obesity in our region.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

6:00 – 6:30 p.m. – Registration / Light Fare

Program will start promptly at 6:30 p.m.

Jamestown Community College- Cattaraugus Campus

CUTCO Theater

260 North Union St.

Olean, NY 14760 

Bill Purcell is an expert in leading collaborative efforts. He was previously mayor of Nashville, TN, and Majority Leader in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He is former director of Harvard University’s Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and founder and director of the Child and Family Policy Center at Vanderbilt University. Purcell served as vice chair of the Committee on Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in Washington, DC. He is currently chairing its Roundtable on Obesity Solutions. The Committee’s most recent report, Accelerating Progress on Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation, identifies more than 800 ways that communities can work together to accelerate obesity prevention. Purcell is a partner at the law firm of Jones, Hawkins and Farmer in Nashville.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER OR CALL 716-375-7518