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Wayne Giles, M.D., M.S. - The State of Nutrition on the School Lunch Tray

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Wayne Giles, M.D., M.S. - Congressional Briefing: The State of Nutrition on the School Lunch Tray

On April 23 2014, the Physicians Committee hosted a briefing on the state of nutrition in the school lunch program. Academic experts and public health professionals will discuss how the changes in the school lunch program have impacted the nutritional content of what is on the tray and the importance of the school lunch and breakfast programs for addressing both food insecurity and a growing obesity epidemic among low-income children.

Wayne H. Giles, M.D., M.S., joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in July 1992. He is currently the director of the Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

He holds a B.A. in biology from Washington University, an M.S. in epidemiology from the University of Maryland, and an M.D. from Washington University and has completed residencies in both Internal Medicine (University of Alabama at Birmingham) and Preventive Medicine (University of Maryland). His past work includes studies examining the prevalence of hypertension in Africa, clinical trials evaluating the effectiveness of cholesterol-lowering agents, and studies examining racial differences in the incidence of stroke.

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