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6th Annual Southern Obesity Summit
Charlotte, NC
Open to AllThe Southern Obesity Summit (SOS) is the largest regional obesity prevention event in the United States, drawing hundreds of participants from the 16 Southern States consisting of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Together, these states are joining forces to fight obesity.The theme of this year's conference, "Just Say YES!," has two over-arching goals:
Effectively engage youth in SOS' strategies to prevent obesity
Help stakeholders strategize policy and program initiatives across all 16 states
SOS began with seed capital from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation…
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