Step up to the plate - MyPlate symposium

The New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children's Hospital hosted a breakfast panel and discussion of the new USDA Dietary guidelines and the MyPlate Icon. Here are some of the highlights and takeaway messages.

Panelists included:
Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission
Sam Kass, Assistant White House Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives
David Ludwig, MD, PhD, Director, New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children's Hospital
Eric Rimm, ScD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
Cara Ebbeling, PhD, Associate Director for Research and Training, New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center Boston Children's Hospital
Jody Adams, award-winning chef, local farm advocate and owner of Rialto Restaurant -- Implementation in the Kitchen