2004-2005 Topic: Foods and Health

Promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Among Youth of Color: Engaging Communities Through Multi-Level Strategies

This event took place on June 2, 2005.

Video

There is no video for this Roundtable session.  However, you can download a pdf of the PowerPoint Handouts.

Guest Speaker

Ivan J. Juzang is the founder and president of MEE (Motivational Educational Entertainment) Productions Inc.  MEE is a leading provider of culturally-relevant and cost-effective intervention campaigns for hard-to-reach ethnic and urban audiences.

Mr. Juzang is a member of the Advisory Committee on Public Issues for the Ad Council and is a board members of the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a national non-profit organization dedicated to women's reproductive health research, policy and advocacy.  Since 2003, Mr. Juzang has also been a member of the Office of National Drug Control and Policy as an expert on the Behavior Change Panel, part of the National Anti-Drug Media Campaign.  He is a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control.  For two hears he was an instructor in the Department of Broadcasting and Telecommunications and Mass Media at Temple University's School of Communications.  He received his MBA from the Wharton School of Business where he conceptualized and started MEE Productions, Inc.

About MEE Productions, Inc

In 1990, Ivan J. Juzang founded MEE Productions, Inc., a unique communications research and social marketing company with offices in Philadelphia, Washington, DC and Los Angeles.  MEE has developed effective intervention strategies for such issues as substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, dating violence and physical activity and nutrition by understanding and using urban youth lifestyle and culture.  Mr. Juzang is experienced in producing and implement results-oriented intervention campaigns that address health and social issues impacting the inner cities.  He conducts qualitative research that provides an "insider's view" of the challenging daily realties of urban living and combines it with creative, "outside the box"media production and community mobilization services.