UPDATE: The Town Hall Meeting aired on CNN's "Fit Nation" on Sunday, June 18, at 7 PM. See links below for further information.
Dean Marla Gold, MD joined former President Bill Clinton and CNN's senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta in a town hall meeting on the Drexel campus as part of CNN's "Fit Nation" initiative. The meeting and panel discussion focused on obesity prevention, and took place on Thursday, March 23, in the George D. Behrakis Grand Hall in the Creese Student Union Complex, 32nd and Chestnut Streets. The event was streamed live online at CNN Pipeline and at http://www.drexel.edu/fitnation.
Additional panelists included Gwen Foster, health and fitness czar for Philadelphia; and Dr. Timothy Gardner of the American Heart Association. "Fit Nation" segments are featured in Dr. Gupta's Saturday and Sunday morning CNN program House Call with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, special reports for CNN prime-time programming, interactive health content at CNN.com/fitnation, ongoing editorial content in Time magazine and a one-hour special to be hosted by Dr. Gupta in late 2006.