Epi Seminar Series for February

Two Special Events with Dr. Flegal - Tuesday, February 3, 2009

		Katherine Flegal, PhD Center for Disease Control

11:30-12:20 - Special Edition Journal Club

Special Edition Journal Club led by Dr. Katherine Flegal, Senior Research Scientist/Distinguished Consultant National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Journal Club will be held in Health Sciences, Room T-474

Measures of body composition and health outcomes

Readings:
Freiberg MS, Pencina MJ, D'Agostino RB, Lanier K, Wilson PW, Vasan RS.BMI vs. waist circumference for identifying vascular risk. Obesity (Silver Spring).
2008 Feb;16(2):463-9

Bray GA, Jablonski KA, Fujimoto WY, Barrett-Connor E, Haffner S, Hanson RL,
Hill JO, Hubbard V, Kriska A, Stamm E, Pi-Sunyer FX; Diabetes Prevention
Program Research Group. Relation of central adiposity and body mass index to the development of diabetes in the Diabetes Prevention Program. Am J Clin
Nutr. 2008 May;87(5):1212-8.

Optional:
Flegal KM, Shepherd JA, Looker AC, Graubard BI, Borrud LG, Ogden CL, Harris
TB, Everhart JE, Schenker N. Comparisons of percentage body fat, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-stature ratio in adults. Am J Clin Nutr.
2009 Feb;89(2):500-8. Epub 2008 Dec 30.

3:30pm to 4:50pm - Department of Epidemiology Seminar
Health Sciences T-747

"Weight and mortality: issues of interpretation"

This seminar will discuss Dr. Flegal’s research on obesity-associated mortality but will focus on the use of scientific evidence in the construction and maintenance of epidemiologic narratives.

References:
Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson, DF, Gail, MH.  Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity. JAMA. 2005;293:1861-1867.

Kaptchuk TJ. Effect of interpretive bias on research evidence. BMJ. 2003 Jun 28;326(7404):1453-5
Reference information

For more information contact Courtney Marshall at 543-1065.

 

Updated on January 29, 2009