Graduate Seminar in Nutritional Sciences (NUTR 500) Winter Quarter 2007

Physical Activity: From Mechanisms to Policy

Faculty Organizer: Glen Duncan, PhD, RCEPsm
Thursdays 12:30- 1:20 PM, Health Sciences Building T-639

Seminar Presentations in PDF Format

• January 4- Glen Duncan, PhD, RCEPsm
• Physical Activity 101

• January 11- Kevin Conley, PhD
• Age, Exercise and Adaptation: The Mitochondrial Link

• January 18- Kristen Campbell, PhD
• Randomized Controlled Trials of Physical Activity & Clinical Outcomes

• January 25- Wendy Johnson-Taylor, PhD, MPH, RD
• Race and Ethnicity: Powerful Moderators of Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

• February 1- Catherine Staunton, MD
• Bicycle Transportation and Public Health in Seattle

• February 8- David Levinger, PhD
• What's the Big Chicken idea? Advocacy and cultural change for health

• February 15- Brian Saelens, PhD
• Neighborhood Physical Environment Factors and Physical Activity

• February 22- Richard Troiano, PhD
• Measuring Physical Activity in the US Population

• March 1- Roland Sturm, PhD
• The Economics of Physical Inactivity: Developing a Research Agenda

• March 8- Vic Colman, JD
• Physical Activity: From Mechanisms to Legislation