Graduate Seminar in Nutritional Sciences (NUTR 500) Winter Quarter 2006

Obesity Prevention: Research to Policy

Faculty Organizer: Glen Duncan, PhD, RCEPsm
Thursdays 12:30- 1:20 PM, Health Sciences Building T-639 (except 2/23)

Seminar Schedule and Presentations in PDF Format

January 5- John Brunzell, MD
Recidivism after weight loss [~5.5mb]

January 12- Karen Foster-Schubert, MD
Ghrelin and the Regulation of Body Weight and Glucose Homeostasis

January 19- Lenna Liu, MD, MPH
On the front line: obesity in minority youth

January 26- Deb Bowen, PhD
Community interventions for obesity

February 2- Phil Hurvitz, MFR
Spatial epidemiology and obesity risk

February 9- Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
Screen time and poor eating habits in children

February 16- Scott Weigle, MD
Human diet studies on body weight regulation

February 23- ECOR Symposium: Your Brain on Food (Henry Art Gallery Auditorium)

March 2- Jan Norman, RD, CDE & Marilyn Sitaker, MPH
Using environment and policy approaches to address obesity

March 9- Laura Streichert, PhD, MPH
Transdisciplinary strategies for obesity research