NCABR: The Science of Obesity: Prevention and Treatment


Agenda

8:15 AM	Coffee and Registration
8:30 AM	Welcome Ms. Karen Hoffman President North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research AMERICA SPEAKS ON PREVENTION RESEARCH AND OBESITY Ms. Karen Goraleski Director, Prevention Research Initiative Research!America Program Moderator: Dr. Louis Aronne President-Elect, North American Association for the Study of Obesity Clinical Professor of Medicine Weill Cornell University Medical College
9:00 AM	THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC OBESITY IS MUCH MORE THAN A LIFESTYLE ISSUE Dr. Louis Aronne THE ECONOMICS OF OBESITY Dr. Eric Finkelstein Health Economist, Division of Health Economics Research RTI International
10:00 AM	Break
10:15 AM	PATHWAYS TO OBESITY PREVENTION IMPORTANT FACTORS IN THE PREVENTION OF OBESITY IN YOUTH Dr. Dianne Ward Professor and Associate Department Chair, Department of Nutrition School of Public Health The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill FINDING THE WILL AND THE WAY: NORTH CAROLINA’S HEALTHY WEIGHT INITIATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH Ms. Sheree Thaxton Healthy Weight Coordinator North Carolina Division of Public Health.
11:15 AM	ADVENTURES IN BARIATRIC SURGERY Dr. Walter Pories Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery Adjunct Professor, Department of Exercise and Sports Medicine East Carolina University School of Medicine
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM	OBESITY AND ITS TREATMENT ATKINS AND OTHER DIETS: FAD OR FIX? Dr. Eric Westman Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine Duke University Medical Center OBESITY – THE SCIENCE BEHIND PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTION Dr. Brian Huber Vice President, Biology, Metabolic and Virology Drug Discovery GlaxoSmithKline OBESITY TREATMENT - DO WE HAVE THE TOOLS? DO WE HAVE THE WILL? Dr. Howard Eisenson Director Duke Diet and Fitness Center
2:30 PM	Adjourn


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