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April 22, 2008
7—9:00 PM
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The Spring 2008 Tucker Center Distinguished Lecture:
Developing Physically Active Girls: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions.
Nicole LaVoi,
Margaret Duncan, Barbara Ainsworth, and Diane Wiese-Bjornstal (authors of the Tucker Center 2007 Research Report)
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April 16, 2008 |
David Laibson, Professor of Economics at Harvard and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research
2:00 pm, Cargill Bldg for Microbial & Plant Genetics,
St. Paul Campus
Temptation, Self-Control, and Public Policy
The Third James P. Houck Lecture on Food and Consumer Policy sponsored by the Minnesota Lectures on Applied Economics and Policy
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March 24, 2008 |
School of Nursing and the Obesity Prevention Center special presentation and open conversation with special guests—moderated by Martha Kubik
10:00-11:30 am Coffman Union Mississippi Room
Measuring Childhood Obesity: Public Health Surveillance OR School-based Screening and Parent Notification? A local, state and international perspective.
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Spring, 2008: Tuesdays |
Energy Balance Research Group—Informal Research Presentations/Discussions
10:00-11:00 am, WBOB 310
• Jan 15: Robert Jeffery - Increasing intervention variety to promote
weight loss
maintenance: An experimental trial.
• Jan 29: Jennifer Linde -Weight gain prevention among community college students.
• Feb 12: Steven Stovitz -The importance of childhood height in
the assessment of
pediatric obesity.
• Feb 26: Jayne Fulkerson: Food quality in the home environment: Measurement and
analysis.
• Mar 11: Maureen Ayers Looby: ESHOP: Economics of Shopping from Home and
Obesity Prevention.
• Mar 25: Susie Nanney: Improving the School Food Environments
• Apr 22: Beth Lewis: Exercise and postpartum depression.
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December 6, 2007 |
Robert Hornik, Wilbur Schramm Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania,Director of its Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication
4:15 pm, Murphy Hall Room 130
Communication and Obesity: Where to Expect Effects
Co-sponsored by the School of Journalism Communication and the Institute for Advanced Study |
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November 12, 2007 |
Jane Wardle, PhD, University College London
4-5pm (3:30pm reception),
Mayo 3-125
Appetite and Adiposity: Re-building a Psychological Theory of Obesity
OPC Visiting Scholars Special Seminar Series
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November 13, 2007 |
Andrew Steptoe, DSc, University College London
10-11am (9:30am reception),
Mayo 3-125
Positive Well-Being, Biology and Health
OPC Visiting Scholars Special Seminar Series |
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Fall 2007: Tuesdays |
Obesity Research/Energy Balance Research Group— Informal Research Presentations/Discussions, 9:30-13:00am, WBOB 310
• Sep 11: Simone French - Portion size grant
• Sep 25: John Sirard - Physical activity environmental assessment
• Oct 09: Marco Yzer - Social psychological theories and health behavior
change: relevance in the context of cultural factors such as poverty, education
and access to basic resources
• Oct 23: Mark Pereira and Andy Odegaard - Body mass index, lifestyle, and type 2
diabetes risk in The Singapore Chinese Health Study
• Nov 6: Brian Southwell and Bob Jeffery - Circles research discussion:
Brian and Bob will share the work the group is doing with international
collaborative research on eating and physical activity behaviors
• Nov 20: Mark Muller and Ken Meter - Agriculture policy and local food systems
infrastructures
• Dec 4: Nancy Sherwood - Healthy Homes/Healthy Kids: Primary-care based obesity
prevention
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Spring 2007:
Tuesdays |
Obesity Research/Energy Balance Research Group—Informal Research Presentations/Discussions, 9:00-10:00am, WBOB 310
• Jan 16: Bob Jeffery - Financial Incentives for Healthy Food Choices and Weight Loss
• Jan 23: Kinesiology - Exercise and Bone Health
• Jan 30: Al Levine - Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives
• Feb 06: Simone French - Home Food Environment: Receipts to Measure Away and
Home Food Purchases
• Feb 20: Leslie Lytle - TAAG Results
• Feb 27: Kinesiology
• Mar 06: Andrea Arikawa - TREC Study
• Mar 13: Colleen Flattum & Sarah Friend - New Moves
• Mar 20: Jay Desai - Dietary Behaviors in Minnesota: Results from the
2006 Minnesota BRFSS
• Mar 27: No Meeting
• Apr 03: Sara Veblen-Mortenson - PALA + Peers
• Apr 10: Carrie Heitzler - VERB Campaign
• Apr 17: Jeff Schwimmer - Pediatric Energy Imbalance: Canary in a Hepatocyte
• Apr 24: Rachel Wetzseon - Optimizing Bone Strength and Body Composition in
Children
• May 01: No Meeting
• May 08: Scott Crow - Relationship between perfectionism, eating disorders and
athletes (PMID 17093375).
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April 17,
2007 |
Jeff Schwimmer, MD, UCSD
3:35-5:30 pm, Mayo 3-125
Burrowing for Common Ground: A Golden Give and Take on Pediatric Obesity Treatment
PubH 6000: Course Lecture Open to the Public |
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November 10, 2006 |
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health Seminar
10:00-11:00am, WBOB 364
Mary Story, "Food Marketing to Children and Youth" |
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November 2, 2006 |
Brian Wansink, Cornell University
9:00-11:00am, MOOS 1-450
"Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think"
Plus his Obesity Prevention Center-sponsored talk at:
3:30-4:30pm, WBOB 142
"Do Low-Fat Labels Make Us Fat?" |
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Fall 2006:
Tuesdays |
Obesity Research Group—Informal Research, 12:00 - 1:00pm, WBOB 364
•Sept 19: Robert Jeffery - Look Ahead
•Sept 26: Sarah Rydell - McLabel (McDonald's Package Labeling)
•Oct 3: Lisa Harnack - Fast Food Meals Study
•Oct 10: Jayne Fulkerson - Family Meals Study
•Oct 17: John Sirard - TREC Home Inventory Tool/Physical Activity Study
•Oct 24: Leslie Lytle – TREC
•Oct 31: Brian Noi & Mark Muller - Mini-Farmers Markets
•Nov 7 : Lisa Harnack - Fast Food Labeling
•Nov 14: Scott Shimotsu - Route H PA
•Nov 21: Ben Senauer - Japan US PA data
•Nov 28: Gretchen Taylor - New Horizons
•Dec 5: Melissa Nelson – U of M food/catering RFP development |
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September 25, 2006 |
MN Obesity Center - Center Wide Retreat ( 9am-2:30pm)
Free, but registration is encouraged
Agenda and Registration Information |
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September 22, 2006 |
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health Seminar
10:00-11:00am, WBOB 364
Mark Pereira, "Effects of Fast Food on Obesity and Chronic Disease Risk:
Do We Need Randomized Trials?" |
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September 11, 2006 |
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles to Reduce the Risk of Cancer
Informational Flier, Agenda |
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