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Upcoming Seminars/Symposia

Date Speaker/Title

Recessed until Fall Semester  

Energy Balance Research Group:
Informal Research Presentations/Discussions;
this group meets every other Tuesday from 10:00-11:00 AM.
Location: West Bank Office Building, Room 310



As of November 2006, the Obesity Research Group has changed its name to the Energy Balance Research Group.



Past Seminars/Symposia

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Date      Title/Speaker

March 24, 2008 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. Join the School of Nursing and the Obesity Prevention Center for a special presentation and open conversation with special guests—moderated by Martha Kubik, School of Nursing.

April 16, 2008
2:00 pm, Cargill Bldg for Microbial & Plant Genetics
St. Paul Campus

The Minnesota Lectures on Applied Economics and Policy presents the Third James P. Houck Lecture on Food and Consumer Policy. David Laibson, Professor of Economics at Harvard and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research will speak on "Temptation, Self-Control, and Public Policy."
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
Communication and Obesity: Where to Expect Effects
Co-sponsored by the School of Journalism Communication and the Institute for Advanced Study

November 12, 2007 

Jane Wardle, PhD, University College London
Appetite and Adiposity: Re-building a Psychological Theory of Obesity
OPC Visiting Scholars Special Seminar Series

November 13, 2007     

Andrew Steptoe, DSc, University College London
Positive Well-Being, Biology and Health
OPC Visiting Scholars Special Seminar Series

September 11, 2006  Promoting Healthy Lifestyles to Reduce the Risk of Cancer
Informational Flier, Agenda
September 25, 2006 MN Obesity Center - Center Wide Retreat (9am - 2:30pm)

                                       

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