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Obesity Consortium of
Minnesota
University of Minnesota

Phone: 612-625 6200
Email:
umopc@epi.umn.edu

Seminars & Symposia
Date	Speaker/Title
Fall 2009: Tuesdays 310 West Bank Office Bldg (WBOB 310)unless otherwise indicated	Energy Balance Research Group (EBRG): Informal Research Presentations/Discussions. This group meets every other Tuesday from 9:30-10:30 AM in unless otherwise indicated. *• Stay tuned for upcoming seminars in November.*
Nov. 17, 2009, Tues. 3:30-4:30 PM FScN Room 23	Food Science and Nutrition Graduate Seminar (Fall 2009): "Healthy Land, Healthy Food, Healthy Eaters - Cultivating Sustainable Food Systems." Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD IATP Food & Society Fellow Advocates for Good Food Connecting Soil to Food to Health
Dec. 8, 2009, Tues. 3:30-4:30 PM FScN Room 23	Food Science and Nutrition Graduate Seminar (Fall 2009): "Vitamin D Deficiency and Obesity." Kanak Masodkar (MS)

Past Seminars and Symposia

	Date Title/Speaker
	Oct. 30, 2009 10:00-11:00 AM 365 WBOB	Division of Epidemiology & Community Health Seminar: "Exercise Makes You Fat" Speaker: John Blundell, PhD Professor of Biopsychology, University of Leeds, UK Chair of PsychoBiology, Director of the Human Appetite Research Unit, Director of the Institute of Psychological Sciences
	Sept. 21, 2009 8 AM-5 PM Cowles Auditorium, H.H. Humphrey Center	Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives First Annual Symposium: Nationally and internationally renowned speakers will present state-of-the art science on four highly controversial topics related to the effects of food consumption on human health: food processing, consumption of organic foods, high fructose corn syrup, and antibiotic use in animals. The purpose of the symposium is to generate exciting discussions that may lead to consensus on the controversial topics and/or recommendations for research needed for their resolution. Registration: http://register.cce.umn.edu/Course.pl?sect_key=183183 Agenda: http://www.hfhl.umn.edu Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute and co-sponsored by the Minnesota Obesity Center

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