The Division of Nutrition
and Harvard Clinical Nutrition Research Center
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Department of Nutrition
HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Presents
The 7th Annual Postgraduate Nutrition Symposium
The Childhood Obesity Epidemic:
Predictors and Strategies for Prevention
March 16 - 17, 2005
Daniel Tosteson Medical Education Center
Carl Walter Amphitheater (2nd Floor)
Harvard Medical School
260 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA
Chairs: W. Allan Walker, MD, and Matthew Gillman, MD, MS
PROGRAM
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005
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| 7:00 AM | Registration & Continental Breakfast | |
| Introductory Remarks | W. Allan Walker, MD Director, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
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SESSION I:
PREDICTORS |
Moderator: Carine Lenders, MD, MS Boston University School of Medicine |
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| 8:15 | Pediatric Obesity - The Problem | George Bray, MD Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
| 9:00 | Life Course Approach to Obesity | Matthew Gillman, MD, SM Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| 9:45 | Discussion | |
| 10:00 | Break | |
| 10:15 | Breast-feeding | Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| 11:05 | Infant Feeding | Carine Lenders, MD, MS Boston University School of Medicine |
| 11:30 | Infant Growth Studies | Virginia Stallings, MD University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA |
| 11:55 | Discussion | |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
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SESSION II:
PREDICTORS |
Moderator: Alison Hoppin, MD Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center |
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| 1:15 | What Approaches Can We Take? | William Dietz, MD, PhD Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 2:00 | Discussion | |
| 2:10 | Television/Video Games - Lack of Activity | Steven Gortmaker, PhD Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA |
| 2:40 | Portion Size for Children | Leann Birch, PhD Pennsylvania State University, PA |
| 3:10 | Carbohydrates | David Ludwig, MD, PhD Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| 3:40 | European Studies | Berthold Koletzko, MD University of Munich, Munich, Germany |
| 4:10 | General Discussion | |
| 4:45 PM | Adjourn for the day | |
| 6:30 PM | Reception/Dinner for Invited Speakers/Sponsors Downtown Harvard Club (One Federal Street, 38th Floor) |
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Thursday, March 17
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| 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | |
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SESSION III:
SCIENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS |
Moderator: Matthew Gillman, MD, SM Harvard Medical School |
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| 8:30 | Physician Intervention | William Sears, MD University of California, Irvine |
| 8:50 | Prevention Research in Pediatric Obesity: NIH Perspective | Susan Yanovski, MD NIDDK, National Institute of Health |
| 9:20 | Childhood Obesity Research: Building Evidence for Action | Tracy Orleans, PhD Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| 9:40 | CON Recommendations | Nancy Krebs, MD, MS University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center |
| 10:00 | Discussion | |
| 10:20 | Break | |
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SESSION IV:
INDUSTRY APPROACHES |
Moderator: Matthew Gillman, MD, SM | |
| 10:45 | McDonald’s Corporation | Cathy Kapica, PhD, RD |
| 11:00 | Gerber Products Company |
Kathleen Reidy, DrPH, RD |
| 11:15 | ConAgra Foods Company | Pat Verduin, PhD |
| 11:30 | The Coca Cola Company | Donald Short |
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SESSION V:
GENERAL DISCUSSION |
Panel I and Panel II (ALL) | |
| 11:45 | Panel I: Industry Cathy Kapica, PhD, RD Kathleen Reidy, DrPH, RD Donald Short Pat Verduin, PhD |
Panel II: Academia Lilian Cheung, DSc, RD Alison Hoppin, MD Karen Peterson, DSc Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD |
| 12:30 PM | Conference Adjourns | |
Although there is no fee for the symposium, lunch and refreshments, registration is required. A limited number of discounted rooms ($139) at the adjoining Best Western Inn at Longwood Medical Center, 342 Longwood Ave., Boston MA, 02115 may be reserved by calling (617) 731-4700. In order to receive that rate let them know you are attending Harvard Medical School’s "Childhood Obesity" Symposium
Sponsors:
This Program was Made Possible in Part
Through Unrestricted Grants from:
McNeil Nutritionals, LLC
Gerber Products Company
McDonald’s Corporation
The Beverage Institute for Health and Wellness of The Coca Cola Company
ConAgra Foods Company
Dupont/Solae
Slim-Fast Foods Company
The Dannon Company
Nestle Nutrition Institute
Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
The Campbell Soup Company
The Peanut Institute
Wyeth Nutritionals
Conrad Taff Teaching Fund
For further information about this past Symposium,
please contact Lindsey Monroe at
(703) 841-1600 or pmk@pmkassociates.com.
W. Allan Walker, MD
Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition
Director, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School
PI, Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
allan_walker@hms.harvard.edu
Leann L. Birch, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Human Development
The Pennsylvania State University
llb15@psu.edu
George Bray, MD
Boyd Professor, Louisiana State University
Chief, Division of Obesity and Metabolic Diseases
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
brayga@pbrc.edu
Lilian Cheung, DSc, RD
Director, Health Promotion & Communication
Department of Nutrition
Harvard School of Public Health
lcheung@hsph.harvard.edu
William H. Dietz, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
wcd4@cdc.gov
Matthew W. Gillman, MD, SM
Associate Professor
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
matthew_gillman@hms.harvard.edu
Steven Gortmaker, PhD
Professor of Society, Human Development and Health
Harvard School of Public Health
Alison Hoppin, MD
Associate Director for Pediatric Programs
Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center
ahoppin@partners.org
Kathleen Reidy, DrPH, RD
Director, Nutrition Science & Regulatory Affairs
Gerber Products Company
kathleen.reidy@ch.novartis.com
William Sears, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
University of California, Irvine
thesears@cox.net
Donald Short
Vice-President
The Coca Cola Company
dshort@na.ko.com
Virginia A. Stallings, MD
Deputy Director, Joseph Stokes Research Institute
Director, Nutrition Center, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
stallingsv@email.chop.edu
Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH
Instructor in Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School
Center for Child Health Care Studies
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
elsie.taveras@childrens.harvard.edu
Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD
Professor, Preventive Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
lvanhorn@northwestern.edu
Pat Verduin, PhD
Senior Vice-President & Director
ConAgra Food Company
pat.verduin@conagrafoods.com
Susan Yanovski, MD
Co-Director, Office of Obesity Research
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
yanovskis@extra.niddk.nih.gov
Cathy Kapica, PhD, RD
Global Director, Nutrition
McDonald’s Corporation
cathy.kapica@mcd.com
Berthold Koletzko, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Munich, Germany
Dr von Hauner Children’s Hospital
claudia.wellbrock@med.uni-muenchen.com
Nancy F. Krebs, MD, MS
Professor of Pediatrics
Head, Section of Nutrition
The University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
nancy.krebs@UCHSC.edu
Carine Lenders, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Nutrition
Boston University School of Medicine
carine.lenders@bmc.org
David Ludwig, MD, PhD
Associate Professor , Harvard Medical School
Director, OWL Program
Division of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital
david.ludwig@childrens.harvard.edu
Emily Oken, MD, MPH
Instructor in Ambulatory Care and Prevention
Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
emily_oken@harvardpilgrim.org
Tracy Orleans, PhD
Senior Scientist
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
TORLEAN@rwjf.org
Karen Peterson, DSc
Associate Professor of Nutrition and Society, Human Development and Health
Harvard School of Public Health
kpeterso@hsph.harvard.edu