Science-Based Solutions to Obesity:
What is the Role of Academia, Government,
and Industry?

Program

Morning Session: Science-Based Facts
 
Genetics of Obesity: What Do We Know?
   
Joel Hirschhorn, M.D., Ph.D.

 
Physical Activity and Body Weight Control
   
John M. Jakicic, Ph.D.

 
Behavioral Management of Obesity
   
Gary D. Foster, Ph.D.

 
The Role of Protein in Weight Loss
   
Frank B. Hu, M.D., Ph.D.

Afternoon Session: Science-Based Facts
 
The Food and Drug Administration's Obesity Task Force
   
Tomas J. Philipson

 
Portion Size and the Obesity Epidemic
   
Barbara J. Rolls, Ph.D.

 
Physiology of Weight Control: Lessons from Gastric Surgery
   
Lee Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D.

 
Success at Long-Term Weight Loss Maintenance
   
Rena R. Wing, Ph.D.

Morning Session: The Role of the Following
 
Academia - Best Practices in Teaching and Research
   
George L. Blackburn, M.D.,Ph.D.

 
The Nutrition Academic Award (NAA)
   
W. Allan Walker, M.D.

 
NIH Obesity Research Strategic Plan
   
Allen M. Spiegel, M.D.

 
What's on Industry's Plate?: Solutions to Obesity
   
Patricia Verduin

 
When Science Meets the Consumer
   
Donald Short

 
US Public Policies on Nutrition in the Future
   
Daniel R. Glickman

   
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