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Obesity Intervention and Prevention: It Takes A Village

Posted by on Monday, April 11, 2016 in Archives, News.

 

This forum and Q&A session on Nutrition and Obesity will feature four -€œTed-€-style talks presented by faculty members:

Roger Cone, Ph.D.: The Biology Underlying the Obesity Epidemic

David Schlundt, Ph.D.: A Person-Environment Systems Analysis of Energy Balance

Jamie Pope, MS,RD,LDN: What to Believe? Navigating Nutrition in the Media and the Marketplace

Alice Randall, Ph.D.: Signifying Change or Assigning Shame: Culturally Competent (and Incompetent) Messaging and the Obesity Epidemic

 

RSVP for this event HERE:http://tinyurl.com/jkcyano

Information about the TIPS (Trans Institutional Programs Award) Program:

In 2014, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos launched the $50 million Trans-Institution Program (TIPS) Initiative in hopes of enhancing cross-disciplinary research and collaboration, which is a pillar of the university-€™s Academic Strategic Plan.  The Vanderbilt Institute for Obesity Metabolism (VIOM) as well as the Office of Professional and Graduate Education (POPGE) have been lucky to benefit from this prestigious grant, and want to invite you to get involved.

 

To learn more about TIPS, view this news article.