Tuesday, October 16, 2000
NAS Auditorium
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Welcome and Introduction of Meeting Co-Chairs: David Satcher, Surgeon General and Jeffrey Koplan, Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kenneth I. Shine, M.D.
President, Institute of Medicine
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The Weight of the Nation: Data and Trends
David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D.
Surgeon General/Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Causes and Consequences 
The Toxic Environment
Kelly Brownell, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University
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Developmental Periods of Risk for Obesity
Robert Whitaker, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
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Population Level Disparities: Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Shiriki Kumanyika, Ph.D., R.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Epidemiology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
University of Pennsylvania
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The Consequences and Costs
F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Medicine
St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University
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Question & Answer
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Biological and Physiological Determinants of Weight
Overview of the Multiple Pathways through which Genes Influence Weight
Rudolph Leibel, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Columbia University
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Neuroendocrine Aspects of Body Weight Regulation
Michael Schwartz, M.D.
Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology
Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington
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Energy and Substrate Metabolism
Angelo Tremblay, Ph.D.
Professor, Médecine Sociale et Préventive (Kinésiologie)
Université Laval, Quebec
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Effect of Diet Composition on Food Intake and Body Weight
Barbara Rolls, Ph.D.
Professor and Guthrie Chair Nutrition Department
Penn State University
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Question & Answer
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Prevention Goals of Prevention
J. Michael McGinnis, M.D.
Senior Vice President and Director, Health Group
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Preventing Obesity in Children
Thomas N. Robinson, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine
Stanford University
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Population Level Interventions for Adults
Robert Jeffery, Ph.D.
Professor of Epidemiology
University of Minnesota
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The Importance of Fitness in Children and Adults
Steven N. Blair, P.E.D.
Director of Research
The Cooper Institute
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Question & Answer
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Treatment
Goals of Treatment
William H. Dietz, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Behavioral Interventions
Rena Wing, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Psychology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Current Drug Treatments: Risks and Benefits
George Bray, M.D.
Boyd Professor, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Louisiana State University
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Leptin and the System Controlling Body Weight
Jeffrey Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Professor,
The Rockefeller University
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Question & Answer
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Priorities for Research and Policy
Jeffrey Koplan, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Introduction of Class of 1999 IOM Members
and of 2000-01 Robert Wood Johnson Fellows
Kenneth I. Shine, M.D.
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Presentation of the Gustav O. Lienhard Award to Philip Lee, M.D.
Gordon DeFriese, Ph.D.
Chair, Lienhard Award Committee
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Press Release
Acceptance Speech
Philip R. Lee, M.D.
Emeritus Professor at the Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California at San Francisco
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Adjournment/ Closing Remarks
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