WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE: Symposium on Overweight, Obesity and Mortality

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Thursday, May 26, 2005
Harvard School of Public Health
Snyder Auditorium
10:30 am -12:30 pm

A discussion on the recent conflicting JAMA and CDC reports concerning the relationship between weight and health with guest speakers:

  • Scott Grundy, Director, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • Donna Stroup, Director, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, CDC
  • Michael Thun, VP, Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society
Harvard School of Public Health Participants:
  • Graham Colditz, Professor, Department of Epidemiology
  • Frank Hu, Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Department of Nutrition
  • JoAnn Manson, Professor, HMS and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology
  • Meir Stampfer, Chair, Department of Epidemiology
  • Walter Willett, Chair, Department of Nutrition

Download: Symposium Program (PDF)

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