Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held on Wednesdays
at 4:10 pm in room 114 Morgan Hall, Berkeley Campus.
Refreshments are served at 3:45 p.m. in 120 Morgan Hall. Free admission.
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Recent Features
Stuffed and Starved
Raj Patel, Researcher, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and visiting scholar at the Center for African Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Control of Food Intake
George Bray, MD, Visiting Scholar at CWH, Professor and Chief, Division of Clinical Obesity and Metabolism
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Weight and Mortality: the Population Perspective
Katherine Flegal, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Health Statistics
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Center for Weight and Health, the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology
The Quality of Calories: What Makes Us Fat and Why Nobody Seems to Care?
Gary Taubes, New York Times Magazine
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Center for Weight and Health, School of Public Health, Graduate School of Journalism
Obesity prevention: Partnerships for translating evidence to policy
Dr. Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD, MPH , Director, Division of Behavioral Science and Health Education , St. Louis University School of Public Health
Monday, September 24, 2007
From Junk Food to Junk Values: The Impact of Marketing on Childrens Health
Allen Kanner and Susan Linn, co-founders of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood.
Friday, October 13, 2006
The control of intake in free-living humans: Theory, facts, and simulations Tyne , UK
John M. de Castro, Ph.D., Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Do urban 'food deserts' exist? A multi-level, geographical analysis of the relationship between retail food access, socio-economic position & dietary intake in Newcastle upon Tyne , UK
Dr. Jean Adams, BMedSci, MBBS, PhD, Post doctoral researcher in the School of Population and Health Sciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Monday, December 5, 2005
Snacking and obesity in 11-12 year old UK children, 1980-2000
Professor Martin White, MB ChB, MSc Public Health, MFPH, FFPH, MHEA, Chair of Public Health and Director of the Public Health Research Group at the university of Newcastle upon Tyne, and honorary Consultant in Public Health with Northumberland, Tyne & Wear Strategic Health Authority
Monday, December 5, 2005
Nutrition Counseling in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Helen Pak, MS, RD, Clinical Dietitian and Sports Nutritionist at the University of California, Berkeley
Co-sponsored by Center for Weight and Health (CWH) and The Bay Area Dietetic Association
Monday, September 19, 2005
Eating Behavior in Physiological and Pathological Aging
Ettore Ferrari, M.D. Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Therapy Chair of Gerontology and Geriatrics University of Pavia , Italy.
Co-sponsored by Center for Weight and Health (CWH) and Center for Research and Education in Aging (CREA)
Thursday, May 5, 2005
How Many Deaths? Excess Deaths Associated with Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity in the U.S.
Katherine Flegal, Ph.D, MPH
Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hyattsville, Maryland; Visiting Scholar, Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, University of California at Berkeley Co-sponsored by UC Berkeley's Center for Weight and Health, Center for Health Research, and Center for Family and Community Health.
Monday, April 25, 2005
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in the food supply: implications for dietary guidance
Gail G. Harrison, Ph.D.
Professor, Vice Chair
Department of Public Health - Community Health Science
University of California, Los Angeles, Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Schools, Marketing, and Children's Health
Alex Molnar, Ph.D.
Professor of Education Policy and Director of the Education Policy Studies Laboratory at Arizona State University Wednesday, June 11, 2003
The 2nd Annual Calloway Memorial Lecture: “Energy In and Energy Out: Metabolic Effects of Diet, Exercise and Age”
William J. Evans, Ph.D
Director, Nutrition, Metabolism & Exercise Lab., Donald W. Reynolds Center for Aging, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, April 23, 2003
Effects of Dietary Glycemic Index on Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
David S. Ludwig, MD, Ph.D.
Director, Obesity Program and Associate Director, GCRC, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, March 5, 2003.
How Many Deaths in the U.S. are Due to Obesity? Dr. Katherine Flegal, Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hyattsville, Maryland; Visiting Scholar, Center for Weight and Health, College of Natural Resources, University of California at Berkeley, February 5, 2003.
Hunger, Food Insecurity, Poverty and Obesity: Is there a connection? Dr. Marilyn Townsend, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, December 4, 2002.
The Role of Mitochondria in the Evolution of Type 2 Diabetes Dr. Rebecca Simmons, Faculty, University of Pennsylvania, and Neonatologist, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, September 26, 2002.
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health Dr. Marian Nestle, Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University, August 14, 2002.
Ideal: Height-Weight Tables and Body Mass Index Charts Dr. Glenn Gaesser, Professor, exercise physiology, and Faculty Advisor to the Health and Fitness Program, University of Virginia, July 8, 2002.
Molecular Physiology and Weight Regulation in Mice and Humans Dr. Rudolph Leibel, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine Chief, Division of Molecular Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, May 2, 2002.
A Tool for Improving Body Image Among Middle School Students Connie Sobczak, Executive Director, The Body Positive, January 9, 2002.
Self-esteem in the Development and Prevention of Childhood Overweight and Eating Disorders Dr. Jennifer O'Dea, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney and Visiting Scholar, December 5, 2001.
Behaviors Influencing the Development of Adiposity in Children Dr. William Agras, Emeritus-Active Professor, Stanford University, April 18, 2001.
Contradictions and Confounds in the Coverage of Obesity: Academic Journals, Textbooks and the Media, Dr. Esther Rothblum, Professor, University of Vermont, May 10, 2000
Colloquia
Enabling Technology for the Aging Population : From the Lab to the Home
Sponsored by: Center for Weight and Health, Center for Research and Education on Aging (CREA),Center on Aging (Academic Geriatric Resource Program, AGRP), Lawrence National Berkeley Laboratory Buck Institute for Age Research (Novato , CA), Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), BioTime, Inc., and funding from NIH – National Institute of Health.
University of California, Berkeley, Saturday, October 30th, 2004
Nutrition & Exercise for Healthful Aging: A ColloquiumIn addition to the above seminars, the Center, along with the Center for Research and Education on Aging (CREA), Lawrence National Berkeley Laboratory and the Buck Institute for Age Research, had the opportunity to organize and participate in the colloquium on aging that was held on Saturday, April 26, 2003.Nutrition and
Exercise in Healthful Aging: A Colloquium and Fair The Center, along with Center for Research and Education in Aging (CREA), had the opportunity to organize and participate in the colloquium on aging that was held on May 11, 2002.
