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| Mind Body Seminar: November 1982 
OBESITY & HEALTH
NUTRITION & HEALTH
MYTHS & REALITIES San Francisco Continuing Education Programs Sponsored by
OBESITY & HEALTH
A new view of human obesity is emerging. Recent research suggests that we have overestimated the medical risks of moderate obesity while underestimating the social and psychological effects of being fat. Further, we are beginning to understand the complex interplay between differences in body metabolism, brain regulation, dietary intake, and activity in determining body weight. This symposium will present a state-of-the-art review of current thinking about obesity in an attempt to foster more sensible, effective, and humane approaches to weight management. FACULTY Robert Baron, M.D., is Clinical Instructor in Medicine, University of California, San Francisco where he is also Associate Director of the Screening and Acute Care Clinic. He has a master of science degree in nutrition and serves as a member of the Nutrition Consultation Service, Moffitt Hospital, UCSF. William Bennett, M.D., is Associate Editor of the Harvard Medical School Health Letter and has worked for a number of years as a science and medical writer. His latest book The Dieter's Dilemma reviews the emerging evidence on set-point theory in the regulation of body fatness. George A. Bray, M.D., is Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California; and Chief, Division of Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition, Los Angeles County General Hospital. The main focus of his research has been in obesity about which he has published numerous scientific papers and two books, The Obese Patient and Obesity. Stacey FitzSimmons, M.P.H., is completing a doctorate in Epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include management of hypertension screening and intervention programs in the worksite as well as behavioral factors in cardiovascular disease such as stress, coping, and social support. Margaret Mackenzie, Ph.D., R.N., is former Assistant Professor and Director of the Medical Anthropology Program, University of California, Berkeley; and is now conducting research with the Alcohol Research Group, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. She has done extensive cross-cultural study of obesity and is author of the forthcoming book Fear of Fatness: The Pursuit of Self-Control and Distrust of Pleasure. PROGRAM FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 MORNING FEAR OF FATNESS: PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF OBESITY
HOW BAD IS FAT?
THE ENIGMA OF OBESITY
AFTERNOON SET-POINT REGULATION OF FATNESS
POPULAR DIETS: AN ASSESSMENT
NUTRITION & HEALTH
Nutrition has been a neglected part of health care. Fortunately, there is now a growing public and professional interest in the relationship between food and health. A distinguished faculty of re-searchers, clinicians and educators will present a responsible, up-to-date review of major controversies in nutrition with an emphasis on practical clinical applications. FACULTY Barbara Abrams-Root, M.P.H., R.D., is Lecturer and Clinical Nutritionist with the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco and a doctoral candidate in Public Health Nutrition at the University of California, Berkeley. She was a Research Nutritionist with the Food Additives Project, an FDA study that investigated the relationship between artificial colors and behavioral disturbances in children. Stephen B. Hulley, M.D., M.P.H., is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and International Health and the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a Principal Investigator in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) and in the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Project. His research and teaching have been in the field of coronary heart disease epidemiology. Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C. and Editor of Nutrition Action. He is active in governmental policy-making and public education in nutrition and author of Nutrition Scorecard and Eater's Digest: The Consumer's Factbook of Food Additives. Marshall Joseph, M.D., is a resident in Psychiatry at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, University of California, San Francisco. He has recently completed a fellowship in psychopharmacology investigating the neuroendocrine correlates of behavioral states and the effects of opiates, nicotine and caffeine. Marion Nestle, Ph.D., is Associate Dean, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Lecturer in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry. She directs the UCSF Nutrition Curriculum Development Project and teaches nutrition to medical and other health professions students and practitioners. Judith R. Turnlund, Ph.D., R.D., is Research Nutritionist and Project Leader of the Nutrients Research Unit, USDA, Western Regional Research Center. Her research interests in human nutrition include trace element availability and utilization, nutrition and aging, and nutrition in developing countries. Diane W. Wara, M.D., is Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco. Her primary interests are in pediatric immunodeficiency and rheumatological disorders and the role of thymic humoral factors in the immune response. David Watts, M.D., is Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, specializing in gastroenterology. He is the host of the KQED radio program "Here's to Your Health" and the television program "Health Notes." He is also editor of the Lange publication, Modern Gastroenterology. SYMPOSIUM CHAIRPERSON David S. Sobel, M.D., M.P.H., is Chief of Preventive Medicine, Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center, San Jose and Lecturer in the Department of Epidemiology and International Health, University of California, San Francisco. He also serves as Medical Director of The Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge. PROGRAM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 MORNING INTRODUCTION
HUMAN NUTRITION
NUTRITION AND THE PREVENTION OF HEART DISEASE
AFTERNOON NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT
VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS
TRACE MINERALS: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 MORNING NUTRITION AND THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
DIETARY FIBER AND HEALTH
AFTERNOON FOOD FOR THOUGHT
FOOD SAFETY: THE CHEMICAL FEAST
THE PUBLIC DIET AND THE POLITICS OF FOOD
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