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I plan to attend the April 6th, 2006 Childhood Obesity Symposium at Columbia University:
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The Columbia University Seminar on Appetitive Behavior

is proud to present

A symposium on Childhood Obesity:

"Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Eating Behavior and Body Composition in Children"

Symposium:
1:30 PM Introduction
1:40 PM Nicolas Stettler, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "Association of fetal and infant growth with obesity"
2:20 PM Julie Mennella, Monell Chemical Senses. "Flavor imprinting and the role of breastfeeding in the development of food preferences and habits"
3:00 PM David Levitsky, Cornell University. "Teaching dietary restraint and weight monitoring to children: is it good or bad?"
3:40 PM Coffee Break
4:00 PM Streamson Chua, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, "Genetic models of human obesity in mice and humans"
4:40 PM Myles Faith, University of Pennsylvania Weight and Eating Disorders Program, "Behavioral genetic contributions to child feeding and body composition"


St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center--NYORC

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

at

The Columbia University Faculty House
THE SYMPOSIUM WILL BEGIN AT 1:30 PM SHARP
COCKTAILS WILL BE SERVED AT 5:30 PM, AND DINNER WILL BE SERVED AT 6:00 PM.

The Columbia University Faculty House can be reached from Wein Court on the North side of 116th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Morningside Drive. Parking can be found on 119th St. West of Amsterdam. For additional directions, see: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/fachouse/directions.html


If you are coming for dinner OR need a parking permit faxed to you, please let us know by Tuesday, March 7th. Please email reply with the form above. If you have questions please email APSEM@columbia.edu or contact Kathleen Keller, Rapporteur, at 212-523-2603. We may also be reached by mail at:

Appetitive Seminar
c/o Dr. Harry R. Kissileff
St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center
1111 Amsterdam Avenue
NY, NY 10025

Harry R. Kissileff, Ph.D., Chair
Kathleen Keller, Ph.D., Rapporteur
Columbia University Seminar on Appetitive Behavior
http://www.nyorc.org/seminars.html

Sponsored in part by GlaxoSmithKline & the New York Obesity Research Center-St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center


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