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	Obesity Reports: Case-Study of the Month Annual Meeting Abstract Deadline Nears Book Review: Trim Kids Around NAASO Regional Notes

Annual Meeting Abstract Deadline Nears

Abstract Deadline June 25 It's time to submit your abstract for presentation at the NAASO Annual Meeting, November 14-18, Las Vegas. The online abstract site will automatically shut down on June 25 11:59 PM Eastern Time. Don't delay! NAASO encourages submission of all obesity-related abstracts. Notification of abstract acceptance will be sent via e-mail to corresponding authors in mid-August. Abstracts will be published in the October 2004 Obesity Research Annual Meeting Supplement. Go directly to the Online Abstract Submission site. Online Registration to Open Soon! Visit our Annual Meeting page for up-to-date information. NAASO Members receive a substantial discount on Annual Meeting Registration. Register by August 18 to take advantage of early bird savings. Registration includes admission to all oral and poster sessions, symposia, debates, exhibits, opening reception, refreshment breaks and conference materials. Not a NAASO Member? Now is a good time to join. Contact membership@naaso. org or call the NAASO office at 301.563.6526. Day-at-a-Glance Now Online Plan your Annual Meeting activities with this handy Day- at-a-Glance program. Schedule your social and networking activities around key lectures, workshops and symposia. This is a great preview of the excellent programming you will experience at Annual Meeting. Visit our Annual Meeting page often »

Book Review: Trim Kids

Trim Kids: The proven 12-week plan that has helped thousands of children achieve a healthier weight, authored by Melinda Sothern, Ph.D., M. Ed., C.E.P. T. Kristian von Almen, Ph.D. Heidi Shumacher, R.D., L.D.N., C.D.E. was given rave reviews by Debbie Petitpain, MS, RD, and Melissa H. Henshaw, MD, from the Medical University of South Carolina. Here is what our reviewers say: Trim Kids is a no-nonsense, parents- take-charge, 12- week program that provides step-by-step instructions for transitioning to a healthier lifestyle. The team of authors includes an exercise physiologist, a registered dietitian, and a research psychologist. For over 15 years, this team has worked with the clinically- based 'Committed to Kids' pediatric weight management program. They have used their combined experiences and successes in 'CTK' as the basis for this home- based program. Read the Review in it's Entirety »

Around NAASO

NAASO Members Organize Research Conference Susan K. Fried, PhD, Samuel Klein, MD and Steven B. Heymsfield, MD are the organizers of the FASEB Summer Research Conference, "Integrative Approaches to Understanding Obesity and its Metabolic and Clinical Consequences." The conference will be held in Pine Mountain, Georgia August 7 - 12. Topics for this 6 day conference include The Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity; Inflammation, CVD and Obesity; Sex Differences in Lipd Metabolism; Metabolic Function of the Adipocyte; The Brain and Energy Homeostatis and much, much more. Travel money is available for junior investigators submitting "hot topic" abstracts that are selected for oral or poster presentation. For more information and to request an application visit the FASEB Website or contact jlevin@faseb.org Visit NAASO during ADA and Endo Annual Meetings If you're attending the ADA Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida, June 4 - 8, stop by the NAASO exhibit (booth 591) and meet Robert Eckrich, NAASO's Director, Education Programs. Executive Director, Edward Bernstein, will be on hand during the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting, June 16 - 18 in New Orleans. Stop by the NAASO booth (#139) where your questions can be answered by Mr. Bernstein. Employment Opportunites The Employment page is consistently one of the "most requested" pages on the NAASO Website. If you haven't checked it out lately, visit "Employment." If you've had success in hiring because of a posting on the NAASO Website we would like to hear from you. Drop a note to our Web Editor, Patrick O'Neil, PHD In the meantime, remember to take advantage of this recruitment tool. Employment Opportunites are only $50 for a 3 month posting and NAASO members receive a reduced rate of $25 per posting. To post your employment ad, just send an e-mail to jobads@naaso.org . Our staff will have your ad posted within 24 hours. New Book by James Hill Just Released Co-authored by James Hill, PhD, John Peters, PhD and Bonnie Jortberg, MS, RD, The Step Diet Book was just released. The book, packaged with a pedometer, outlines how to count steps, not calories to lose weight. Published by Workman Publishing Company, the book is 320 pages in paperback format.

Regional Notes

East Kathleen Keller reports that Mark Punyanitya, Deputy Director of the Image Reading Center at St. Luke's Hospital, New York, NY, gave a talk entitled "Advances in Body Composition Imaging" at the Targeting Metabolic Syndrome conference in Boston, May 3-5." NAASO member Dr. Gerard Musante of Structure House in Durham, N.C., recently was selected to join the N.C. Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission's Study Committee for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Overweight/Obesity. Dr. Musante will draw on his 30 years of experience combating obesity to further the mission of the study committee, which is co-chaired by Sen. William Purcell, Rep. Verla Insko and Dr. Olson Huff. West Judith Stern reports from the Western Region: from California Ken Fujioka (Scripps Clinic, San Diego) reports that the Scripps Clinic has turned out another Internal Medicine resident who will be going into the Nutrition and Metabolic field. Steven Chin will be graduating from Scripps Clinic Internal Medicine Program and will be going to UCLA to do a fellowship in Nutrition and Metabolism. David Heber (UCLA) has a new popular book entitled LA Shape Diet including concepts on protein and satiety, and matching dietary protein intake to lean body mass in order to control hunger. Catherine Carpenter presented results identifying a leptin receptor polymorphism that increased the risk of breast cancer and women at high risk, demonstrating the interactions of genes for breast cancer and obesity at the Experimental Biology meeting April 2004. The Collaborative Obesity Research Evaluation Team (CORET) was announced by Wim Saris (Universiteit Maastricht) in his plenary talk at European Association for the Study of Obesity in Prague on May 28. The project is administered by University of California at Davis (Judith S. Stern) and Universiteit Maastricht (Wim Saris). Criteria for evaluating published research are being established by a panel (Judith S. Stern and George A. Bray (co- chairs); David Allison, Myles Faith, Susan Jebb, L. Ross Pierce, Stephan Rossner. UCD and UM along with an international peer-oversight panel will then undertake a literature. The goal is to establish criteria for evaluating published research so that scientists, policy makers, the media and the public can better understand and interpret important current and relevant published research papers on obesity. Initially CORET will review up to 150 published papers and post the reviews on a publicly accessible website. M.R.C. Greenwood was appointed provost and senior vice president for academic affairs for the 10- campus UC system. In addition to her administrative responsibilities, Greenwood also holds a UC Santa Cruz appointment as professor of biology. from Oregon Janet T. Peterson (Linfield College, McMinnville) presented a symposium on body composition and immune function at the annual North West American College of Sports Medicine in March. from Washington Michael Schwartz (University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center) was awarded a 5 year NIH program project grant entitled Hypothalamic Control of food intake and Body Weight. The project unites three investigators [Michael Schwartz PI, David Cummings and Greg Barsh (Stanford University)]. Kevin Niswender (University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center), has accepted a position at Vanderbilt University beginning July 1, 2004. Read all Regional Notes »