PRECONFERENCE EVENTS
Advocacy Forum
Can We Reform HealthCare Without a Sound
Obesity Policy?
Chair: Richard Atkinson, MD and Theodore Kyle
This public forum is designed to build awareness of the need for a sound obesity policy for successful health reform. Obesity, from early childhood obesity to adult morbid obesity, is a complicated disease that affects millions of people around the world and is related to many other diseases. The United Kingdom has developed very strong, integrated public and private policies on obesity and during the forum, our expert panelists will generate thoughtful discussion on the relationship between obesity, chronic diseases and much-needed health reform. The ultimate goal of the forum is to build connections between scientific and policy leaders who can forge solutions to the obesity epidemic.
Expert Panelists
Include the Director of Health & Wellbeing and the Deputy Director of Obesity Policy from the UK
Department of Health, plus US experts on health policy, economics, and obesity.
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Pharmacotherapy Update
The Future Is Now!
Chair: Ken Fujioka, MD
Learn about the next set of drugs and devices to be presented
to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA):
- Pivotal phase-3 data from four companies will be presented.
- This data will go to the FDA in the next several months (not years).
Expert Panelists
- Louis Aronne, MD - Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Caroline Apovian, MD - Director, Nutrition & Weight
Management, Boston University School of Medicine
- Richard Pratley, MD - Endocrinology, Diabetes &
Metabolism, University of Vermont College of Medicine
- Ken Fujioka, MD - Director, Nutrition & Metabolic
Research Center, Scripps Clinic Del Mar
Featured Companies
- Amylin - Arena
- Vivus - Enteromedics
- O rexigen - GI Dynamics
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OPENING SESSION & EVENTS
Awards Session 1
Chair: Gary Foster, PhD
2009 New Investigator Research Grants
J. Graham Thomas, PhD
Elinor L. Sullivan, PhD
2009 Awards for Outstanding Journal
Articles Published In OBESITY
Sponsored by Nature Publishing Group
Best Research: Bradley Appelhans, PhD
Best Research: Thomas A. Wadden PhD, et al.
Best Reviewer: Jacqueline M. Stephens, PhD
2009 George A. Bray Founders Award
Recipient: Thomas A. Wadden, PhD, University of
Pennsylvania
Lecture: New Life in Lifestyle Modification for Obesity
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Keynote Address
The Obesity Epidemic: the Journey From
Recognition to Solutions
William H. Dietz, MD, PhD, Director of the Division of
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for
Disease Control (CDC)
Special Invited Guest
Surgeon General of the United States
Opening Reception
Join your colleagues for a reception to launch Obesity
2009 in appropriate style. All attendees are welcome!
Just wear your name badge for admission.
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