George Bray Award Lecture (2022) - Preventing and Treating Obesity: Lessons from the Clinic and the Community (Obesity Collection)

The George Bray Outstanding Scientific Achievements Award in Obesity Research is presented to a physician, clinician or investigator who has made a significant lifetime contribution to the field of obesity research. This award is designed to recognize an individual whose lifetime body of work includes meaningful contributions and/or demonstration of highly original, sustained, and reproducible scholarship that has made major contributions to the understanding of the causes, treatment and/or prevention of obesity. This award is endowed by Dr. George A. Bray and his wife, Marilyn M. Bray.

This course is included in the Obesity Collection.

 

Speakers

Gary D. Foster, PhD (Award Lecturer)
Chief Science Officer
WW International, Inc.

Shilton E. Dhaver, B.S.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Joslin Diabetes Center

James O. Hill, PhD
Professor and Chair
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Luotao Lin, Master
PhD Student
Purdue University

 

Learning Objectives

  • Review the current evidence base on the prevention of obesity in individuals as well as in the community setting
  • Describe approaches to treating obesity
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.50 Attendance

    Learners are eligible to download a Certificate of Attendance upon activity completion. A Certificate of Attendance confirms the learner has completed the activity and does not confer any continuing education credit to the learner from ASN.

Course opens: 
04/14/2023
Course expires: 
06/30/2025
Cost:
$12.50
Part of: 
Obesity Collection
Rating: 
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This activity includes the following presentations:

Introductions

James O. Hill, PhD
Professor and Chair
University of Alabama at Birmingham

2022 George Bray Outstanding Scientific Achievements in Obesity Research Award Lecture - Preventing and Treating Obesity: Lessons from the Clinic and the Community

Gary D. Foster, PhD (Award Lecturer)
Chief Science Officer
WW International, Inc.

Panel Discussion - 2022 George Bray Outstanding Scientific Achievements in Obesity Research Award Lecture - Preventing and Treating Obesity: Lessons from the Clinic and the Community

Gary D. Foster, PhD (Award Lecturer)
Chief Science Officer
WW International, Inc.

James O. Hill, PhD
Professor and Chair
University of Alabama at Birmingham

2022 George Bray Obesity Research Student Award Flash Talk Presentation: Hybrid Model of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention for Patients With Diabetes & Obesity for Post-COVID Era

Shilton E. Dhaver, B.S.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Joslin Diabetes Center

2022 George Bray Obesity Research Student Award Flash Talk Presentation: The Discovery of Data-Driven Temporal Dietary Patterns and a Validation of Their Description Using Energy and Time Cut-Offs

Luotao Lin, Master
PhD Student
Purdue University

Panel Discussion - 2022 George Bray Obesity Research Student Award Flash Talk Presentations

Gary D. Foster, PhD (Award Lecturer)
Chief Science Officer
WW International, Inc.

Shilton E. Dhaver, B.S.
Clinical Research Coordinator
Joslin Diabetes Center

James O. Hill, PhD
Professor and Chair
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Luotao Lin, Master
PhD Student
Purdue University

Disclosure Policy

The American Society for Nutrition supports fair and unbiased participation of individuals in its education activities. Any real or potential conflicts of interest must be identified and managed. All relevant financial relationships with commercial interests that directly impact and/or might conflict with ASN activities must be disclosed, or disclosure that no relevant financial relationships exist must be documented. Other relationships that could cause private interests to conflict with professional interests must also be disclosed. This policy is intended to openly identify any potential conflict so that participants in an education activity are able to form their own judgments about the presentation. In addition, disclosure must be made of presentations on drugs or devices or uses of drugs or devices that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. 

Speakers

Shilton E. Dhaver, B.S., Clinical Research Coordinator, Joslin Diabetes Center
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Gary D. Foster, PhD, Chief Science Officer, WW International, Inc.
Disclosure information not submitted.

James O. Hill, PhD, Professor and Chair, University of Alabama at Birmingham
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Luotao Lin, Master, PhD Student, Purdue University
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Planners

The following individuals served on the NUTRITION 2022 LIVE ONLINE Scientific Program Committee. The 2022 George Bray Outstanding Scientific Achievements in Obesity Research Award Lecture was included in the scientific program of NUTRITION 2022 LIVE ONLINE, ASN's flagship meeting which was held virtually from June 16-18, 2022.

Sixtus Aguree, PhD, Iowa State University
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Cindy Davis, PhD, USDA ARS
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Bradley Ferguson, PhD, University of Nevada, Reno
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Alyce Fly, PhD, Ball State University
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Nana Gletsu Miller, PhD, Indiana University  
Disclosures: Grant/Research Support: New Capstone Inc., Nova Biomedical, Hass Avocado Board, Think Healthy Group
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.  

Danielle G. Lemay, PhD, USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Sylvia Ley, PhD, RD, Tulane University
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Xiang Gao, MD, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Daniel Hoffman, PhD, Rutgers University
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Diana Thomas, PhD, United States Military Academy
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Staff

Michelle Crispino, CAE, DES, American Society for Nutrition
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Gwen Twillman, American Society for Nutrition
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Continuing education credit is not available for this activity. A Certificate of Attendance can be downloaded by learners who complete the course.

Available Credit

  • 1.50 Attendance

    Learners are eligible to download a Certificate of Attendance upon activity completion. A Certificate of Attendance confirms the learner has completed the activity and does not confer any continuing education credit to the learner from ASN.

Price

Cost:
$12.50
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This course is included in the Obesity Collection.