Stanford Center for Healthy Weight Promotes Health Through Series of Events
The Center for Healthy Weight is a partner with Collective Roots, working toward food system change in East Palo Alto.
UPCOMING CENTER FOR HEALTHY WEIGHT RESEARCH SEMINARS:
Thursday, February 21, 12 noon- 1:00 pm, Clark Center, Room S362 (Third Floor, Behind Peet’s Coffee, 318 Campus Drive
Lisa Chamberlain, MD, MPH; Sophia Yen, MD, MPH; Michelle Oppen, MPH
CHW Research Seminar: “Nutrition and Physical Activity Public Policy Update”
Dr. Lisa Chamberlain, Dr. Sophia Yen and Michelle Oppen will discuss the most recent national, state and local policy issues and legislation linked to prevention of childhood obesity.
DIRECTIONS to the James H. Clark Center
318 Campus Drive, Stanford CA, 94305
From Bayshore US Highway 101 North or South
Exit on University Ave. South/West. Proceed for several miles on University Ave. University Ave. becomes Palm Dr. after you pass El Camino Real. Take Palm Dr. past Arboretum Rd. Then turn right on Campus Drive and follow the road directly to the Clark Center. Parking is free after 4pm right next to the Clark Center (west side).
From 280 North or South
Exit Sand Hill Rd. East. Follow this road for several miles. Take a right on Arboretum Rd. Then take a right on Quarry Rd. Then turn right on Campus Dr. and follow this road directly to the Clark Center. Parking is free after 4pm right next to the Clark Center (west side).
Click here for a map showing the location of the Clark Center
There is a parking garage with metered parking across the street.
Thursday, March 20, 12 noon- 1:00 pm, General Pediatrics Conference Room, 770 Welch Road, Suite 100
Atul Butte, MD, MPH
CHW Research Seminar: “Exploring Complex Human Disease Using Translational Bioinformatics”
Dr Butte will highlight three recent translational bioinformatics projects from the laboratory with direct implications for medicine, including diabetes and obesity. For more information on Dr. Butte’s research, click here.
Thursday, April 17, 12 noon- 1:00 pm, General Pediatrics Conference Room, 770 Welch Road, Suite 100
Crystal Smith-Spangler, MD
CHW Research Seminar: “Increasing Physical Activity and Improving Health Outcomes: Do Pedometers Work?”
Dr. Smith-Spangler will examine the findings of the systematic review of pedometer interventions in adult outpatients performed at Stanford that was recently published in the November 21, 2007 edition on JAMA as well as discuss future areas of research for physical activity interventions.
Thursday, May 15, 12 noon- 1:00 pm, General Pediatrics Conference Room, 770 Welch Road, Suite 100
Dr. John Morton, MD, MPH, FACS
CHW Seminar: “Bariatric Surgery: Tertiary Prevention of Morbid Obesity”
**If you would like to present your research at an upcoming research seminar or have suggestions of other presenters, please contact Michelle at moppen@lpch.org. We are currently seeking speakers for the summer of 2008!
OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST:
Friday, February 15, 8:00 am- 9:00 am, LPCH Auditorium, 725 Welch Road
Susan Linn, EdD
Pediatric Grand Rounds: “Consuming Kids: The Role of Health Care Providers in Reclaiming Childhood from Corporate Marketers”
Susan Linn is the Co-Founder and Director for Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the Associate Director for the Media Center at Judge Baker Children's Center Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Sunday, February 17, 11:30 am-4:00 pm, Palm Drive, Stanford University
Amgen Tour of California Biking Event
Stop by the LPCH Kid Zone and the Center for Healthy Weight/ Nutrition Services booth on Lasuen Street, featuring the “Blender Bike” where you can pedal to mix up yummy smoothies.
Click here for more information.
Monday, February 25, 4:00 pm- 5:30 pm, Clark Center Auditorium, 318 Campus Drive
Entrepreneurship Week at Stanford Event: “Innovating for Health- BYOB! (Bring Your Own Brain)”
The Center for Healthy Weight, along with the Stanford BioDesign Program, is hosting a special event during Stanford Entrepreneurship Week. Our program is intended to motivate students and staff within the Stanford community to develop innovative products and services to help solve the problem of childhood obesity.
We ask you to join us for a lively panel discussion and participate in an audience brainstorming session. We will begin with a panel of experts who will discuss the top five issues surrounding childhood obesity. This area has traditionally lacked innovative solutions so there is plenty of room for creative new ideas. Following a warm-up by the BioDesign Innovation Fellows, the audience will participate in a brainstorming session and kick off a three-day competition, the Innovating for Health Challenge. The winner will be announced at the Entrepreneurship Week Closing ceremony and will receive both recognition and a special prize. For more information: http://eweek.stanford.edu/2008/0225a.html.
EXCITING SERIES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:
The Program in Ethics in Society is pleased to announce its upcoming series entitled, The Ethics of Food & the Environment. This series, which will run during Winter and Spring quarters, features Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle and Peter Singer, as well as 5 related, thought-provoking films. The series is co-sponsored by Stanford in Government, The Program in Human Biology, and the Center on Ethics.
Feb 21, 2008 Super Size Me (7:00pm Annenberg Auditorium)
Post show discussion led by Christopher Gardner.
March 3, 2008 Michael Pollan (7:30pm Kresge Auditorium)
In Defense of Food: The Omnivore's Solution
Author of The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, 2006 and In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, 2008.
(Co-sponsored with the Program in Human Biology.)
March 3, 2008 Panel discussion with Michael Pollan and Stanford Dining Services (2:00-3:30pm, location TBA)
March 6, 2008 Marion Nestle (5:30pm Annenberg Auditorium)
"What to Eat: Personal Responsibility vs. Social Responsibility"
Author of What to Eat, 2006.
March 7, 2008 Discussion Seminar with Marion Nestle (tentatively 10:00am-12:00pm, location TBA)
April 10, 2008 Darwin's Nightmare (7:00pm Annenberg Auditorium)
Post show discussion led by Rosamond Naylor.
April 23, 2008 Peter Singer (7:00pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium)
"All Animals Are Equal - But in What Sense of Equality?"
Author of The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter, 2006.
(Co-sponsored with the Center on Ethics.)
**If you are not on our mailing list for our research seminars, quarterly newsletters or other information pertaining to the Center for Healthy Weight, please contact Michelle at moppen@lpch.org.
Michelle Oppen
Program Director, Center for Healthy Weight
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
1400 Page Mill Road, Room 231
Mail Code 5553
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: 650-723-4130
http://www.healthyweight.lpch.org
"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory." RalphWaldo Emerson
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