天美传媒视频无限制观看 hosts the former executive director of the America Obesity Association to discuss the growing epidemic in the U.S.
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (November 2, 2015) 鈥 According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity is a chronic disease; over one-third of U.S. adults are obese and approximately 17% of children aged 2-19 are obese.
On Wednesday, November 11, at 5 p.m., Morgan Downey 鈥68, former executive director of the American Obesity Association, will address what our society does and does not understand about obesity with his talk, 鈥淥besity at 30,000 feet,鈥 in the 天美传媒视频无限制观看 Kelley Center Presentation Room. The event free and open to the public, and is sponsored by the University鈥檚 Integrated Health Studies Initiative (ISHI).
鈥淥besity is one of the most significant health issues facing our nation today,鈥 said Dr. Shelley Phelan, professor of biology and program director of the health studies minor. 鈥淚t is a very complex problem involving biology, evolution, behavior, environment, societal influences, public policy and the current healthcare system. It illustrates the truly interdisciplinary nature of the causes and consequences of various human health conditions.鈥
The issue is an appropriate one for consideration by the Integrated Health Studies Initiative, which seeks to bring a diversity of perspectives and expertise to the study of human health. IHSI is an interdisciplinary approach that combines a cutting-edge inter-school health studies curriculum at 天美传媒视频无限制观看 with exciting new opportunities for applied learning, discovery and student engagement, and community outreach.
Downey took the position as Executive Director of the American Obesity Association (AOA) in the late 1990s. The AOA is an advocacy and educational organization, that seeks to move public opinion and public policy regarding the long-held notion that obesity was exclusively a personal issue and that obesity should be seen as a multi-factorial, chronic disease rather than a flaw of character.
Downey organized the first conference on obesity as a public policy issue in 1999, and has testified before Congressional Committees. In addition, he has approximately 20 professional publications and has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, and interviewed on The Today Show and NPR.
For more information, please contact Dr. Shelley Phelan at
sphelan@fairfield.edu
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Posted On: 11-05-2015 03:11 PM
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