Obesity Intervention and Prevention: It Takes A Village
This forum and Q&A session on Nutrition and Obesity will feature four -聙聹Ted-聙聺-style talks presented by faculty members:
Roger Cone, Ph.D.: 聽The Biology Underlying the Obesity Epidemic
David Schlundt, Ph.D.: 聽A Person-Environment Systems Analysis of Energy Balance
Jamie Pope, MS,RD,LDN: 聽What to Believe? Navigating Nutrition in the Media and the Marketplace
Alice Randall, Ph.D.: 聽Signifying Change or Assigning Shame: Culturally Competent (and Incompetent) Messaging and the Obesity Epidemic
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Information about the TIPS (Trans Institutional Programs Award) Program:
In 2014, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos launched the $50 million Trans-Institution Program (TIPS) Initiative in hopes of enhancing cross-disciplinary research and collaboration, which is a pillar of the university-聙聶s Academic Strategic Plan. 聽The Vanderbilt Institute for Obesity Metabolism (VIOM) as well as the Office of Professional and Graduate Education (POPGE) have been lucky to benefit from this prestigious grant, and want to invite you to get involved.