OCTOBER 2003
NEW YORK OBESITY RESEARCH CENTER
FRIDAY MORNING ENDOCRINE-METABOLIC CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
11:30 am, Sebrell Library, 10th Floor
J. Vasselli, Ph.D., Coordinator
Phone: 212 523-4164
E-mail: jrv1@columbia.edu
OCTOBER 3, 2003
Nanette Stroebele
Department of Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience/Food Intake Laboratory
Georgia State University. Atlanta, GA
"The influence of television viewing on food intake in humans"
OCTOBER 10 - NAASO REHEARSAL
Evan Berk et al.
"Adiponectin levels and insulin sensitivity during low and high fat diets in obese, premenopausal, non-diabetic women"
Marci Gluck et al.
"Increased cortisol levels following a cold stress test in obese women with binge eating disorder (BED) persist after cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) and weight loss"
Joe Vasselli et al.
"Alterations in responsivity to sweet solutions in dietary obese Sprague-Dawley rats"
OCTOBER 17 - NO CONFERENCE - NAASO MEETING
OCTOBER 24
Jean L. Kristeller, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN
"A randomized clinical trial of mindfulness meditation in obese binge eaters"
OCTOBER 31
Per M. Hellstr–m, Ph.D., M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Unit of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Karolinska Institutet, Stockhom, Sweden
"Orexin and antagonist research: GI actions"
Sponsored in part by The Bayer Corporation, Hoffmann-La Roche, McNeil Specialty, PepsiCo,
and the New York Obesity Research Center, St. Luke's\Roosevelt Hospital Center.