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SUMMARY:Seminar – 02 November 2016 – Dr Greg Welk
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nYouth Fitness Assessment and Promotion: Insights from the Evaluation and Dissemination of FITNESSGRAM Programming.\n\nDr Greg Welk\, Barbara E Forker Professor of Kinesiology at Iowa State University.\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nThe FITNESSGRAM youth fitness program has provided schools with powerful tools to evaluate and promote physical fitness in youth. The evaluation of state and national data from FITNESSGRAM has also provided unique insights about health related fitness surveillance and school based physical activity programming. The presentation will summarize approaches and methods used to refine the criterion referenced fitness standards in Fitnessgram and the application of these standards to advance public health research on youth fitness. The presentation will also summarize insights on school physical activity programming gained through the evaluation of the NFL PLAY 60 FITNESSGRAM Partnership Project\, a large participatory research network of over 1000 schools \nAbout Dr Welk\nDr Welk is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Iowa State University. His research interests focus on the assessment and promotion of physical activity and fitness in different populations. He has conducted numerous studies on the validity and utility of different physical activity assessment tools and has also advanced youth fitness assessment and promotion through his role as the Scientific Director of the Fitnessgram youth fitness program. Dr. Welk is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)\, the Society of Health and Physical Education (SHAPE) and an inducted member of the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK). \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-02-november-2016-dr-greg-welk/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Cambridge SciBar - Dr Nita Forouhi - Tuesday 8 November
DESCRIPTION:Join us at 7pm on Tuesday\, 8 November at Novi Espresso and Cocktail Bar on Cambridge’s Regent Street for a special SciBar event hosted by Cambridge British Science Association and Cambridge University Health Partners in anticipation of World Diabetes Day (14 November). SciBar brings interesting\, topical areas of science to the general public with scientific talks followed by lively discussion. \nMore than 3.5 million people in the UK have diabetes\, and treating the condition and its complications accounts for about 10% of NHS spending. As fears of the human and financial cost of diabetes grow\, a special event is taking place in Cambridge to reveal how advances in science may both relieve the pressure on health services and improve the lives of people with diabetes. \nThe free SciBar event on Tuesday 8 November from 7pm at the Novi Espresso and Cocktail Bar on Regent Street is hosted jointly by Cambridge British Science Association\, Cambridge University Health Partners and the University of Cambridge\, to mark World Diabetes Day. \nThe event will involve two talks from experts in their fields: \n\nDr Frank Waldron-Lynch will discuss how type 1 diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children\, whose treatment usually requires the injection of insulin several times a day to replace what the body cannot produce itself. Dr Waldron-Lynch will reveal how his research is aiming to develop innovative therapies that could one day eradicate the need for regular insulin injections or insulin pumps.\nDr Nita Forouhi leads a programme of research at the MRC Epidemiology Unit that aims to understand the association between diet and the risk of\, obesity\, type 2 diabetes and related disorders. Dr Forouhi will speak about how her research is helping to cut through the confusing messages about diet and nutrition and to focus on the dietary priorities for preventing diabetes.\n\nBaroness Helene Hayman\, Chair of Cambridge University Health Partners\, said: \nIn recent weeks\, reports have been published predicting one in 10 adults in the UK will be at risk of developing diabetes by 2035 and the number of people with the disease could top five million if obesity rates continue to increase. The impact of this ‘diabetes epidemic’ on our Health Services could be substantial\, with experts forecasting it could consume up to 17 per cent of the NHS budget. This is a serious issue which needs to be met head on through the collaboration of healthcare\, scientists and industry. \nAt our special diabetes event\, Dr Frank Waldron-Lynch and Dr Nita Forouhi will explain how new technology and knowledge can help reduce the number of new diabetes cases\, and help those with diabetes manage their conditions more successfully. Join us as we bring the science and research out of the labs and databases for a lively conversation  in a relaxed environment.” \nEntry is FREE and refreshments are available to purchase at the bar downstairs. Pre-book your place on Eventbrite – limited tickets available on the door.
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/scibar-world-diabetes-day-dr-nita-forouhi/
LOCATION:Novi Cambridge\, 12 Regent Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1DB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Seminar – 09 November 2016 - Adrian Bauman
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nIs it too early to stand up?  Has the epidemiological evidence for sitting and health changed?\n\nDr Adrian Bauman\, Sesquicentenary Professor of Public Health and Director of the Prevention Research Collaboration at the University of Sydney\, Australia.\n\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, Level 4\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nFor the past 8 years\, increasing interest in the epidemiology of sedentary behaviour (SB) has fuelled academic efforts. Initial evidence seemed to suggest that SB was a new risk factor for chronic disease\, independent of physical activity.  Clear physiological mechanisms\, supported by experimental evidence\, were proposed to define the metabolic risks of prolonged uninterrupted sitting. As epidemiological evidence has accumulated\, nuanced changes in the evidence base have appeared\, such that sitting risk does not appear to be independent of physical activity. However\, some researchers and policymakers seem resistant to apparent changes in the evidence base. \nAbout Dr Bauman\nAdrian Bauman is the Sesquicentenary Professor of Public Health and Director of the Prevention Research Collaboration at the University of Sydney\, Australia.  He also leads the Physical Activity and Exercise theme in the Charles Perkins Centre\, a 900 person Institute at Sydney University.  He has a special focus on physical activity and public health. He co-directs the WHO Collaborating Centre on Physical Activity\, Nutrition and Obesity.  He is well-published in the scientific literature (and was named in the 2015 Thompson Reuter list of the most cited researchers).  He works extensively in public health research translation and scaling up research\, as well as in the areas of complex program evaluation and systems approaches to prevention. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-09-november-2016-adrian-bauman/
LOCATION:Meeting rooms\, Level 4 Institute of Metabolic Science\, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre (ATC)\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Seminar – 17 November 2016 – Dr Clare Llewellyn
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nGreedy genes: the role of appetite in genetic susceptibility to obesity\n\nDr Clare Llewellyn\, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health\, University College London.\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, MRC Epidemiology Unit\, Level 3\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nThere is considerable variation in early weight gain\, despite the ubiquity of the ‘obesogenic’ food environment; some children gain excessive weight\, while others do not. Genetic susceptibility to the environment is thought to explain some of the variation in early weight gain\, with differences in appetite being implicated as the mediating mechanism\, so-called ‘Behavioural Susceptibility Theory’ (BST). BST hypothesises that children who inherit a more avid appetite\, and lower sensitivity to satiety\, are more likely to overeat in response to the modern food environment and to gain excessive weight. This talk summarises the role of appetite in early weight gain and eating behaviour\, using data from Gemini – the largest twin birth cohort ever set up to study genetic and environmental influences on early growth. \nAbout Dr Llewellyn\nDr Clare Llewellyn is a Lecturer in Behavioural Obesity Research at UCL’s Health Behaviour Research Centre\, and leads the Obesity Research Group. She is also an honorary Research Fellow at Liverpool University. After an initial career in the pharmaceutical industry\, Clare retrained as a Psychologist\, undertaking an MSc and PhD at UCL\, and post-doctoral training at UCL and King’s College London. Her research interest is understanding how genes and the environment interact to promote excessive weight gain in early life\, with a focus on eating behaviour. In 2007\, with Professor Jane Wardle she helped establish Gemini\, the largest population-based birth cohort of twins ever set up to study genetic and environmental contributions to early life growth. Clare currently leads the Gemini study. She is also a Trustee for the UK Association for the Study of Obesity\, and recently established their first London Regional Group. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-17-november-2016-dr-clare-llewellyn/
LOCATION:MRC Epidemiology meeting rooms 1&2\, Level 3 IMS\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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