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Experts set to chew the fat

Symposium will weigh effects, causes of ‘obesity epidemic'

Cougar News Services

Houston may not be the fattest city in America any more, but researchers in the UH Department of Health and Human Performance will still have much to discuss in terms of the problems associated with obesity at a symposium Monday.

The discussion will begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at 3 p.m. in the UH Rockwell Pavilion in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library. Students, faculty and staff may attend the event for free.

Weight management and obesity expert John Foreyt works with University researchers to discover genetic explanations for weight fluctuation in students and staff at UH. Foreyt is a researcher at the Baylor College of Medicine and is working on the Training Intervention Genetics of Exercise Response study, which he is expected to discuss at the symposium. 

"The obesity epidemic carries with it a price tag that extends into the millions of dollars for health care, lost work and low quality of life," Charles Layne, chair of the HHP department, said in a release. "Obesity has grown into the No. 1 health care issue in America. We are particularly honored to host Dr. Foreyt and Dr. (Rod) Dishman, who are on the leading edge of breakthrough information in the field of obesity study."

International Olympic Committee's Olympic Academy of Sports Science co-founder Dishman will be on hand to discuss a person's motivation to exercise. 

For more information about symposium topics and lecturers, visit www.hhp.uh.edu/Cuevents/symp/obesitysymposium.htm.
 

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