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a
joint Conference of the Region VII Cardiovascular Disease Conference
& the University of Kansas Conference on the Prevention and
Treatment of Obesity
September 11-13, 2003 - Overland Park,
Kansas
Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center
Join your colleagues in Kansas City next
month for the latest cutting-edge information on the metabolic
syndrome, the constellation of coronary heart disease risks
associated with abdominal obesity. The conference will feature a
number of renowned national speakers. Other topics include putting
the obesity clinical guidelines into practice, implementing
community-based strategies to help curb the obesity epidemic, and
preventing patient delays in seeking treatment for a heart attack.
The conference is being held in conjunction with the exciting Kansas
City launch of the Red Dress
Collection , heart of the National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute's The
Heart Truth campaign for women about heart disease.
Transportation to see the Red Dress Collection is being arranged by
the conference sponsors.
For more information on the Metabolic Syndrome Conference
program, and to register, submit an abstract, or exhibit, go to:
http://www.ebl.ku.edu/conference.html | 
