IN THIS ISSUE
Lifestyle Changes Help Prevent Diabetes
Surgeon General Calls for National Effort to Combat Obesity
Low-income Mothers Unconcerned About Children's Overweight
Patients Follow Activity Advice
Reducing Weight-gain Worries Helps Women Stop Smoking
FDA Approves Adjustable Stomach Band to Treat Severe Obesity
Partnership for Healthy Weight Management
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Meeting Notes
April
27-28, 2002
American Heart Association
Prevention VII Conference: Obesity, A Worldwide
Epidemic Related to Heart Disease and Stroke
Honolulu, HI
Phone: (301) 694-3287
www.americanheart.org
May
29-June 1, 2002
American College of Sports Medicine
49th Annual Meeting
St. Louis, MO
Phone: (317) 637-9200
www.acsm.org
June
14-18, 2002
American Diabetes Association
62nd Scientific Sessions
San Francisco, CA
Phone: 1-800-342-2382
www.diabetes.org/am02
June
19-23, 2002
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
17th Annual National Conference
Reno, NV
Phone: (512) 442-4806
www.aanp.org
July
27-31, 2002
Society for Nutrition Education
35th Annual Conference
St. Paul, MN
Phone: 1-800-235-6690
www.sne.org/conference/index.html
September
19-21, 2002
National Eating Disorders Association
603 Stewart Street, Suite 803
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: (800) 931-2237 or (206) 382-3587
Fax: (206) 829-8501
Web: www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
E-mail: info@nationaleatingdisorders.org
