IN
THIS ISSUE
High
Glycemic
Index Foods and Overeating in
Obese Individuals
Newly
Discovered Mouse Gene May Provide Clues
About Human Obesity
Waist
Circumference Measurement in Children Predicts Lipid Risk Factors
Weight-loss
Providers Agree to Help Consumers Make Better Choices
New
Food Guide Pyramids Developed for Children and
the Elderly
Highlights
of CNRU & ONRC Research Available
Cyber
Notes
Sisters
Together Program Guide Now Available
Materials
From Other
Organizations
Meeting
Notes
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Meeting
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For information
on meetings
not listed here, check out the Medical
Meetings Database on
the Internet at www.meetingsnet.com/
medicalfinder/mmf.html.
July 24-28, 1999
Society for Nutrition Education
Baltimore, MD
Phone: (800) 235-6690
September 15-19, 1999
American Academy of Family
Physicians
Annual Scientific Assembly
Orlando, FL
Phone: (800) 274-2237
September 23-25, 1999
Austrian Society for Obesity Surgery
13th International Symposium on
Obesity Surgery
Salzburg, Austria
Phone: 43-662-4482-2401
Email: k.miller@lkasbg.gv.at
September 30-October 4, 1999
American College of Nutrition
Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
Phone: (212) 777-1037
October 3-7, 1999
International Society for Fat Research
World Congress
Brighton, England
Phone: (217) 359-2344
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October
6-10, 1999
Association for Worksite Health
Promotion Annual Meeting
Nashville, TN
Phone: (847) 480-9574
October 9-13, 1999
American Academy of Pediatrics
Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
Phone: (800) 433-9016, ext. 7657
October 13-17, 1999
American Society of Bariatric
Physicians
Annual Obesity and Associated
Conditions Symposium
Las Vegas, NV
Phone: (303) 770-2526
Email: bariatrc@asbp.org
October 18-21, 1999
American Dietetic Association
Annual Meeting
Atlanta, GA
Phone: (800) 877-1600
November 7-11, 1999
American Public Health Association
Annual Meting
Chicago, IL
Phone: (202) 789-5600
November 14-18, 1999
North American Association for the
Study of Obesity Annual Meeting
Charleston, SC
Phone: (843) 876-1925 |
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