 |
|
| Home |
| Download Presentations |
| Conference DVD |
| Take Action Now! |
| Agenda |
| Speakers |
| Location |
| Registration |
| Sponsorships |
Confronting the Epidemic through Nutrition Research and PolicyThursday, June 18 to Friday, June 19, 2009 Presentation Title: The Developmental Origins of Obesity in Childhood and Chronic Disease in Later Life Objectives:
Outcome: Participants will be informed about new findings on fetal programming and obesity. Accreditation: Jointly sponsored by The George Washington University and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
|
| The Web site
does not provide medical or legal advice.
|
David Barker, M.D., is a professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Oregon Health and Science University and a professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Southampton, UK. Twenty years ago he showed for the first time that people who had low birth weight are at greater risk of developing coronary heart disease and diabetes. This is now widely accepted. It has led to a new understanding that chronic adult diseases, including certain cancers, are “programmed” by malnutrition in the womb. Dr. Barker’s work is relevant around the world. In the western world, many babies are malnourished because their mothers eat diets that are unbalanced and monotonous, or because their mothers are either overweight or excessively thin. In the Third World, many babies are malnourished because their mothers were chronically undernourished when they were young. Dr. Barker has lectured and written extensively on nutrition in the womb and its lifelong consequences. He has received a number of international awards including the Danone Nutrition Award and the Prince Mahidol Prize.