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Confronting the Epidemic through Nutrition Research and PolicyThursday, June 18 to Friday, June 19, 2009
Presentation Title: An Integrative, Family-Based Approach to Childhood Obesity Objectives:
Outcome: By the completion of this session, the participant will be familiar with challenges and opportunities in the treatment of childhood obesity. Accreditation: Jointly sponsored by The George Washington University and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. |
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David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D., is a practicing pediatrician and researcher at Children’s Hospital Boston and is an associate professor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. He is founding director of the Optimal Weight for Life (OWL) program at Children's Hospital, a multidisciplinary clinic for the care of overweight children. Dr. Ludwig's research focuses on the effects of diet on hormones, metabolism, and body weight. In particular, he has been developing a novel “low glycemic” diet (i.e., one that decreases the surge in blood sugar after meals) for the treatment of obesity and prevention of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. This work has been cited as providing a scientific basis for numerous popular diets, including The South Beach Diet, The Zone, SugarBusters, and The Glucose Revolution. Described as an “obesity warrior” by Time magazine, Dr. Ludwig has fought for fundamental policy changes to restrict food advertising directed at young children, improve quality of school nutrition programs, and increase insurance reimbursement for obesity prevention and treatment programs. Dr. Ludwig is a fellow of The Obesity Society and recipient of the E.V. McCollum Award (2008) of the American Society for Nutrition. He is principal investigator on numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health and has published over 90 articles in scientific journals. Dr. Ludwig is author of a book on childhood obesity for parents entitled Ending the Food Fight: Guide Your Child to a Healthy Weight in a Fast Food/Fake Food World (Houghton Mifflin, 2007). He appears frequently in national print and broadcast media.