Date

Topic

Required Readings

Readings web page

Resources/ 

Optional Readings

Assignments Due

Class 1

Mar 31

BB

Intro: Nutrition and Chronic Disease

Evidence Based Medicine

Heaney ('06)

Dietary Guidelines

Lessler
Smith

Evidence Based Medicine: Levels of Evidence and Grades of Recommendation

Bax

Van Way

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Class 2

Apr 2

BB

Assessment
Screening

Frankenfield
Weijs
Wolfe

Lukaski

Text: Ch. 49

Class 3

Apr 7

BB

Diet Assessment Methods

Bachman

Kristal ('05)

Pennington
Schatzkin (Int.J.Epi '03)

Schatzkin (JNCI '04)

FFQ

Class 4

Apr 9

BB

Metabolic Syndrome

Obesity - Demographics

Reaven
Fogli-Cawley
Johnson

Rolls (06)

Wardle

Musani

Research Review Due:

Melamed

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Compare to:
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Class 5

Apr 14

Obesity:

Causal factors

Ogden

Flagel

Ulijaszek

Bray
Drewnowski

Discussion of Research Review

Class 6

Apr 16

BB  

Weight loss strategies

Weight maintenance

Heymsfield

Sacks

Seagel

Gasteyger Stevens

NIDDK:Gastric Surgery for Severe Obesity

Exam 1 distributed

Class 7

Apr 21

BB

Weight loss and

Weight maintenance

Cont'

Cont'

Approximately 45 minutes for team discussions on upcoming presentations

Class 8

Apr 23

BB

Hypertension











Heart Failure

Mellen
Fung
DASH Diet "NHLBI The DASH Eating Plan" p5-10







He

Dickinson

Text: 68

NHLBI: JNC: Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.

Arcand

Text: 69

Class 9

Apr 28

Guest Speaker

Cardiovascular Disease I  - Lipids and Obesity

Sinha

Brunner

NHLBI - National Cholesterol Education Program
(Tables 2,3,4,5, 6, B1, B2)

Popkin

Grundy

NHLBI - National Cholesterol Education Program
(Summary)

Text: 67

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Class 10

Apr 30

BB

Cont'

Cont'

Class 11

May 5

BB

CVD – Micronutrients

Traber

Neuhouser

Exam 2 distributed

Class 12

May 7

BB

CVD- Cont’

Anemia

Clark

Ganz
Mahoney

Smith

Text: Ch. 92

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Class 13

May 12

BB

Diabetes 1

Bantle

Brand-Miller

Raju

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Class 14

May 14

BB 

Diabetes 2

Williamson

Cummings

CVD Team

Class 15

May 19

BB

Cancer Prevention

Bertone-Johnson

George

Kristal ('09)

Larsson

Prentice

Figueiredo

Dixon

NCI Summary of Evidence 08

Text: Ch. 81, 82

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Class 16

May 21

Cancer Prevention- cont’

CA readings – cont’

CA readings – cont’

Class 17

May 26

BB

Nutrition & Alcohol

Di, Castelnuovo

Allen

Text: pg 431, 1246-56
 

Cancer Prevention Team

Exam 3 distributed

Class 18

May 28

Fiber  Gastrointestinal Disorders

Bone Health:
Guest Speaker:

Andrew Shields, MD

Farnworth

Slavin

Niewinski

Bischoff-Ferrari

Heaney ('08)

Holick

Vieth

Jacobs

Strate (JAMA)
Strate (Gastroent)

Text: Chs. 84, 86

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Class 19

Jun 2

Physical Activity and Chronic Disease

Guest Speaker:

Glen Duncan

Supplements and Herbs

Duncan
 

Ribnicky

.Knowler

Bent

NIH State-of-the Science panel:  National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement

Autier

Class 20

Jun 4

Nutrigenomics

Ferguson

.Kathiresan

Alcohol Team