Date

Topic

Required Readings

Readings to define the problem

Required Readings 

Readings to analyze the problem

Assignments Due

Class 1

Mar 30

BB

Intro: Nutrition and Chronic Disease

Evidence Based Medicine

Dietary Guidelines

Problem (Discussions)

• Autier

• Duffey

• Kant

• Katz

• Marriott

• Moore

• Piernas

• Pocobelli

Evidence Based Medicine: Levels of Evidence and Grades of Recommendation

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Class 2

Apr 1

BB

Self-Assessment

Class 3

Apr 6

BB

EBM - cont'

Assessment
Screening

Diet Assessment Methods

Lichenstein

Frankenfield
Weijs

Wolfe

Text: Ch. 49

Diet Assessment Assignment

Class 4

Apr 8

BB

Diet Assessment Methods - Cont'



 

Schatzkin (Int.J.Epi '03)
Kristal ('05)





 

Bachman
Pennington
Schatzkin (JNCI '04)

"Measuring Diet"


 

Class 5

Apr 13

Metabolic Syndrome

Healthy Weights -

Causal factors

Bayturan
Reaven

Flagel (2010)

Flagel (2009)

Huang

Wardle

Fogli-Cawley

Ogden

Bray

Ulijaszek

Class 6

Apr 15

BB  

Weight loss strategies and Wt maintenance

Gasteyger

Kushner

Stevens

Heymsfield

Lowe

Seagel

NIDDK:Gastric Surgery for Severe Obesity

Exam 1 distributed
Covers topics through 4/15

Class 7

Apr 20

BB

Weight loss and

Weight maintenance

Cont'

Cont'

Class 8

Apr 22

BB

Hypertension



Heart Failure

Dickinson
Fung
Mellen
 

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

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Class 9

Apr 27

Guest Speaker

Cardiovascular Disease - Lipids and Obesity

Howard

Mente

Siri-Tarino (p. 535)

Siri-Tarino (p. 502)

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

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Class 10

Apr 29

BB

Cont'

Cont'

Wt Loss Team
 

Articles for presentation:
Due

Westerterp

Class 11

May 4

BB

CVD – Micronutrients

Khoo

Sesso

Pittas

Traber

Exam 2 distributed

Class 12

May 6

BB

Anemia

Diabetes

Miller

Waring

Williamson

Clark

Ganz

Mahoney

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Class 13

May 11

BB

Diabetes - Cont'

Brand-Miller

Raju

Sahoun

Bantle

Nathan

Class 14

May 13

BB 

Presentation

CVD Team

Articles for presentation:

Hesler

Weggemans

Class 15

May 18

BB

Cancer Prevention

NCI Summary of Evidence

Dixon

George

Larsson ('07)

Larsson ('10)

Prentice

van Duijnhoven

Kristal ('09)

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Class 16

May 20

Cancer Prevention- cont’

Nutrition & Alcohol

CA readings – cont’

Di, Castelnuovo

Allen

CA readings – cont’

Class 17

May 25

BB

Presentation

.

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Cancer Prevention Team

Articles for presentation:

Hubner

Kim

Exam 3 distributed

Class 18

May 27

Fiber  Gastrointestinal Disorders

Bone Health:
Guest Speaker:

Andrew Shields, MD

Hickson

Strate

Bischoff-Ferrari

Jacobs

Minocha

Slavin

Heaney ('08)

Holick

Vieth

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Class 19

Jun 1

Physical Activity and Chronic Disease

Supplements and Herbs

Tang

Leitzmann
 

Ashar

GAO Report on supplements
     5/26/10- Summary

Ribnicky

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Class 20

Jun 3

Presentation

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Alcohol Team

Articles for presentation:

Di, Castelnuovo ('02)

Li