Overweight and Obesity: Free Papers

Thursday, 21 August 2014: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom C (Dena'ina Center)

Moderator:
John Vena
10:30 AM
Ethnic specific obesity cut-offs for diabetes risk: Cross-sectional study of 489,690 UK Biobank participants
Uduakobong E Ntuk, MPH, Institute of Health and wellbeing, University of Glasgow; Jason M Gill, PhD, University of Glasgow; Daniel F Mackay, PhD, Institute of Health and wellbeing, University of Glasgow; Naveed Sattar, PhD, University of Glasgow; Jill P Pell, MD, Institute of Health and wellbeing, University of Glasgow
10:45 AM
Influence of amount and rapidity of weight loss on the risk of subsequently regaining weight and drop-out from treatment among patients with severe obesity dieting in hospital without bariatric surgery
Tomohide Yamada, MD, University of Tokyo; Kazuo Hara, MD, University of Tokyo; Takashi Kadowaki, MD, University of Tokyo
11:00 AM
Impact of body size and physical activity during adolescence and adult life on overall and cause-specific mortality in a large cohort study from Iran
Arash Etemadi, PhD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Christian Abnet, PhD, National Cancer Institute; Farin Kamangar, PhD, Morgan State University; Sholom Wacholder, PhD, National Cancer Institute; Farhad Islami, PhD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Paul Brennan, PhD, International Agency for Research on Cancer; Paolo Boffetta, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Reza Malekzadeh, MD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences; Sanford Dawsey, MD, National Cancer Institute
11:15 AM
SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN NIGERIAN ADULTS
Adewale L Oyeyemi, PhD, University of Maiduguri; Adetoyeje Y Oyeyemi, PhD, University of Maiduguri; Salamatu A Umaru, MS, University of Maiduguri; Semeeh A Omoleke, MD, World Health Organization; Kingsley K Akinroye, MD, Nigerian Heart Foundation
11:30 AM
Mediators of the association between adiposity and coronary heart disease: Decomposing direct and indirect effects
Yuan Lu, MS, Harvard School of Public Health; Kaveh Hajifathalian, MD, Harvard School of Public Health; Majid Ezzati, PhD, Imperial College London; Eric B Rimm, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health; Goodarz Danaei, MD, Harvard School of Public Health
11:45 AM
CHANGING ACCURACY OF SELF-REPORTED BMI OVER TIME IN NSW, AUSTRALIA
Margo L Barr, MPH, University of Wollongong; David G Steel, PhD, University of Wollongong; Raymond A Ferguson, BS, RF Software Services
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