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| Mind Body Seminar: June 1978 
NUTRITION & HEALTH:
A Continuing Education Symposium June 3 & 4, 1978
The University of California San Francisco
NUTRITION & HEALTH: MYTHS & REALITIES Nutrition has been a neglected part of health care. Nevertheless, there is evidence of a growing public and professional concern about the relationships between food and health. A distinguished faculty of researchers, clinicians, educators, and policy makers will present a responsible, up-to-date discussion of major controversies in nutrition. Topics will include nutrition and heart disease, dietary fiber, orthomolecular medicine and vitamin therapy, food additives, the public diet and politics of nutrition, as well as workshops on obesity, diabetes, pregnancy, food beliefs, nutrition education, preventive dentistry and clinical nutrition for physicians and nurses. SYMPOSIUM FACULTY Barbara Abrams, M.P.H., R.D., is a research nutritionist, Food Additives Project, University of California, Berkeley and consulting nutritionist for private Ob-Gyn practice. Bette Caan, M.S., (Public Health Nutrition) is a research nutritionist with the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley and former group leader for behavior modification groups for weight control at the Harvard Community Health Plan. Sarah Finkelhor, M.S., M.Ed., is a Dr.P.H. candidate in Public Health Nutrition at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. Susan B. Forester, M.P.H., R.D., is a nutrition consultant for Chronic Disease Control Section, Preventive Medical Services Branch, California State Department of Health. Evalee Harrison, B.S., is a research associate in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley and a movement and behavior therapist. Frederic W. Hill, Ph.D., is associate dean for research and coordinator of International Programs, University of California, and professor of Nutrition, University of California, Davis. He is a member of the Food and Nutrition Board, editor of the Journal of Nutrition and is involved in international nutrition programs. Stephen B. Hulley, M.D., M.P.H., is director of the San Francisco center of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) which is investigating the effect of modifying risk factors including diet on coronary heart disease. He is also Lecturer in Epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley. Michael Jacobson, Ph.D., is executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C. and director of the Nutrition Action Project. He is active in governmental policy and educating the public about nutrition. He is author of Nutrition Scorecard and Eater's Digest: The Consumer's Factbook of Food Additives. Janet King, R.D., Ph.D., is assistant professor of Nutrition, Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of California, Berkeley with research interest in nutritional requirements of pregnant women and trace elements in nutrition. Philip R. Lee, M.D., is professor of Social Medicine and director of the Health Policy Program, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He is former assistant secretary for health in H.E.W. and has testified before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs which has recently recommended a series of dietary goals for the United States. Margaret MacKensie, R.N., Ph.D., is assistant professor of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley with research interests in obesity and nutritional anthropology. Sheldon Margen, M.D., is professor of Human Nutrition, University of California Berkeley, a member and former vice chairman of the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences, and a consultant to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. Marion Nestle, Ph.D., is associate dean and lecturer in Biochemistry at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine where she coordinates the nutrition teaching program for medical students. Ernest Newbrun, D.M.D., Ph.D., is professor of Oral Biology and lecturer in Biochemistry, University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry and author of a forthcoming textbook on dental caries. Susan M. Oace, Ph.D., R.D., is associate professor of Nutrition, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of California, Berkeley and director of Coordinated Undergraduate Program in Dietetics. Her research interests include the nutritional interactions among diet, intestinal flora and host. Linus Pauling, Ph.D., is research professor at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 as well as the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is co-editor of the book Orthomolecular Psychiatry and author of Vitamin C, the Common Cold, and the Flu. Helen Ullrich, R.D., is executive director of the Society for Nutrition Education. Bernard Weiss, Ph.D., is professor of Radiation Biology and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center and one of the founders of the new discipline of Behavioral Toxicology. He is also co-author of Behavioral Pharmacology and a consultant to various governmental agencies researching and regulating food additives. Sue Rodwell Williams, R.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., is chief of the Nutrition Program, Division of Preventive Medicine and Health Center, Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center in Oakland and author of Nutrition and Diet Therapy. PROGRAM Saturday, June 3 Morning HUMAN NUTRITION: AN OVERVIEW Marion Nestle, Ph.D.
HEALTH AND OUR CHANGING DIET: MYTHS AND REALITIES
NUTRITION AND THE PREVENTION OF HEART DISEASE
DIETRY FIBER: FACTS AND FICTION Susan M. Oace, Ph.D., R.D.
ORTHOMOLECULAR MEDICINE Linus Pauling, Ph.D.
Dr. Sheldon Margen will serve as a respondent. WORKSHOPS 1. DIETARY FIBER AND DISEASE
2. NUTRITION AND THE PREVENTION OF HEART DISEASE
3. NUTRITION IN MEDICAL PRACTICE
4. NUTRITION FOR NURSES
5. NUTRITION AND PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY
Sunday, June 4
FOOD ADDITIVES Bernard Weiss, Ph.D.
THE PUBLIC DIET: POLITICS AND POLICIES OF NUTRITION -A PANEL
Afternoon
1. U.S. DIETARY GOALS: A PANEL 2. FOOD ADDITIVES
3. DIET AND DIABETES
4. TECHNIQUES OF OBESITY MANAGEMENT
5. NUTRITION AND PREGNANCY
6. NUTRITION EDUCATION
7. FOOD BELIEFS: AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF EATING BEHAVIOR
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