Ancel Keys Symposium on Nutrition and Health: Obesity

描述（由申请人提供）： 为了荣誉Ancel Keys的100岁生日和他对公众健康的许多贡献，明尼苏达大学提议举办一个关于国际肥胖流行病的研讨会。超重和肥胖的趋势正在世界许多地区，特别是在美国，与营养不足并存。肥胖是一种复杂的疾病，几乎影响所有年龄和社会经济群体。肥胖症对健康的影响范围很广，从成人糖尿病到高血压，从骨关节炎到急性心肌梗死等等。这些急性和慢性疾病降低了生活质量和预期寿命。 拟议的研讨会将于2004年9月12日和13日在明尼阿波利斯希尔顿酒店举行。教育目标包括：1）确定Ancel Keys的研究对营养和肥胖科学研究的影响; 2）了解肥胖的国际趋势; 3）了解肥胖流行病的健康，社会和经济后果; 4）了解肥胖的行为和环境原因的最新研究结果; 5）了解加强对肥胖原因，预防和管理的科学探究的方法;以及6）确定全球公共卫生行动，以应对肥胖流行病。 本次研讨会汇集了国际研究人员，讨论并告知我们对全球肥胖流行病的理解。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In honor of Ancel Keys' 100th birthday and his many contributions to the health of the public, the University of Minnesota proposes a symposium on the international obesity epidemic. Paradoxically coexisting with under-nutrition, an escalating trend of overweight and obesity is taking over many parts of the world, especially in the United States. Obesity is a complex condition that affects virtually all age and socioeconomic groups. Health consequences of obesity range from adult onset diabetes mellitus to hypertension to osteoarthritis to acute myocardial infarction and many others. These acute and chronic conditions diminish quality of life and life expectancy. The proposed symposium will take place at the Minneapolis Hilton Hotel on September 12 and 13, 2004. Educational objectives include: 1) identifying the impact of Ancel Keys' studies on scientific research in nutrition and obesity; 2) understanding international trends in obesity; 3) understanding the health, social and economic consequences of the obesity epidemic; 4) understanding the current research findings on the behavioral and environmental causes of obesity; 5) understanding methods to enhance scientific inquiry about causes, prevention and management of obesity; and 6) defining global public health actions to confront the obesity epidemic. This symposium brings together international researchers to discuss and inform our understanding of the global obesity epidemic.