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Clinical and Translational Nutrition

Session Type: Award Lecture

2022 George Bray Outstanding Scientific Achievements in Obesity Research Award Lecture - Preventing and Treating Obesity: Lessons from the Clinic and the Community

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Chair(s)

James Hill, PhD

Professor and Chair
Department of Nutrition Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Speaker(s)

Gary D. Foster, PhD

Chief Science Officer
WW International, Inc.
New York, New York, United States

Disclosure information not submitted.
Shilton Dhaver, B.S.

Clinical Research Coordinator
Joslin Diabetes Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Luotao Lin, MS

PhD student
Department of Nutrition Science
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Disclosure(s):

James O. Hill, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Shilton E. Dhaver, B.S.: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Luotao Lin, Master: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

The George Bray Outstanding Scientific Achievements Award in Obesity Research is presented to a physician, clinician or investigator who has made a significant lifetime contribution to the field of obesity research. This award is designed to recognize an individual whose lifetime body of work includes meaningful contributions and/or demonstration of highly original, sustained, and reproducible scholarship that has made major contributions to the understanding of the causes, treatment and/or prevention of obesity. This award is endowed by Dr. George A. Bray and his wife, Marilyn M. Bray.

Learning Objectives:

Review the current evidence base on the prevention of obesity in individuals as well as in the community setting
Describe approaches to treating obesity

Presentations:

2:00 PM – 2:05 PM ET

Introductions - 2022 George Bray Outstanding Scientific Achievements in Obesity Research Award Lecture - Preventing and Treating Obesity: Lessons from the Clinic and the Community
Chair: James O. Hill, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
2:05 PM – 2:45 PM ET

2022 George Bray Outstanding Scientific Achievements in Obesity Research Award Lecture - Preventing and Treating Obesity: Lessons from the Clinic and the Community
Speaker: Gary D. Foster, PhD – WW International, Inc.
2:45 PM – 3:05 PM ET

Panel Discussion - 2022 George Bray Outstanding Scientific Achievements in Obesity Research Award Lecture - Preventing and Treating Obesity: Lessons from the Clinic and the Community
Chair: James O. Hill, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Speaker: Gary D. Foster, PhD – WW International, Inc.
3:05 PM – 3:10 PM ET

2022 George Bray Obesity Research Student Award Flash Talk Presentation: Hybrid Model of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention for Patients With Diabetes & Obesity for Post-COVID Era
Speaker: Shilton E. Dhaver, B.S. – Joslin Diabetes Center
3:10 PM – 3:15 PM ET

2022 George Bray Obesity Research Student Award Flash Talk Presentation: The Discovery of Data-Driven Temporal Dietary Patterns and a Validation of Their Description Using Energy and Time Cut-Offs
Speaker: Luotao Lin, MS – Purdue University
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET

Panel Discussion - 2022 George Bray Obesity Research Student Award Flash Talk Presentations
Chair: James O. Hill, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Speaker: Gary D. Foster, PhD – WW International, Inc.
Speaker: Shilton E. Dhaver, B.S. – Joslin Diabetes Center
Speaker: Luotao Lin, MS – Purdue University