Your Brain Can Help You Eat Better: Do you control your brain or does your brain control you?
July 13-14, 2011
Boston
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The rise in obesity levels has prompted emerging research on the cognitive, behavioral and decision sciences that are relevant for food intake regulation. Various factors such as food advertisements, exercise, and environmental distractions impact self-control and food choices. Simultaneously, multiple neural mechanisms influence the brain and behavior outcomes. Scientists and researchers are working to better understand how these sciences can be integrated in the study of human nutrition and obesity, so recommendations for health can be improved.
On July 13-14, 2011, a panel of world-renowned physicians and researchers presented novel integrative research on the brain basis of human food intake and obesity.
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Welcome
W. Allan Walker, M.D.
Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition and Pediatrics;
Director, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School;
Director, Mucosal Immunology Laboratory; Massachusetts General HospitalGeorge L. Blackburn, MD
S. Daniel Abraham Associate Professor of Nutrition;
Associate Director of Nutrition, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for the Study of Nutrition Medicine;
Chief, Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
SESSION IA - Basic Science: How the Brain Can Influence Food Intake
Moderator
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Overview: Neurology Objectives of the Symposium
Miguel Alonso-Alonso, M.D., M.Phil.
Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School;
Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation,
Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Learning and the Motivation to Eat: Brain and Behavior
Gorica Petrovich, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Boston College
Multiple Mechanisms for Reward-Learning in the Brain: Relevance for Food Intake
John P. O’Doherty, D.Phil.
Professor of Psychology,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
California Institute of Technology
SESSION IB - Basic Science: How the Brain Can Influence Food Intake
Moderator:
Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Social Influence, the Brain, and Obesity: Applying Agent-Based Computational Modeling
Ross A. Hammond, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Economics Studies Program;
Director, Center on Social Dynamics and Policy,
The Brookings Institution
Brain and Obesity: Causes and Consequences
Dana Small, Ph.D.
Associate Fellow, John B. Pierce Laboratory;
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
Roundtable Discussion
SESSION IIA - Cognitive Function and Regulation of Food Choices
Moderator
Steven Heymsfield, M.D.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Priming Obesity: Automatic Effects of Food Marketing
Jennifer Harris, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Director of Marketing Initiatives, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University
Thought for Food: How Imagined Consumption Reduces Actual Consumption
Carey K. Morewedge, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Marketing,
Tepper School of Business,
Carnegie Mellon University
SESSION IIB - Cognitive Function and Regulation of Food Choices
Moderator
George L. Blackburn, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Effects of Exercise on Brain and Cognitive Function
Kirk Erickson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
A Limited Resource Model of Self-Control: Implications for Eating Better
Kathleen D. Vohs, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marketing,
McKnight Presidential Scholar and Land O' Lakes Professor of Excellence in Marketing,
University of Minnesota
Roundtable Discussion
SESSION IIIA - Translational Initiatives for Obesity Prevention
Moderator
Jason Riis, Ph.D.
Harvard Business School
Combating the Sugar, Salt and Fat Addictiong
David Kessler, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Pediatrics,
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
Brian C. Wansink, Ph.D.
John Dyson Endowed Chair, Applied Economics and Management Department;
Director Food and Brand Lab, Cornell University
MIT Media Lab Objects that Help People Think about Their Actions and Change Their Behavior
Sajid Sadi, Ph.D. Candidate
Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SESSION IIIB - Translational Initiatives for Obesity Prevention
Moderator
Jason Riis, Ph.D.
Harvard Business School
But How Did The Rat Feel?: Practical Observations From a Career in Commercial Weight Loss
Len Tacconi
Global Commercial Leader, Mobile Health at Merck
Helping People Lose It!
Charles Teague
CEO, FitNow, Inc.
Roundtable Discussion
Let’s Move! A Public Engagement Initiative to Address Childhood Obesity
Christie L. Hager, J.D., M.P.H.
Regional Director, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services,
Region I, Let’s Move!
Closing Remarks
George L. Blackburn, M.D., Ph.D.
S. Daniel Abraham Associate Professor of Nutrition, Associate Director of Nutrition,
Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School;
Director, Center for the Study of Nutrition Medicine;
Chief, Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center