Session Information
2011 Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting
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Mother and Child: In Trouble from the Start
Track
:
Track 5 — Clinical and Professional Practice
Program Code:
113
Date:
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Time:
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
EST
SPEAKER
(S):
Anna Maria Siega-Riz, University of North Carolina
Matthew Gillman, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Erica Gunderson, Kasier Permanente
Description
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the published literature on the relationship between breastfeeding and obesity.
- Discuss the potential mechanisms and threats to the validity of this relationship.
- Describe the potential modifiable determinants of gestational weight gain emphasizing the degree to which race, cultural background and body image influences weight gain.
- Identify the gaps in our understanding of what influences weight gain in order to design interventions to promote adequate weight gain during pregnancy.
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