Dr. David Frisvold, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Tippie College of Business and the OREI recently spoke at the Baltimore Public Policy Forum focused on childhood obesity. The forum consisted of three presentations to an audience of state, county, and city policymakers and academics...
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Ruth Grossmann, PhD, RN, an Associate in the College of Nursing, was awarded a Research Scientist Development Award by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for her project “Metabolomic Biomarkers of a Nutritional Intervention to Prevent Weight Gain.” This K01 was one of only six...
Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Vital Signs: Obesity among Low-Income, Preschool-Aged Children, United States 2008-2011; August 9, 2013 Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States. The prevalence of this disease in 2009-2010 was 12.1% among US children ages 2-5; however,...
According to the 2010 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index®, Iowa is currently #19 in the nation when it comes to being physically, emotionally, and mentally healthy. That number may soon change and my hope is that UI Health Care will play a role. As the state’s only academic medical center, UI...
The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will present the Distinguished Mentor Award to Allyn L. Mark, M.D., professor and Roy J. Carver Chair in Internal Medicine. The award ceremony, which begins at 3 p.m. Wednesday, October 16, also will feature the Distinguished...
The Obesity Research and Education Initiative (OREI) is proud to announce two new faculty appointments in the OREI, Dr. Vitor Lira with the Department of Health and Human Physiology in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Dr. David Frisvold with the Department of Economics in the Tippie...
A new minor in Physical Activity and Nutrition Science has been approved, now offered by the Department of Health and Human Physiology. It was designed in conjunction with the Obesity Research and Education Initiative to educate students on the underlying causes, consequences, treatment, and...