Virginia Chang - New York University
Obesity, Mortality, and a Potential Paradox
Date: 02/27/2014 (Thu)
Time: 3:30pm- 5:00pm
Location: Seminar will be held on-site: Gross Hall - 270
Organizer: Joe Hotz/Giovanna Merli
Meeting Schedule: Login or email the organizer to schedule a meeting.
All meetings will be held in the same location as the seminar unless otherwise noted.
8:30am - Giovanna Merli (meet in hotel lobby)
9:30am - Angie O' Rand
10:00am - OPEN
10:30am - Karen Sugden
11:00am - Bryce Bartlett
11:30am - Joseph Lariscy
12:00pm - Lunch (Vladi Slanchev, Joy Piontak)
1:15pm - Open for Students
1:45pm - OPEN
2:15pm - Jessica Ho
2:45pm - Amar Hamoudi
3:15pm - Prepare for seminar
3:30pm - Seminar Presentation (3:30pm to 5:00pm)
6:00pm - Dinner (Joe Hotz, Sherman James, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Yang Yang, Jessica Ho, Joseph Lariscy)
Additional Comments:
ABSTRACT: Obesity is generally thought of as a major cause of pre-mature mortality and is, furthermore, viewed as a significant threat to the long-standing secular decline in U.S. mortality. First, I will discuss the association of weight status and mortality in the general population and consider how this relationship has, perhaps, changed over time. Second, I will present findings from current work on the “obesity paradox,” where it is hypothesized that obesity may actually confer a survival advantage, relative to being normal weight, once specific chronic conditions are established.