Obesity, Metabolic Complications and Type 2 Diabetes: Beyond Body Fat

Supported by the Medical Nutrition Council.

Sunday, April 21, 2013
3:00 PM–5:00 PM

Chairs

Andrew Greenberg, MD, Tufts University, Boston, MA
Edward Saltzman, MD, Tufts University, Boston, MA

Presentations

Dietary Fats, Foods, and Type 2 Diabetes: What Effects are Independent of Weight Gain?, Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Vitamin D for Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. To D or Not to D?, Anastassios Pittas, MD, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

Mitochondrial Flexibility in Response to Exercise and Disease, Debra Muoio, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC

The Roles of Osteocalcin and Vitamin K in Diabetes Risk, Caren Gundberg, PhD, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Bisphenol A, A Ubiquitous Environmental Agent that Promotes Obesity and Diabetes, Andrew Greenberg, MD, Tufts University, Boston, MA