KU presents program on obesity research and treatment; Lincoln series deadline extended to Jan. 16

KU Life Span Institute presents an expert panel on obesity research and treatment

KU Continuing Education, the KU Life Span Institute and the KU Alumni Association invite Kansas community colleges to receive a broadcast of a panel presentation on obesity research and treatment.

Considering Obesity: KU Research on Brain, Body, Behavior Connections will be presented on Wednesday, Feb. 11, and will feature nationally recognized experts on the brain, behavior, nutrition and weight management. Read more about the presentation on the LSI website.

If your institution is interested in receiving this broadcast, please contact Joe Long on or before Jan. 16. KU Continuing Education and the KU Alumni Association will work with your school to promote the series in your area.

The Life Span Institute (LSI) was created in 1990 out of the 67-year-old Kansas Bureau of Child Research. Today it is one of the largest and most highly regarded human development and disabilities research centers in the country. The LSI brings together scientists of diverse disciplines including psychology, psychiatry, speech pathology, sociology, education, biology, pharmacology, physiology and medicine to study human development from its genetic origins through the final stages of life.

If you have questions about the presentation, please contact Karen Henry at LSI or call 785-864-0756.

(June 20, 2006) Donnelly to direct new KU-Children's Mercy obesity research, treatment and public health center

Joseph E. Donnelly, director of the Center for Physical Activity and Weight Managment, one of the Life Span Institute's 12 affiliated research centers, will lead a major effort to reduce childhood obesity from a new facility in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri, at one of the premier pediatric hospitals in the country.

The center is a partnership between KU and Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics and to date has attracted support from the Hall Family Foundation and the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, among others.

Reseachers and clinicians from KU, KUMC, Children's Mercy, the University of Missouri-Kansas City have coalesced around the center to mount a multi-pronged effort to address the obesity epidemic, which now afflicts 30 percent of U.S. children and two-thirds of U.S. adults.

The Center for Physical Activity, Nutrition and Weight Management will enroll 300 children and 500 adults in clinical settings in 3- to 6-month research programs by fall 2009 and more than 30,000 children in school and home-based programs in Kansas and Missouri by 2011.

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