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Videos available from our latest seminar: Optimal Diets for Longevity: The Science, Not the Hype

	So, what is a Paleolithic diet, and how can it help you? by Lynda Frassetto, MD UCSF
	The Art and Science of Nutritional Ketosis by Stephen Phinney, MD, PhD UC Davis
	The Power of Personalized Lifestyle Changes by Dean Ornish, MD UCSF
	Panel Discussion with Lynda Frassetto, MD, Stephen Phinney, MD, PhD, and Dean Ornish, MD

Videos Available from 5th Annual Obesity Symposium

We are happy to present the videos from our 5th Annual Obesity Symposium, "Sleep, Stress, and Obesity: A Weighty Issue."

	"How is Sleep Related to Obesity? Sleep and Weight Gain" by Dr. Erica P. Gunderson, Senior Researcher, Kaiser Permanente of Oakland
	"How is Sleep Related to Obesity? Sleep Epidemiology" by Dr. Maurice M. Ohayon, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University
	"Sleep Disturbances, Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: Interacting Epidemics" by Dr. Eve Van Cauter, Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago PDF of her presentation
	"Obesity and Sleep: The Early Origins of Disease" by Dr. Susan Redline, Professor of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School PDF of her presentation
	"Sleep and Stress" by Dr. Aric Prather, Assistant Professor in the UCSF Department of Psychiatry PDF of his presentation
	"Physical Activity: A Neglected Factor in Associations of Obesity with Short and Long Sleep" by Shawn Youngstedt, Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina PDF of his presentation
	"Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Sleep Disparities: A Key Factor in Health Disparities?" by Dr. Michael Grandner, Research Associate in the Division of Sleep Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PDF of his presentation
	"The Adolescent Health Paradox: An Affective Neuroscience Perspective and its Implicatiosn for Intervention and Policy" by Dr. Ronald Dahl, Professor in the School of Public Health and Director of the Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley PDF of his presentation

Featured News

Gary Foster, PhD, Director of the Center for Obesity Research and Educaiton
School and Community Based Approaches to Obesity Prevention
June 10th at 4pm
101 Morgan Hall, UCB Campus

The American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, "Pursuing Wellness Across the Lifespan," is being held in San Francisco from May 18th to 22nd. Visit their website for more information about attending.

"Obese But Happy" Gene Discovered by Scientists

Researchers from McMaster University found the FTO gene, which is associated with obesity and also linked to an 8% decrease in a person's chances of developing depression.

The Not-So-Hidden Calories From Alcohol

Anahad O'Connor discusses a study from the CDC that examined the amount of calories consumed by alcohol and then compared those numbers to the amount of calories consumed by sugar sweetened beverages. The study found that the average adult consumes about 100 calories worth of alcohol daily.