GOPC - Global Obesity Prevention Center

01/22/2021

Get enough exercise? Have a New Years resolution to work out more? The World Health Organization has new guidelines for you. Dr. Bruce Y. Lee of PHICOR & The City University of New York reviews the science in his new article for Forbes:

Is your New Year's resolution for 2021 to get more physical activity? Well here is what the World Health Organization (WHO) now says about how much exercise you should get.

01/14/2021

The NASEM Health "Using Systems Applications to Inform Obesity Solutions" virtual workshop is now available. This roundtable discusses how can be used in the field of obesity. Videos/recordings are here with experts like: PHICOR's Dr. Bruce Y. Lee (Professor at CUNY), Tom Farrey of Aspen Inst. Sports and Dr. Joel Gittelsohn.
https://ed.gr/c5apq

01/12/2021

Today is the final day of the National Institutes of Health Precision Nutrition workshop co-chaired by our PHICOR Team Exec Dir, Dr. Bruce Y. Lee of the City University of New York School of Public Health & Health Policy, José Ordovás & Elizabeth Parks. Look for talks & panel discussions by Elizabeth Ginexi, Patricia Mabry, Susan Gregurick, Michael Hittle, Jessica Mazerik, Lorene Nelson, Shurjo Sen, Kayla de la Haye, Suchi Saria, Kristian Hammond, Nico Pronk, Brendan Parent, Eran Segal, Tim Spector, Abigail Horn & Grace Peng.
https://ed.gr/c4s98

01/11/2021

Today is Day 1 of National Institutes of Health Precision Nutrition workshop co-chaired by our Exec Dir, Dr. Bruce Y. Lee of CUNY, Jose Ordovás & Elizabeth Parks. Look for talks & panel discussions by Paul Franks, Helen Roche, Erin Hanlon among others.

Precision nutrition is a holistic approach to developing comprehensive and dynamic nutrition recommendations relevant to both individual and population health.

01/08/2021

Dr. Bruce Y. Lee, Exec Dir of PHICOR and Professor CUNY School of Public Health will be co-chairing the Precision Nutrition: Research Gaps & Opportunities Workshop on Jan. 11-12. The event is co-sponsored by The National Institutes of Health: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders, and Office of Disease Prevention.

Precision nutrition is a holistic approach to developing comprehensive and dynamic nutrition recommendations relevant to both individual and population health.

01/05/2021

On Jan. 11-12, Dr. Bruce Y. Lee, Exec Dir of PHICOR and Professor at CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, is co-chairing the NIH Precision Nutrition Workshop. Dr. Lee will be joined by experts like Kayla de la Haye, Ph.D., Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, who will discuss "Precision Public Health Nutrition: Addressing the Social-ecological Settings in Which People Access and Consume Food."

Precision nutrition is a holistic approach to developing comprehensive and dynamic nutrition recommendations relevant to both individual and population health.

01/05/2021

On Jan. 11-12, Dr. Bruce Y. Lee, Exec Dir of PHICOR and Professor at CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, is co-chairing the NIH Precision Nutrition Workshop. Dr. Lee will be joined by other esteemed experts like Grace Peng, Ph.D., National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, NIH, to discuss research gaps, opportunities & case examples.

Precision nutrition is a holistic approach to developing comprehensive and dynamic nutrition recommendations relevant to both individual and population health.

01/05/2021

Dr. Bruce Y. Lee, Exec Dir of PHICOR and Prof. at The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, is co-chairing the NIH Precision Nutrition Workshop on Jan. 11-12. Dr. Lee will be joined by other esteemed experts like Tim Spector, M.D., M. Sc., M.B., FRCP, King's College London, to discuss research gaps, opportunities & case examples.

Precision nutrition is a holistic approach to developing comprehensive and dynamic nutrition recommendations relevant to both individual and population health.