Skip Navigation

VideoCast Maintenance

VideoCast will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on Saturday, Oct 3, starting at 9AM EDT UTC-04:00. During this time, Past Events will be unavailable. The maintenance is expected to last several hours.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Research directions for solving the obesity epidemic in high-risk populations

Loading video...

395 Views

Air date: Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 3:00:00 PM
Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views: Total views: 395 (185 Live, 210 On-demand)
Category: WALS - Wednesday Afternoon Lectures
Runtime: 00:59:58
Description: Wednesday Afternoon Lecture

The annual Robert S. Gordon Lecture

Obesity prevalence is high in the United States as a whole, but is significantly higher in children and adults in most U.S. racial/ethnic minority and low-income populations, compared to whites or those with higher incomes. This persistent observation continues to beg for explanations that can point the way toward effective and durable solutions. Several potential explanations relate to aspects of social, economic, and physical environments that influence eating and physical activity. Reviews of obesity research relevant to African Americans illustrate the difficulty of evaluating these explanations in ways that can inform specific interventions, but these reviews suggest promising research directions going forward.

For more information go to http://wals.od.nih.gov
NLM Title: Research directions for solving the obesity epidemic in high-risk populations / Shiriki Kumanyika.
Author: Kumanyika, Shiriki Kinika.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.),
Publisher:
Abstract: (CIT): Obesity prevalence is high in the United States as a whole, but is significantly higher in children and adults in most U.S. racial/ethnic minority and low-income populations, compared to whites or those with higher incomes. This persistent observation continues to beg for explanations that can point the way toward effective and durable solutions. Several potential explanations relate to aspects of social, economic, and physical environments that influence eating and physical activity. Reviews of obesity research relevant to African Americans illustrate the difficulty of evaluating these explanations in ways that can inform specific interventions, but these reviews suggest promising research directions going forward.
Subjects: African Americans
Obesity--epidemiology
Obesity--ethnology
Population Characteristics
Research Design
United States--epidemiology
Publication Types: Lecture
Webcast
 
NLM Classification: WD 210
NLM ID: 101649912
CIT Live ID: 15323
Permanent link: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=15323

Related Videos...

Click Here to Play Video.
06:16:18
NCI Board of Scientific Advisors and National Cancer Advisory Board - December 2014
[NCI Board of Scientific Advisors]
12/2/2014
Click Here to Play Video.
07:39:46
Advisory Committee to the Director - December 2014 (Day 1)
[Advisory Committee to the Director of the NIH]
12/11/2014
Click Here to Play Video.
06:46:16
Alzheimer's Disease Summit 2015: Path to Treatment and Prevention (Day 2)
[Conferences]
2/10/2015
Click Here to Play Video.
06:22:06
Advisory Committee to the Director - June 2015 (Day 1)
[Advisory Committee to the Director of the NIH]
6/11/2015
Click Here to Play Video.
04:03:59
Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health - April 2017
[Advisory Board Meetings and Workshops]
4/4/2017
Click Here to Play Video.
03:59:27
NICHD Advisory Council Meeting - September 2017
[National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ]
9/14/2017
Click Here to Play Video.
07:23:30
Fogarty 50th anniversary symposium, "What are the new frontiers in global health research?"
[Conferences]
5/1/2018
Click Here to Play Video.
08:01:59
HEALing Communities Study Design Workshop
[Conferences]
6/18/2018
Click Here to Play Video.
03:12:08
NIDDK Advisory Council - September 2018
[NIH Only]
9/7/2018
07:04:48
ORWH 30th Anniversary Scientific Symposium
[Conferences]
12/15/2020