"Nutrition and Quality Health Among Older Individuals:
What Should We Recommend?"

May 11-12, 2006

University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto St, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Course Directors: Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH and Alice Valoski, MS, RD


Day 1 - Thursday, May 11, 2006

DIETARY PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH LONGEVITY
Moderator: Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH

  • Dietary Patterns in Middle-age and Longevity in the MRFIT
    Lynn Eberly, PhD, Associate Professor, Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota; Director of the MRFIT Coordinating Center, Minneapolis, MN
       - View Power Point Slides (237 KB)


  • Cardiovascular Risk Factors Predictive for Survival and Morbidity-Free Survival in the Oldest-Old Framingham Heart Study Participants
    Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Division of Cardiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
       - View Power Point Slides (887 KB)


  • The Look Ahead Trial: Does Weight Loss Reduce the Risk of CHD Among Older Diabetics?
    David Kelley, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism; Director, Obesity and Nutrition Research Center
       - View Power Point Slides (17.5 MB)


  • The Portfolio Diet: A Key to Longevity
    David Jenkins, MD, PhD, D.Sc., Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Canada Research Chair in Nutrition & Metabolism; Director, Clinical Nutrition & Risk Factor Modification Center, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario CANADA
       - View Power Point Slides (196 KB)


  • The Fish Story: n-3 Fatty Acids and Healthy Cardiovascular Aging
    David Siscovick, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Director, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Program, Co-Director, Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
       - View Power Point Slides (113 KB)


  • The Impact of the Dietary Guidelines/Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet
    Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD, RD, Distinguished Professor of Nutrition, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA
       - View Power Point Slides (4 MB)
HOW TO MEASURE ENERGY INTAKE AND EXPENDITURE
Moderator: Lewis Kuller, MD, DrPH

  • Approaches to Measuring Energy Intake and Expenditure
    James DeLany, PhD, Visiting Research Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
       - View Power Point Slides (5.7 MB)


  • Measurement of Muscle Change with Exercise
    Bret Goodpaster, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Director, Exercise Physiology Lab, Obesity and Nutrition Research Center
       - View Power Point Slides (17.8 MB)
SHOULD WEIGHT LOSS BE ENCOURAGED?
Moderator: Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH

  • Diabetes Prevention Program: Benefit of Weight Loss and Exercise on Diabetes Prevention
    Trevor Orchard, MD, MMedSci, Professor of Epidemiology, Medical Director, Nutrition Lipid Program, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh; Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
       - View Power Point Slides (1.6 MB)


  • Obesity and Disability: Potential Impact of Weight Loss
    Tamara Harris, MD, MS, Chief Geriatric Epidemiology Section, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD


  • How Much Physical Activity is Enough?
    Andrea Kriska, PhD, MS, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
VITAMINS, MINERALS, AND ALCOHOL
Moderator: Laura Kinzel, MS, RD

  • Women's Health Initiative Study Results: The Effect of Calcium and Vitamin D in the Prevention of Osteoporosis
    Jane Cauley, DrPH, Professor, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
       - View Power Point Slides (756 KB)


  • The Relationship Between Nutrition and Kidney Disease
    Linda Fried, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Staff Physician, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
       - View Power Point Slides (650 KB)


  • Should a Reduced Sodium Eating Pattern be Recommended? Benefits and Barriers
    Carole Milas, MS, RD, Center for Healthy Aging, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
       - View Power Point Slides (880 KB)


  • Alcohol Intake and Health
    Kenneth Mukamal, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Havard Medical School, Boston, MA
       - View Power Point Slides (1 MB)

Day 2 - Friday, May 12, 2006

VITAMINS, ANTIOXIDANTS, MINERALS
Moderator: Stephanie Studenski, MD, MPH

  • Folic Acid and B12 Deficiency
    Sally Stabler, MD, Professor of Medicine, Co-Head, Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
       - View Power Point Slides (880 KB)


  • The Role of Antioxidants in the Treatment and Prevention of Macular Degeneration
    Michael Gorin, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Departments of Ophthalmology and Human Genetics
       - View Power Point Slides (7.6 MB)


  • Diagnosis and Importance of Treating Anemia
    William Ershler, MD, Director, Institute for Advanced Studies in Aging and Geriatric Medicine; Medical Director, Geriatric Oncology Consortium, Washington, DC
       - View Power Point Slides (3.5 MB)


  • Identifying Undernutrition
    Joseph Sharkey, PhD, MPH, RD, Assistant Professor, Director, Texas Healthy Aging Research Network (TxHAN) Center, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A & M Health Science Center, College Station, TX
       - View Power Point Slides (333 KB)


  • Dietary Supplements: Tailoring Recommendations
    Alice Valoski, MS, RD, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
       - View Power Point Slides (419 KB)
DIET AND CANCER
Moderator: Devra Davis, PhD, MPH
  • Women's Health Initiative Study Results: The Effect of a Low Fat Eating Pattern High in Fruits, Vegetables, and Grain on Cancer
    Lewis Kuller MD, DrPH, University Professor of Public Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
       - View Power Point Slides (1 MB)


  • Potential Benefits of Dietary Modification in Breast Cancer Survivors (WHEL) and the Relationship between Hormones, Diet and Endocrine-Responsive Tumors
    Lovell Jones, PhD, Professor & Director, Center for Research on Minority Health, Department of Health Disparities Research, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Director, Reproductive Biology Program, UTHSC, Houston, TX
       - View Power Point Slides (2.3 MB)


  • Selenium and the Prevention of Cancer
    Mary Reid, PhD, Research Scientist, Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Prevention & Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute , Buffalo, NY
       - View Power Point Slides (1 MB)


  • The Insulin Hypothesis of Colorectal Cancer
    Robert Schoen, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
       - View Power Point Slides (2.5 MB)


  • The Effect of Isothiocyanates and Cruciferous Vegetables on Cancer Risk: An Experimental Approach
    Shivendra Singh, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Co Leader of the Cancer Biochemoprevention Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute


  • Closing Remarks and Summary: Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH






University of Pittsburgh | Epidemiology Data Center © All rights reserved
A Part of the Center for Disease Control | University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health