5031.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral Session

Sizing Up Women's Weight Issues

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Bettylou Sherry, PhD, RD
8:30 AMHow do professionally-employed first-time mothers introduce their 6-12 month old infants to solids and progress to family meals?
Unnur K. Gylfadottir, RD, Carol M. Devine, PhD, RD
8:48 AMDietary patterns predict the development of overweight in women
Paula A. Quatromoni, MS, RD, Donna L. Copenhafer, PhD, Ralph B. D'Agostino, PhD, Charles Poole, ScD, Barbara E. Millen, DrPH, RD
9:06 AMWeight retention and obesity at two years postpartum
Christine M. Olson, RD, PhD, Myla S. Strawderman, MS, Pamela S. Hinton, PhD, Roberta G. Reed, PhD
9:24 AMBaseline Characteristics of Participants in SisterTalk: A Cable-TV Delivered Weight Control Program for Black Women
Kim M. Gans, PhD, MPH, LDN, Patricia M. Risica, DrPH, RD, Thomas M. Lasater, PhD, Shiriki K. Kumanyika, PhD, MPH
9:42 AMWeight in the Transition from Pregnancy to Motherhood
Barbara R. Gottlieb, MD, MPH, Karen E. Peterson, ScD, RD, Judy Salkeld, MS, Juhee Kim, MS
Sponsor:Food and Nutrition
Cosponsors:Maternal and Child Health; Social Work; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Chiropractic, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA