The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Public Health Implications of Diabetes, Obesity, Cardiovascular Conditions
4123.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Public Health Implications of Diabetes, Obesity, Cardiovascular Conditions
Learning Objectives: To learn about various issues that relate to cardiovascular conditions in populations.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Kevin Delaney, MPH
12:30 PMAcanthosis Nigricans (AN) and obesity: A marker for identifying children at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Type II Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)
Ximena Urrutia-Rojas, RN, DrPH, Naveed Ahmad, MD, Walter McConathy, PhD, John A Menchaca, MD, Craig Spellman, PhD, DO, Andras Lacko, PhD, Wendy Wadley, MPH, Bhalchandra Kudchodkar, PhD, George Kudolo, MD
12:45 PMRisk factors and treatment protocols for type 2 diabetes in Grenada
Edward B. Jernigan, MPH, Theresa J. McCann, PhD, MPH
1:00 PMGender Related Risk Factors for Obesity in School Children
Naveed Ahmad, MD, Ximena Urrutia-Rojas, RN, DrPH, Manuel Bayona, MD, PhD, John A Menchaca, MD, Marco Marruffo, MD, MS, Carolina A Alvarez, MD, SCP, Fernando Trevino, PhD, MPH
1:15 PMImpact of objective and subjective social status on obesity in a biracial high school cohort
Elizabeth Goodman, MD, Nancy E. Adler, PhD, Stephen R. Daniels, MD, PhD, Gail B Slap, MD, MSc, John Morrison, PhD, Lawrence M. Dolan, MD
1:30 PMSocioeconomic Position and Long-term Weight Gain
Peter T. Baltrus, MS, Trivellore E. Raghunathan, PhD, George A. Kaplan, PhD
1:45 PMRisk factors for coronary heart disease in a Muslim community, Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
Bassem Maximos, MPH, Theresa J. McCann, PhD, MPH, Lennox K. Archibald, MBBS, DTM&H, Zulfiqarali Gulam-Abbas, MD, MMed
Organized by:Epidemiology
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Chiropractic, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA