Childhood Obesity Prevention Training (COPT) A pre-doctoral training fellowship program at Penn State

Seven of the COPT fellows will be attending and presenting their research at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior in Seattle, WA from July 29-August 2, 2014. The schedule of fellow presentations and poster numbers is listed below. Fellow names are in bold. We hope to see you there!

Thursday, July 31

8:45AM Infant bottle emptying and parity are related to satiety responsiveness at age 6 – CM Rose, JS Savage, LL Birch

9:15AM Evaluation of the theory of externality in 7-9 year-old children at two ad libitum test meals – WM Stein, KL Keller

Friday, August 1

9:45AM PROP status may predict liking of higher fat foods in children – S Adise, R Bloom, KL Keller

4:00PM Do children adjust their intake when meals differ in energy density and portion size?  – SMR Kling, KL Keller, JS Meengs, LS Roe, BJ Rolls

Posters

P142 Eating in the absence of hunger is associated with a higher energy density diet – KN Balantekin, LL Birch, JS Savage

P153 Child energy intake and fullness in response to portion size manipulations – LK English, SN Fearnbach, S Harris, JO Fisher, JS Savage, BJ Rolls, KL Keller.

Laural (Kelly) English, MS was recently award a 2014-2015 Grace M. Henderson Graduate Scholarship. This award goes to students who exemplify the qualities of a scholar, show professional promise and have a dedicated interest in human service. 

The COPT fellows had a great showing at the 2014 Graduate Exhibition!

Both Nicole Fearnbach and Kameron Moding were award winners, representing COPT well!

Nicole won second place in the Health & Life Sciences division for her poster, “Intake at a single, palatable buffet test meal is associated with body composition in 4- to 6-year-old children.”

Kameron won second place in the Social & Behavioral Sciences division for her poster, “Infants’ acceptance of green vegetables and fruits show differential effects on weight change.”