Monthly Archives: December 2014

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Dec 14

Deakin University visits Penn State

On December 10-11, 2014, 30+ students and faculty from the Exercise and Nutrition Sciences department at Deakin University visited Penn State as part of their United States Study Tour. This study tour was organized in part by Katie Lacy, PhD – 2008 Penn State Nutrition alumna who studied with COPT program director Dr. Barbara Rolls. This group stopped at the corporate, government, and academic locations shown in the photo below to learn more about applied and empirical work going on in the US as it relates to nutrition.

Stops on the Deakin University Exercise & Nutrition Science US Study Tour

Stops on the Deakin University Exercise & Nutrition Science US Study Tour

 

While they were at Penn State, they toured several nutrition and food sciences labs, saw the Berkey Creamery, and visited with the COPT group during an informal poster session.

COPT posters set up and ready to spark conversations about our research

COPT posters set up and ready to spark conversations about our research

Dr. Lacy gave a talk entitled, “Childhood obesity in Australia.” She described the current statistics on obesity in Australia and what is being done to address this increasingly global issue.

Rolls Lacy

Dr. Barbara Rolls (left) introducing Dr. Katie Lacy

 

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22
Dec 14

Visit with Dr. Dianne Ward

On December 7-8, 2014, COPT had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Dianne Ward as part of our distinguished speaker series.

The visit kicked off with a holiday party at Dr. Barbara Rolls’ house. The fellows, leadership team, Nutritional Sciences head Dr. Gordon Jensen, and Dr. Ward all had a great time!

Diane Ward (left) with co-program directors, Jennifer Savage Williams (middle) & Kathleen Keller (right)

Diane Ward with Co-program directors, Jennifer Savage Williams & Kathleen Keller

 

COPT students, faculty, and Dianne Ward mingle

COPT students, faculty, and Dr. Dianne Ward mingle

The next day Dr. Ward met with COPT and Nutrition students for many individual meetings and a group lunch. She gave the students some invaluable advice about how to stay positive while having a productive career.

Dr. Ward’s visit ended with her talk, “Fewer chicken nuggets and more active play time: Dissemination and implementation of the NAP SACC program to create healthy environments in child care.” NAP SACC is one of three programs identified as model programs by Let’s Move! Child Care!

Dr. Jennifer Savage William getting ready to introduce Dr. Ward

Dr. Jennifer Savage William getting ready to introduce Dr. Ward

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Dr. Ward giving her talk

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05
Dec 14

New publication by COPT Fellow Laural English!

A literature review entitled “The mechanisms of the portion size effect: What is known and where do we go from here?”  was recently published online at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666314005170. The paper is set to appear in a special addition of the journal, Appetite, summarizing the conference proceedings.

COPT Fellow Laural English served as lead author and published this paper with COPT Co-Director Dr. Kathleen Keller and Marlou Lasschujt, a former interning fellow in Dr. Keller’s lab. The authors attended the Forefronts in Portion Size Conference in May 2014. The recap of the conference was previously posted here: https://sites.psu.edu/copt/2014/06/21/fellows-attended-forefronts-in-portion-size-conference/

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