Childhood obesity study focuses on risk assessment, prevention
MIT Medical Pediatrics Service chief Jocelyn Joseph, M.P.H.,
M.D., and nurse practitioner Pat Bartels, A.P.R.N., B.C., know
the
statistics as well as anyone-the proportion of overweight children more than doubling in the last 25 years, the rate
in adolescents tripling.
Even so, when MIT Medical's Pediatrics
Service agreed to participate in a collaborative study to collect
data on the incidence and treatment of childhood obesity, neither
clinician expected much effect on the way they practiced medicine.
Read more about Amy and others in their new roles at MIT.
MIT awarded grant to combat violence against women
MIT Medical director William Kettyle, M.D., has announced that
MIT is the recipient of a nearly $200,000 grant from the U.S.
Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. Health
educator Laura Stuart, M.P.H., who will serve as project director,
and Maryanne Kirkbride, clinical director for campus life, were
instrumental in securing the grant.
Form a team and take the 2006 getfit@mit challenge
That chill in the air says it all. It's almost that time of
year again. Soon the snow will be falling, the wind chill index
will be plunging, and members of the MIT community will be
lacing up their sneakers, buckling up their boots, strapping
on snowshoes and skis, and adding up their weekly exercise
minutes.
That's right! The second annual getfit@mit fitness challenge
gets underway on January 15, 2006 and continues through the
end of March. Participants can form teams of five to eight
members and register online beginning December 27th.
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