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Advanced notice of Royal Statistical Society (Medical Section) half-day meeting
on Nutrition, Obesity, & Health, University of Leeds, 31st October 2006.

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13:30–14:00 Tea / Coffee

14:00–14:10 Welcome & Overview.  Prof Janet Cade (Professor of Nutritional
Epidemiology & Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Nutrition, Obesity &
Health, University of Leeds)

14:10–14:50 Measurement in nutrition: You are what you say you eat – measurement
error in dietary research.  Mr Darren Greenwood (Lecturer in Biostatistics,
Biostatistics Unit, Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of
Leeds) including 10 minutes questions & discussion

14:50–15:30 Measurement in obesity: Can we use instrumental variables approaches
to estimate the causal effect of BMI on mortality?  Prof Jonathan Sterne
(Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Department of Social
Medicine, University of Bristol) including 10 minutes questions & discussion

15:30–15:50 Tea / Coffee & Biscuits	

15:50–16:30 Assessment of growth: Z-scores, distance and velocity – why skewness
changes with age.  Prof Tim Cole (Professor of Medical Statistics, Institute of
Child Health, University College London) including 10 minutes questions &
discussion

16:30–17:00 Assessment of obesity: Adipose tissue and metabolic inflexibility.
Dr Robert West (Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics, Biostatistics Unit, Centre for
Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Leeds) including 10 minutes
questions & discussion

18:00 onwards: Sous le Nez En Ville, French Restaurant (LS1 2HA).  Please
contact Mark Gilthorpe ([log in to unmask]) if you wish to go for the
‘early bird’ meal (£21 per head).

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Mark S Gilthorpe BSc PhD ILTM
Professor of Statistical Epidemiology
Head of the Biostatistics Unit
Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics
LIGHT, University of Leeds
30/32 Hyde Terrace, Leeds, LS2 9LN
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/medicine/ceb/
Tel: +44 113 343 1913/7646 Fax: +44 113 343 4877
Sec: Mrs Sarah Skinner ([log in to unmask])
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