NEOF meeting "Childhood obesity: the size of the problem" 21 May 2008

I'm sending you a note to let you know that the next meeting of the North Eastern Obesity Forum (NEOF) will be taking place on Wednesday 21st May 2008, starting at 4.00 pm, this time at the Seminar Room of the Wolfson Research Unit at Queens Campus in Thornaby. (Maps for finding Queens Campus and the Wolfson Unit are: http://www.dur.ac.uk/map/stockton and http://www.dur.ac.uk/map/qc3d/)

The topic for this meeting is "Childhood obesity: the size of the problem", and we are pleased to say that Janet Shucksmith will be chairing, with speakers talking on childhood obesity, the north-east slant; monitoring and the Obesity Observatory; and the practicalities of application.

I'll be sending you a notice for distribution to anyone else you know may be interested in attending the meeting (which is open to all), and also to put on your noticeboards. And I'd be grateful if you'd let me know, by mid-April if possible please, if you'd like to attend and would
like some refreshments prior to the meeting.

The November meeting is scheduled for 12th November, and the theme will be 'obesogenic environments' - watch out for further information.

If you can think of anyone else who would like to be included in the NEOF mailbase, please let me know and I'll add them to the list for future circulations.

Many thanks.

Pat

PA to Nigel Unwin
Professor of Epidemiology
Newcastle University
Institute of Health and Society
Advancing Research in Chronic Disease Epidemiology (ArchEpi) Programme
WHO Collaborating Centre for Diabetes
Medical School
Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ihs