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Entitled "NEAT – How to Prevent Obesity from Devastating Hong Kong", the lecture is part of HKU's Institute of Human Performance and Public Health Research Centre Distinguished Lecture series, given by Prof. James Levine. It will take place at 5:00pm – 5:45pm on Monday, August 29, 2005, at Rayson Huang Lecture Theatre, HKU. Members of the Press and interested parties are cordially invited to attend. For reservation of seats, please email to chansf@hku.hk
Prof. Levine, M.D. is currently Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, USA. His primary research interest is the impact of activities of daily living on energy expenditure, or NEAT. Working with other researchers at the Mayo Clinic, which is the first and largest integrated group practice in the world, Professor Levine aims to gain a better understanding of NEAT in different populations and change our world for active health. For Prof. Levin's clinical profile and research activities, please see http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/levine_ia.cfm His works on NEAT are widely recognized and reported by BBC.
For media enquiries, please contact Miss Cherry Cheung, Senior Press Officer of HKU at 2859-2606.
August 26, 2005
Obesity Expert to Speak at HKU - Institute of Human Performance Distinguished Lecture
26 Aug 2005
Keeping slim and trim is not only a matter of beauty, preventing obesity is crucial for the physical, mental and fiscal welfare of our society. As obesity rates increase so does physical and mental illness and their associated costs. The fundamental changes in how we live a healthy life can start today. By measuring the impact of activities of daily living on energy expenditure, Professor James Levine's Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT) theory shows us why calories that people burn in their everyday activities are far more important in obesity than we previously imagined. According to Professor Levine, low NEAT and sedentary living go hand-in-hand while NEAT-active living may be the key to preventing and reversing obesity.
Entitled "NEAT – How to Prevent Obesity from Devastating Hong Kong", the lecture is part of HKU's Institute of Human Performance and Public Health Research Centre Distinguished Lecture series, given by Prof. James Levine. It will take place at 5:00pm – 5:45pm on Monday, August 29, 2005, at Rayson Huang Lecture Theatre, HKU. Members of the Press and interested parties are cordially invited to attend. For reservation of seats, please email to chansf@hku.hk
Prof. Levine, M.D. is currently Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, USA. His primary research interest is the impact of activities of daily living on energy expenditure, or NEAT. Working with other researchers at the Mayo Clinic, which is the first and largest integrated group practice in the world, Professor Levine aims to gain a better understanding of NEAT in different populations and change our world for active health. For Prof. Levin's clinical profile and research activities, please see http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/levine_ia.cfm His works on NEAT are widely recognized and reported by BBC.
For media enquiries, please contact Miss Cherry Cheung, Senior Press Officer of HKU at 2859-2606.
August 26, 2005
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