Alaska Regional Chapter
American College of Sports Medicine
presents
“Exercise, Obesity & Disease”
2005 Annual Meeting & Symposium
Wednesday July 20th
5:00 - 5:30pm Registration
5:30 - 6:45pm Keynote Address: Physical Inactivity - the Most Important Public Health Problem of the 21st Century - Steve Blair, PED, FACSM
6:45 - 8:45pm Exercise 101 with lab - A Practical, Hands-on Guide to Weight Loss - Kent Adams, PhD, FACSM, CSCS & Trish Sevene-Adams, PhD-C
8:45 - 9:15 pm Panel Discussion
Thursday July 21st
8:00 - 8:30am Registration
8:30 - 9:30am Nutrition Needs Through the Lifespan - Carrie Peterson, MS, RD, LD
9:30 - 10:30am A Fear of Obesity: Taking it to an Extreme - Frank Shorter
10:45 - 11:45am Environment & Obesity – Sam Case, PhD, FACSM
11:45 - 12:45pm Physical Activity & Weight Maintenance - Steve Blair, PED, FACSM
12:45 - 1:15pm Panel Discussion
Friday July 22nd
7:00 - 8:00am AK ACSM Business Meeting
8:00 - 8:30am Registration
8:30 - 9:30am Juvenile Obesity – Is Physical Inactivity the Problem, and Enhanced Activity a Solution? Oded Bar-Or, MD, FACSM
9:30 - 10:30am Chronic Disease - an Evolutionary Perspective - Trish Sevene-Adams, PhD-C
10:45 -11:45am Obesity Prevention - Public Health Vs Personal Responsibility - Carrie
Peterson, MS, RD, LD
11:45 - 12:15pm Panel Discussion
1:30 - 2:30pm Metabolic Syndrome - Time to Move! - Kent Adams, PhD, FACSM, CSCS
2:30 - 3:30pm Why Is Weight Loss So Difficult? Sam Case, PhD, FACSM
3:45 - 4:45pm The Relevance of Exercise to Pediatric Chronic Disease - Oded Bar-Or, MD, FACSM
4:45 - 5:15pm Panel Discussion
Saturday July 23rd
3:00 - 5:00pm Obesity & Osteoarthritis - Strategies for Exercise Management - Paul Columb, BS PT & Eric Speck, MS PT, ATC
5:00 - 5:30pm Panel Discussion
7:00 - 9:00pm Banquet with special guest speaker, Olympic Gold Medalist Frank Shorter
Sitka, Alaska HarriganCentennialHall
July 20-23, 2005 330 Harbor Drive
Jointly sponsored by the American College of Sports Medicine and the Alaska Regional Chapter of the ACSM
Faculty:
Kent Adams, PhD, FASCM, CSCS Louisville, KY
Assistant Professor, Exercise Physiology, University of Louisville
Trish Sevene-Adams, PhD-C, NCSA Louisville, KY
Dept of Zoology, University of Louisville
Oded Bar-Or, MD, FACSM Hamilton, Ontario
Director, Children’s Exercise & Nutrition Centre, McMaster University
Steven Blair, PED, FACSM Dallas, TX
President & CEO, The Cooper Institute
H. Samuel Case, PhD, FACSM Westminster. MD
Professor Emeritus, McDaniel College
Paul Columb, PT Sitka, AK
Owner, Sitka Physical Therapy
Carolyn Peterson, MS, RD, LD Shoreview, MN
Sports Nutrition Consulting Dietician for Minnesota Vikings, Twins, Wild, Lynx, Timberwolves
Frank Shorter Boulder, CO
Olympic Gold Medalist
Eric Speck, MS PT, ATC Sitka, AK
Founder & Owner, Sitka Physical Therapy
Sponsors: The American College of Sports Medicine and the AK Regional Chapter ACSM gratefully acknowledge the support provided by the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, Sitka Medical Center, SportsMedicine Fairbanks, SEARHC and New Lifestyles.