Mind Body Seminar: June 1979

FACULTY

Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater, Ph.D., is Professor of Nutritional Science, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles and president-elect of the Society for Nutrition Education as well as a member of the Food and Nutrition Board. Her research interests include lipids and heart disease, and she is co-author of Nutrition for Today.

Ernst J. Drenick, M.D., is Chief, General Medical Section, V.A. Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles and Professor in Residence, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests in metabolism and nutrition include fasting and liquid protein diets in the management of obesity.

Stephen B. Hulley, M.D., M.P.H., is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program and a principal investigator in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (M.R.F.I.T.) designed to study the effect of modifying such coronary heart disease risk factors as diet. He is also Associate Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco.

Derrick B. Jelliffe, M.D., is Professor of Public Health and Pediatrics and Head of the Division of Population, Family and International Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. He is a member of the WHO Advisory Panel on Nutrition and author or editor of 12 books including The Assessment of the Nutritional Status of the Community, Human Milk in the Modern World, and Nutrition in Pediatrics.

Sheldon Margen, M.D., is Professor of Human Nutrition, University of California, Berkeley, a member and former vice chairman of the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences, and a consultant to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs.

Marion Nestle, Ph.D., is Associate Dean and Lecturer in Biochemistry and Coordinator of the Nutrition Teaching Program in the School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Linus Pauling, Ph.D., is Research Professor at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 as well as the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962. He is co-editor of the book Orthomolecular Psychiatry and author of Vitamin C, the Common Cold, and the Flu.

Martin A. Pops, M.D., is Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, and Assistant Dean, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. He is consultant to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and has conducted research in the field of malnutrition and gastrointestinal disease.

Paul Saltman, Ph.D., is Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Professor of Biology, University of California, San Diego. In addition to his teaching activities, he is a consultant to several governmental agencies and a researcher in the chemistry, biochemistry and nutrition of trace metal elements.

Edward L. Schieffelin, Ph.D., is Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley and a Post-doctoral Fellow in Medical Anthropology at the University of California, San Francisco. As a cultural anthropologist he has conducted field research in Papua New Guinea on food taboos and traditional curing practices.

David S. Sobel, M.D., M.P.H., is Medical Director of The Institute For The Study of Human Knowledge and a Fellow in the Health Policy Program, University of California, San Francisco. He is also program coordinator for this symposium.

Bernard Weiss, Ph.D., is Professor of Radiation Biology and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center and one of the founders of the new discipline of Behavioral Toxicology. He is also co-author of Behavioral Pharmacology and a consultant to various governmental agencies researching and regulating food additives.

Program

Saturday 2 June

HUMAN NUTRITION: AN OVERVIEW
Marion Nestle Ph.D.
A basic introduction and review of the major principles and requirements of human nutrition.

INFANT FEEDING: “BREAST IS BEST”
Derrick B. Jelliffe, M.D.
Breast feeding will be examined in light of recent research into the biochemistry, economics, and anti-infective properties of human milk as well as the maternal-child bonding and child spacing effects of breast feeding. Implications for both industrialized and developing countries will be discussed.

ORTHOMOLECULAR MEDICINE
Linus Pauling, Ph.D.
Orthomolecular medicine attempts to promote health by supplying the human body with optimal amounts of naturally occurring substances like vitamins and amino acids. Recent research suggests that increased resistance to disease may be achieved by ingesting larger amounts than the amounts necessary to prevent the classical vitamin deficiency syndromes. The evidence concerning vitamin C and the common cold, cancer and other diseases will be discussed.

Sheldon Margen, M.D., respondent

Afternoon

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

DIETARY FIBER AND HEALTH
Martin A. Pops, M.D.

NUTRITION AND SPORTS
Marion Nestle, Ph.D.

OBESITY, DIETS AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
Ernst J. Drenick, M.D.

NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT
Derrick B. Jelliffe, M.D.

Sunday 3 June
Morning

FOOD ADDITIVES AND BEHAVIOR
Bernard Weiss, Ph.D.
An immense array of substances may be added to foods during processing to preserve them, to make colors and flavors more attractive, to alter texture, and to enhance marketability. Such practices have stimulated strident debate about their nutritional value and potential toxicity, including possible adverse effects on human behavior and the nervous system.

NUTRITION AND THE PREVENTION OF HEART DISEASE
Stephen B. Hulley, M.D., M.P.H.
The role of nutritional factors in the development of coronary heart disease will be explored with particular attention to population studies relating dietary fats, cholesterol and heart disease. The scientific and political controversies surrounding nutritional guidelines for public health and preventive medicine will also be discussed.

FOOD: MAGIC, SYMBOL AND BELIEF
Edward L. Schieffelin, Ph.D.
Food is more than a matter of economics or nutritional requirements. Ethnic differences in food preferences, food fads, even the problem of obesity are primarily cultural issues with important implications for health care, self-image, religious observance and social status. Health professionals need to be sensitive to alternative views of food and health in this and other cultures.

Afternoon

U.S. DIETARY GOALS: THE POLITICS AND POLICIES OF NUTRITION
Sheldon Margen, M.D.
Paul Saltman, Ph.D.
The Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs (chaired by Senator George McGovern) has issued a report calling for extensive changes in the American diet. The content, implications, as well as scientific and political controversies involving these recommended dietary goals will be debated.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

NUTRITION AND AGING
Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater, Ph.D.

FOOD ADDITIVES AND BEHAVIOR
Bernard Weiss, Ph.D.

SUGAR AND HEALTH
Sheldon Margen, M.D.

NUTRITION AND HEART DISEASE
Stephen B. Hulley, M.D., M.P.H.

CULTURAL ASPECTS OF FOOD
Edward L. Schieffelin, Ph.D.