Future Directions in Pediatric Overweight and Obesity: Interview with Dennis M. Bier, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Director, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX

摘要

Dennis M. Bier, M.D., is Professor of Pediatrics,nDirector of the USDA Children’s NutritionnResearch Center, and Program Director of thenNIH General Clinical Research Center at Baylor Collegenof Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Associationnfor the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the AmericannSociety for Nutrition, a member of the Institute of Medicinenof the National Academies of Science and Chairmannof the Institute of Medicine Food and Nutrition Board.nFor over 30 years Dr. Bier has been actively involved innresearch involving the health, nutrition, and well being ofnchildren and adolescents.nCurrently, Dr. Bier serves as Editor-in-Chief of ThenAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Associate Editornof the Annual Review of Nutrition. He is a member ofnnumerous boards including the FDA Pediatric AdvisorynCommittee and chairs the Board of the International LifenSciences Institute Research Foundation. In this interview,nDr. Bier discusses the serious problem of childhoodnobesity in our country and directions that we should takento contain this problem.