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Meeting #1: Reexamination of IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines


Event Date: January 17, 2008 - January 18, 2008


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The Committee to Reexamine IOM Pregnancy Weight Guidelines held its first meeting from January 17-18, 2008 at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, DC. On Thursday, January 17, the committee meeting was open to the public from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM.

Open Session Agenda
Thursday, January 17, 2008
National Academy of sciences Building- Lecture Room
2100 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 

1:00 p.m. Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of the Session
Kathleen Rasmussen, Committee Chair

1:10  Perspectives from Sponsors:

Michele Lawler, Deputy Director, Division of State and Community Health, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration
   
Catherine Spong, Chief, Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Michael Katz, Senior Vice President for Research and Global Programs, March of Dimes

Van S. Hubbard, Director, Nutrition Research Coordination National Institutes of Health, Division of Nutrition Research Coordination

Andrea J. Sharma, Lieutenant Commander-USPHS Commissioned Corps Senior Research Scientist Officer-Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
  
Mary Horlick, Director, Pediatric Obesity Program, National Institutes of Health, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition

Jonelle Rowe, Senior Medical Advisor for Adolescent Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Women’s Health
  
Wendy Braund, 11th Luther Terry Fellow and Senior Clinical Advisor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

2:30  Questions from the Committee

3:00  Break

3:20  Analysis of Data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Patricia Dietz, Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health


3:40 Update on AHRQ Evidence-Based Review on Outcomes of Maternal Weight Gain
Carmen Kelly, LCDR US Public Health Service, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

4:00  Committee Discussion with All Presenters

4:30 pm  Adjourn Open Session

***Please contact M. Jennifer Datiles (MDatiles@nas.edu), Senior Program Assistant, for more information.***

 



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