Workgroup Directory/Information
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Workgroup Directory
Workgroup Information Body Weight and Health |
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Summary | Research and Extension of topic areas related to body weight, its relationship to health and promotion of a healthful lifestyle. |
Website: | http://groups.ucanr.org/bdh/ |
Workgroup Chair Information | |
Name | Margaret Johns (Chair) |
Phone | |
mcjohns@ucanr.edu | |
Unit: | Kern County |
Location: |
Cooperative Extension Kern County 1031 South Mount Vernon Avenue Bakersfield, 93307 |
Membership List |
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AES Scientist | ||
Stern, Judith | Nutrition | |
Professor | Interactions of adipose cellularity and metabolism, food intake, diet, exercise, hyperinsulinemia and energetics in genetically obese rats; obesity and aging on obese rodents, alternative medicine research in asthma, allergy, and immunology | |
CE Advisor | ||
Donohue, Susan | Butte County | |
Nutrition, Family & Consumer Sciences Advisor, Emeritus | Nutrition, Family & Consumer Sciences, Food Safety | |
Giovanni, Maria | Santa Clara County | |
Nutrition Family & Consumer Science Advisor | Nutrition and Food (Science, Safety and Security) | |
Johns, Margaret | Kern County | |
Nutrition Family Consumer Science Advisor, Emeritus (Retired) | ||
Lamp, Cathi | ||
Nutrition, Family, and Consumer Sciences Advisor, Emeritus | Nutrition, food safety, food access, nutrition education, nutrition monitoring | |
Martin, Anna | San Joaquin County | |
Nutrition Family Consumer Sciences Advisor | Community Nutrition Education | |
Metz, Diane | Capitol Corridor MCP Cooperative Extension | |
Emeritus Nutrition, Family and Consumer Science Advisor, Yolo and Solano Counties | Administration, human nutrition general, childhood obesity and health promotion, food security, food safety and home Food Preservation, Human and Family Relationships and Consumer Science. Also, Community Development and Leader Development. | |
Nicholson, Yvonne | Sacramento County | |
Nutrition, Family, & Consumer Sciences Advisor and Interim County Director - University | Multicultural dietary food practices, resource management | |
Schneider, Constance | Nutrition | |
UC Cooperative Extension Academic Emeritus | Nutrition, Social Marketing, Obesity, Marketing, Administration, Evaluation | |
Smith, Dorothy | Tuolumne County | |
Nutrition Family and Consumer Science Advisor El Dorado/Amador /Calaveras /Tuolumne Counties | Nutrition | |
CE Specialist | ||
Crawford, Pat | Nutrition | |
Cooperative Extension Specialist | ||
Kaiser, Lucia | Nutrition | |
CE Nutrition Specialist | Acculturation and dietary changes; ethnic food habits (particularly Latino); child feeding practices; evaluation of nutrition education | |
Ritchie, Lorrene | Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) | |
Director of the Nutrition Policy Institute and Cooperative Extension Nutrition Specialist | Childhood, Food Security, Obesity Prevention, Public health | |
Townsend, Marilyn | Nutrition | |
Nutrition Education Specialist | Overweight and food insecurity relationship; nutrition education research; theory driven intervention design, implementation and evaluation | |
Other ANR | ||
Ginsburg, David | CalFresh Healthy Living, UC | |
Director, UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program (formerly known as UC-FSNEP) | ||
Mitchell, Rita | Nutrition | |
Staff Research Associate | Curriculum development and staff training | |
Sutherland, Barbara | Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) | |
Program Director Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program | ||
Non-UC | ||
Keim, Nancy | WHNRC, USDA | |
USDA Researcher | dieting, metabolism and appetite in women | |
Other UC | ||
Gosliner, Wendi | Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI) | |
Project scientist | Food policies and programs, health equity, food systems, children's nutrition | |
Membership Totals | ||
Number of Members | 19 | |
ANR Members | 18 | |
Non-ANR | 1 | |
Info Only | 0 |