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SMALL PLATE INITIATIVE FOR 2009
Dr. Brian Wansick, one of three new contributors to the Choice is Mine has a smaller plate initiative underway for 2009. To learn more, visit http://smallplatemovement.org/
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TOPS TREK to IRD 2009 MILLION MILE GOAL We Can Do This! TOPS' President, Barbara Cady, has issued a Million Mile fitness challenge to all chapters. If each chapter “walks” 1,000 miles from IRD 2008 in Chicago to IRD 2009 in Orlando, we will reach this Million Mile goal. Chapters who participate in this challenge will be eligible to win one of five $100 cash prizes, which will be presented at IRD 2009! This challenge is effective immediately and ends May 31, 2009.
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TOPS Club, Inc.
Scientific Achievement Award Presented to Eric Ravussin, PhD |
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Eric Ravussin, PhD & TOPS President, Barbara Cady |
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TOPS Club, Inc. President, Barbara Cady, accompanied by Second Vice-President, Ruth Gielow and TOPS Medical Advisor, Dr. Ahmed Kissebah recently presented the TOPS Scientific Achievement Award to Eric Ravussin, PhD for his landmark research in calorimetry and many other contributions to obesity research.
President Cady presented the award along with these comments;
On behalf of almost a quarter million TOPS members who are affected by the consequences and complications of obesity, it is my honor to make this presentation. For thirty-eight years, our nonprofit, weight-loss self-support organization, has quietly partnered with the research community in the study of obesity and associated health consequences. Each year, our members proudly donate funds which now total almost seven million dollars to aid in investigating causes and safe, effective treatments to control and hopefully, someday, to cure, obesity. Our partnership over the years with the Medical College of Wisconsin has been most fruitful and Dr. Ahmed Kissebah’s landmark research in the field of obesity continues to be rewarding, as does his sage advice to TOPS.
Read the complete story in your February issue of TOPS News (inside cover, look for the picture!)
The TOPS award recognizes singular achievement or contribution to research in the field of obesity. This award is made possible through an annual grant from the Take Off Pounds Sensibly Foundation. Recipients receive a $5,000 cash prize, a recognition plaque, and a travel grant to the annual scientific meeting. |
