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This workshop will explore the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in obesity prevention, management, and treatment.
Description
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a public workshop to explore the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in obesity prevention, management, and treatment. The workshop will include an overview of AI and its relevance to obesity. Invited presentations and discussions will address how AI could support research, prevention, and management; the challenges, risks, and limitations involved; and what is needed for AI to positively advance the field. A broad range of perspectives will be incorporated throughout the workshop with an emphasis on the lived experience of obesity.
The planning committee will organize the workshop, select, and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings---in brief will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
Contributors
Committee
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Chair
Sponsors
Alliance of Community Health Plans
American Cancer Society
American Council on Exercise
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
American Society for Nutrition
Boehringer Ingelheim
Eli Lilly and Company
General Mills Inc
Health Partners
Mars, Incorporated
National Dairy Council
Nemours
Novo Nordisk
Obesity Action Coalition
Partnership for a Healthier America
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
SHAPE America
Society of Behavioral Medicine
The Gerontological Society of America
The Obesity Society
Trust for America’s Health
Walmart
YMCA
Staff
Heather D. Cook
Lead
Major units and sub-units
Center for Health, People, and Places
Lead
Food, Nutrition, and Agriculture Program Area
Lead
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