Quantitative Obesity Research

Center student, mathematics major Mirna Halawani was judged to be one of the best in the field by the Obesity Society’s e-Heath/m-Health section (EMS) and has been selected as one of 6 winners in the annual EMS Poster Competition. As an awardee, Ms. Halawani will be distinguished by a ribbon attached to her poster that will identify it as an EMS Poster Competition winner. Ms. Halawani will receive special recognition at the annual meeting of the eHealth/mHealth Section on Tuesday, November 4th at 6:30-8:30pm in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Her poster was titled Do The Obese Eat Faster Than the Lean?

Insights from a Novel Portable Sensing Device” and was coauthored by Steven Heymsfield (Pennington Biomedical Research Center), Adam Hoover (Clemson University), Jenna Scisco (Clemson University), Eric Muth (Clemson University), Corby Martin (Pennington Biomedical Research Center), and Diana Thomas (Montclair State University, Advisor)