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Conference registration is now OPEN! 

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Click here to view the 2010 Conference Abstract Book.

The 2010 ISBNPA Annual Conference begins on June 9th with pre-conference educational and physical activity workshops. Educational workshops begin at 8:30 a.m. and last until 11:30 a.m. At noon, we’re kicking off our physical activity workshops where you’re able to work off the effects of travel and experience beautiful Minneapolis!

An opening reception at the Weisman Art Museum, a local treasure, will begin at 6:00 p.m. on June 9th. This reception is included in your conference fee.

The conference begins the following day on June 10th with breakfast served at 8:00 a.m., and continues until Saturday, June 12th at 4:15 p.m.

The registration desk is open from Wednesday, June 9th at 7:30 a.m. until Saturday, June 12th at 4:30 p.m. We encourage you to pick up your attendance packets when you arrive to avoid long lines and to be able to look over the agenda and events taking place and make plans for the days of the conference.

The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) is a professional organization committed to the betterment of human health and the free exchange of ideas, especially data-based findings, regarding diet and physical activity research, programs and policy.

  • International society with over 500 members and 29 countries
  • Only research society that focuses on behavioral aspects of nutrition and physical activity
  • Diversity of membership includes Medicine, Nursing, Dietetics, Kinesiology, Epidemiology, Psychology, Public Health, Nutrition
  • Diversity of member organizations includes academic, medical, governmental, non-governmental and industry
  • Society has its own peer-reviewed scientific research journal.
  • Free online access: www.ijbnpa.org

Our Members

ISBNPA has an international presence with nearly 400 members representing 29 countries. Our members come together from more than 40 government agencies, industry and professional organizations as well as close to 150 academic and medical institutions. Members bring to this organization a diversity of experience and expertise, with professional credentials including BSc, DrPH, EdD, LD, MBA, MD, MPH, MSC, PhD, RD, and RN.

List of countries represented in the ISBNPA membership: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, UK, USA, and Vietnam.

Nonmembers are invited to register and attend the conference.

Keynote Speakers

  • Robert W. Jeffery, PhD,
    Director, Obesity Prevention Center and Professor Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
  • Knut-Inge Klepp, PhD, MPH,
    Professor, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
  • David Ludwig, MD, PhD,
    Director, Obesity Program, Department of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Paschal Sheeran, PhD,
    Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • Deborah Tate, PhD,
    Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Behavioral Education, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Local Organizing Committee

From the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and HealthPartners Research Foundation:

Simone French (Chair), Jayne Fulkerson, Bob Jeffery, Marti Kubik, Mindy Kurzer, Al Levine, Beth Lewis, Jennifer Linde, Ken Meter, Melissa Nelson, Mark Pereira, Alex Rothman, Sarah Rydell, Amy Scheller, Nancy Sherwood, Scott Shimotsu, John Sirard, Mary Story, Steven Stovitz.