Berkeley Media Studies Group recently released

Soda and Tobacco Industry Corporate Social Responsibility Campaigns: How Do They Compare? in PLoS Medicine, a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science. The study compares soda and tobacco companies' corporate responsibility campaigns and appears in the PLoS Medicine series, Big Food, which examines the activities and influence of the food and beverage industry in the health arena.
 

Attention ASBP physician-in-training and student members: Travel awards available for presenting at upcoming symposium

ASBP is offering a limited number of travel awards for attendees giving oral or poster presentations during the ASBP 62nd Annual Obesity & Associated Conditions Symposium. These funds are to help defray meeting registration costs associated with attendance of the symposium.  Eligible recipients must submit an abstract to ASBP by the abstract submission deadline before a travel award application may be completed. Only ASBP physician-in-training and student members are eligible to apply.  Not a member of ASBP? Download and complete a membership application.

ASBP invites members to submit an abstract for oral and poster presentations at the 62nd Annual Obesity & Associated Conditions Symposium in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 24-28. ASBP currently is accepting abstracts to be presented as oral presentations during the special breakout sessions or as poster presentations during the Clinical and Scientific Poster Session. For the oral abstract presentations, members have the opportunity to present research or clinical data during the breakout sessions on Friday, Oct. 26. These presentations are limited to 15 minutes each. For poster presentations, members have the opportunity to present research or clinical data to interested attendees during an interactive poster session on Thursday, Oct. 25. The poster session provides a forum for showcasing one's work and obtaining feedback about ongoing research, data collection or clinical approaches from knowledgeable conference attendees. While the poster need not describe completed work, it should report on research or clinical data for which at least preliminary results are available. All abstracts are reviewed by the ASBP Program Committee, in conjunction with ASBP Health Director Stacy Schmidt, Ph.D., to ensure the high quality of the society's conferences. Learn more about the call for abstracts and abstract submission guidelines or download an abstract submission form online. Click here to review submission deadlines. Also, travel award applications are available to physician-in-training and student members interested in presenting.