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John P. Foreyt, Ph.D.

Physical Activity and Health: Differences in Developing and Developed Nations

John Foreyt

John P. Foreyt is a Professor in the Department of Medicine, the Department of Pediatrics, and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. He also is the Director of the DeBakey Heart Center's Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Department of Medicine.

John P. Foreyt received his B.S. in psychology from the University of Wisconsin and his M.S. and Ph.D.in clinical psychology in 1969 from Florida State University.  He served on the faculty at Florida State University until 1974 when he moved to Baylor College of Medicine. 

He has served as a member of the National Task Force on the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity, National Institutes of Health; The Committee to Develop Criteria for Evaluating the Outcomes of Approaches to Prevent and Treat Obesity, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; and The Expert Panel on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Adults at High Risk for Cardiovascular Disease, National Institutes of Health, NHLBI.

Dr. Foreyt has published extensively in the areas of diet modification, cardiovascular risk reduction, eating disorders, and obesity.  He has published 17 books and more than 280 articles in these areas.

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