Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Obesity, Weight Perception & Socio-Cultural Factors in Chinese Adolescents
Assistant Professor Bin Xie discusses weight perception and obesity prevalence in Chinese teenagers
May 8, 2006
In May 2006 at the USC School of Social Work, Assistant Professor Bin Xie presented Obesity, Weight Perception & Socio-Cultural Factors in Chinese Adolescents. He discusses patterns of weight perception and the socio-demographic and socio-cultural determinants of weight as well the prevalence of obesity and fat distribution in teenagers. One of his findings states that girls tend to rate themselves as overweight and boys rate themselves as underweight.
Xie joined the School of Social Work in 2005 after receiving a Ph.D. in preventive medicine from the University of Southern California. A biostatistician, he provides statistical consultation for faculties, staffs and graduate students and assists with study design and analysis of several randomized clinical trials and other ongoing projects in mental health.
His research interests focus on application of statistical analysis approaches in epidemiological and prevention research and investigation of health and risk behaviors related to obesity prevention and tobacco control in adolescents. Dr. Xie has been involved in several projects funded by NCI, NIMH and NIDA to evaluate intervention effects of multi-site randomized clinical trials on depression treatment for cancer patients and school-based programs on tobacco control, nutrition intervention and health promotion in adolescents, to describe the growth trajectory patterns of gateway drug use from adolescence to the early adulthood and to investigate the role of socioeconomic and lifestyle factors in obesity and smoking prevention in adolescents. He has published and presented his research findings in peer-reviewed journals and at regional and international conferences. Dr. Xie has served as a reviewer for the American Journal of Health Behavior, International Journal of Obesity, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, Obesity Research and the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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October 20, 2024
October 20, 2024
Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 3:00pm
Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow international students.
Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 4:00pm
Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.