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Nutrition Expert to Present "Portion Size Me" Feb. 17

February 10, 2010


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MACOMB, IL - - "Ever get the feeling you're eating way too much?" Nutrition expert Jim Painter is coming to Western Illinois University to present "Portion Size Me: Why We Eat More than We Think" to help individuals answer that question.

The presentation is from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17 in the University Union Grand Ballroom and is open free to the public.

Painter is a nutrition expert and chair of the dietetics department at Eastern Illinois University; he will inform the audience about the obesity epidemic.

Painter's presentation is co-sponsored by the University Theme Committee, the dietetics, fashion merchandising and hospitality (DFMH) department and the Employee Wellness Committee.

For more information, contact Karen Greathouse, chair of the DFMH department, at (309) 298-1581 or KR-Greathouse@wiu.edu.

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