Eric Ravussin is a professor in Human Physiology and the Director of the Nutritional Obesity Research Center at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is also the Douglas L. Gordon Chair in Diabetes and Metabolism at the Center.

Dr. Ravussin is a prominent obesity and exercise researcher and is internationally recognized for his work in obesity and diabetes.^[1] His research focuses on the genetic and molecular basis of obesity, as well as the “relationship between physiology and gene expression in response to diet and physical training.”^[2][3][4]

In 2010, Ravussin was the recipient of the Willendorf Award from the International Association for the Study of Obesity, which is given every four years at the society’s International Congress on Obesity.^[5]

Education[link]

Dr. Ravussin received his Doctor of Philosophy in Human Physiology from the University of Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1980.^[6] In the United States, he was a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont. In 2000, he joined the faculty at Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

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External links[link]

• Pennington Biomedical Research Center Faculty Page
• PBS Special on Obesity

Michel Desjoyeaux (born 16 July 1965, in Concarneau) is a French sailor, known for competing successfully in several long-distance single-handed races. He won the Vendée Globe race in 2000-01 and 2008–09,^[1] making him the only person to win that race more than once.

Géant Michel Desjoyeaux's multihulled boat, at the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, Le Havre, 6 November 2005

Honours[link]

• Winner of Vendée Globe 2000-01 and 2008–09
• Winner of Solitaire du Figaro in 1992, 1998, and 2007
• Winner of the Route du Rhum in 2002
• Winner of the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race in 2004

External links[link]

• Official Mer agitée
• Official team Foncia

References[link]

1. ^ Guillaume Loisy (13/05/2009). "Desjoyeaux, ce héros" (in French). Le Figaro. http://www.lefigaro.fr/sport/2009/02/01/02001-20090201ARTSPO00111-desjoyeaux-ce-heros.php. 

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