H. DELE DAVIES is Professor and Chairperson of Pediatrics and Human Development at Michigan State University. He is also Chairman of the university's 45-member Obesity Research Council. He is an elected member of the Society for Pediatric Research, and also Founder and Advisor to The Children's Initiative, a group studying children's health across topics. Davies is a reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology, The Lancet and the Journal of the American Medical Association.