3rd Scandinavian Pediatric Obesity Conference 2008

Final program

Program March 6th, 2008
09.00-09.30     09.30-09.45	REGISTRATION   OPENING Carl-Erik Flodmark, Sweden, President
09.45	NEW DEVELOPMENT IN TREATMENT Chair: Carl-Erik Flodmark, Sweden
09.45-10.15	Vaccines in obesity treatment - Richard L. Atkinson, USA
10.15-10.55	Surgery in childhood obesity - Kurt Widhalm, Austria and Claude Marcus, Sweden
10.55-11.15	Drugs in childhood obesity - Claude Marcus, Sweden
11.15-11.30	COFFEE BREAK
11.30	GENES AND HORMONES Chair: Richard L. Atkinson, USA and Nathalie Farpour-Lambert, Switzerland
11.30-12.00	Genetics and childhood obesity - Corrado Cilio, Sweden
12.00-12.30	Metabolic syndrome - a child is not a "small adult" - Angelo Pietrobelli, Italy
12.30-13.30	LUNCH
13.30	EARLY PREVENTION Chair: Lars Bo Andersen, Denmark and Paulina Nowicka, Sweden
13.30-14.00	How outdoor environment affects children - Fredrika Mårtensson, Sweden
14.00-14.30	How to improve motor skills in practice - Ingegerd Ericsson, Sweden
13.30-14-30	POSTER PRESENTATIONS
14.30-14-45	COFFEE BREAK
14.45-16.45   19.00	ORAL PRESENTATIONS Chair: Kurt Widhalm, Austria and Tomas Sveger, Sweden   Gala dinner -Citadellet Landskrona
____________________	Gala dinner - Citadelett Landskrona
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08.30	CONSEQUENCES OF OBESITY Chair: Inge Lissau, Denmark and Luis Moreno, Spain
08.30-09.00	Long term consequences - Aviva Must, USA
09.00-09.30	Physical activity and cardivascular health - Lars Bo Andersen, Denmark
09.30-09.40	BREAK
09.30-10.10	Health economics in obesity - Ulf Persson, Sweden
10.10-10.40	Development of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents - Ram Weiss, Israel
10.40-10.55	COFFEE BREAK
10.55	PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND NUTRITION - WHAT TO CHOOSE? Chair: Bernard Gutin, USA and Aviva Must, USA
10-55-11.25	How physical activity can work? - Mikael Fogelholm, Finland
11.25-11.55	How nutrition can work? - Luis Moreno, Spain
11.55-12.05	BREAK
12.05-12.35	Functional food - future perspectives - Inger Björck, Sweden
12.35-13.05	Is the quality of fat a cure for obesity? - Birgitta Strandvik, Sweden
13.05-13.45	LUNCH
13.45-14.45	ORAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS Chair: Inger Björck, Sweden and Martin Handeland, Norway
14.45-15.45	ORAL PRESENTATIONS Chair: Mikael Fogelholm, Finland and Birgitta Strandvik, Sweden
15.45-16.00	COFFEE BREAK
16.00	WHOM TO HELP? A PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE Chair: Angelo Pietrobelli, Italy and Ram Weiss, Israel
16.00-16.30	Parents in treatment of childhood obesity - Paulina Nowicka, Sweden
16.30-17.00	Lessons from childhood obesity preventions - The FitKid Project - Bernard Gutin, USA