Forthcoming Conference
- Lightening the load in primary care
When:
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM (GMT)
Where:
Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre
University College London, Roberts Building
Torrington Place
WC1E 7JE London
United Kingdom
Hosted By:
Catherine.Stone@aso.org.uk
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Conference Programme
09.30 Registration and refreshments
10.00 Chair’s Introduction: What is needed to support effective weight management activities in primary care?
Dr Paul Aveyard, University of Birmingham
10.30 Health professional led weight-loss interventions
Hazel Ross, Counterweight
11.00 Using Low or Very Low Calorie Diets in primary care
Professor Iain Broom, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
11.30 Clinical effectiveness and patient experiences of commercial providers for adult weight management
Dr Susan Jebb, MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge
12.00 Panel Discussion
12.15 Lunch and posters
Afternoon session: Chair Dr Susan Jebb, MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge
14.00 Community based interventions for obese children
Dr Wendy Robertson, University of Warwick
14.30 Clinical and cost effectiveness of physical activity interventions for weight management in primary care
Dr Colin Greaves, Peninsular Medical School, Exeter
15.00 Behavioural strategies to improve weight management outcomes in primary care
Dr Falko Sniehotta, University of Newcastle
15.30 Integrating primary care interventions into comprehensive care pathways
Carol Weir, Obesity Lead, Rotherham PCT
16.00 Close
- Healthy Beginnings – Preventing Obesity from Infancy
When:
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 from 9:15 AM to 4:00 PM (GMT)
Where:
The Rose Bowl
Leeds Metropolitan University, City Campus
Portland Way
LS1 3HB Leeds
United Kingdom
Hosted By:
Catherine.Stone@aso.org.uk
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Conference Programme
Morning session – Understanding the issue, Chair: Dr Beckie Lang, University of Warwick
09.15 Registration
09.45 Why start early?
Professor Atul Singhal, University College London
10.15 Activity and sedentary behaviours in the very young – what is normal and what is achievable?
Speaker to be confirmed
10.45 Dietary factors in the prevention of obesity in the very young
Dr Mary Fewtrell, University College London
11.15 Feeding styles, maternal interaction and obesity
Speaker to be confirmed
11.45 Q and A
12.00 Lunch and posters
Afternoon session Chair: Dr Pinki Sahota, Leeds Metropolitan University
13.15 EMPOWER – infants at increased risk of obesity
Dr Beckie Lang, University of Warwick
13.45 The EPOCH Collaboration
Professor Lynne Daniels, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
14.30 Refreshments
14.50 Obesity in infancy – perspectives and beliefs from the front line
Dr Sarah Redsell, University of Nottingham
15.20 HENRY – results from the pilot study
Professor Mary Rudolf, University of Leeds
15.50 Q and A
16.00 Close
