EGEA 2004 Presentations

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Scientific Opening on May 12th:

Global dietary trends and the nutrition transition by Adam Drewnowski, Center for Public Health Nutrition, University of Washington, USA

Session 1: Obesity and diabetes : two multifactorial diseases on Thursday May 13th:

The pandemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes by Jacob C. Seidell, Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

From obesity to type 2 diabetes : interplay between insulin resistence and impaired insulin secretion by André J Sheen, University of Liège, Belgium (Powerpoint only - no audio).

Diet and lifestyle in relation to obesity: Lessions from observational cohorte studies by Tobias Pischon, Department of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Havard School of Public Health, Boston, USA

Workshop 1: Mediterranean diet, fruits, vegetables, body-weight management and obesity prevention on Thursday May 13th:

Fruits, vegetables and body-weight management by Beth Carlson-Tohill, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA

Session 2: Prevention of obesity and type II in children on Friday May 14th:

Potential sensitive targets for the prevention of childhood obesity by Claudio Maffeis, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Verona, Italy

Nutrition in transition : diet quality and diet costs by Adam Drewnowski, Center for Public Health Nutrition, University of Washington, USA.

Session 3: Nutritional recommendations: from traditional Mediterranean diet  to modern lifestyle adaptations on Sathurday May 15th:

Introduction by Elio Riboli, IARC/WHO, Lyon, France

The healthy eating pyramid : Empirical assessments of validity by Walter C. Willett, Department of Nutrition, Harvard University, Boston, USA

The Finish recommendations and their application to prevetion of type 2 diabetes by Jaana Lindström, National Public Health Institute, Finland.

Can individuals implement nutritional recommendations? Mechanisms for change or mission impossible? by John. E. Blundell, School of Psychology, University ogf Leeds, UK

The book of abstracts

This PDF-file contains the detailed program, CV of all speakers and abstracts of all oral and poster presentations. 

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