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Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Speakers
Thursday 31st August 2006 |
| 3.00-5.00 |
Registration
Level 1, Sofitel
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6.00-7.30 |
Welcome Reception
(Buses will depart at 5.30pm from the Sofitel, 249 Turbot Street)
Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, QUT
Corner of Blamey Street and Musk Avenue,
Kelvin Grove |
Friday 1st September 2006 |
Time |
Sessions |
| 7.30-8.15 |
Registration and morning coffee
Ballroom le Grande, Level 2, Sofitel |
| 8.15-8.30 |
Offical opening and welcome
Ballroom le Grande 1 |
8.30-9.15 |
Plenary 1 - Physical activity to achieve cardiometabolic health and metabolic fitness
JP Despres
Ballroom le Grande 1 |
9.15-10.00
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Plenary 2 - Physical activity and obesity - international perspectives
C Bouchard
Ballroom le Grande 1 |
10.00-10.30 |
Morning tea proudly sponsored by Diabetes Queensland |
10.30-12.30 |
Concurrent Sessions |
S1
Exercise Prescription Recommendations |
S2
Obesity and Physical Activity Across the Lifespan
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IOTF PATF
Symposium 1
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Differences in exercise prescriptions between populations and individuals
JO Hill
Sarcopenia and the relevance of muscular strength in the treatment and management of obesity
GR Hunter
Free Communications
Ballroom le Grande 1
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The definition and classification of obesity: should we be re-inventing the wheel?
VS Hubbard
Advances in the Combined use of the waist circumference and BMI as Determinants of Morbidity and Mortality
R Ross
Free Communications
Concorde
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Longitudinal epidemiological data on PA, obesity and health
Introduction
S Blair
Data from Canada and Europe
P Katzmarcyk
Data from USA
S Blair
Data from Australia
W Brown
What public health strategies do these data suggest?
S Rossner
Panel and Discussion
Bastille |
12.30-1.30 |
Lunch |
1.30-3.30 |
Concurrent Sessions |
S3
Measurement of Physical Activity
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S4
Psychosocial Aspects of Weight Management
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IOTF PATF
Symposium 2
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Advances in the objective measurement of physical activity and energy expenditure
Y Schutz
Tools for measuring physical activity: cutting the cloth to fit
NM Byrne
Free Communications
Ballroom le Grande 1
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Significant psycho-social impacts of obesity in childhood
A Hill
Predictors of successful weight loss
S Rossner
Free Communications
Concorde
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Contemporary issues in physical activity, obesity and public health (1)
Introduction
A Bauman
Economic aspects of physical activity and obesity
L Roux
Environments, physical activity and obesity
N Owen
A national physical activity promotion strategy - America on the Move
JO Hill
Advocacy for physical activity- an Australian perspective
T Shilton
Panel and Discussion
Bastille |
3.30-4.00 |
Afternoon tea |
4.00-6.00 |
Concurrent Sessions |
S5
Diet and Exercise
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S6
Childhood: The Origin of the Obesity Problem
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IOTF PATF
Symposium 3
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Susceptibility to overconsumption: phenotypes at risk of weight gain
J Blundell
Simpler diet and exercise solutions for managing obesity
J Buckley
Free Communications
Ballroom le Grande 1
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Overweight, drive and intensity of physical activity in children
MS Westernerp-Plantenga
Ethnic differences in obesity-related metabolic complications during growth and development
M Goran
Free Communications
Concorde
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Contemporary issues in physical activity, obesity and public health (2)
Introduction
W Brown
Measuring and monitoring physical activity
Vicky Lambert
WHO global strategy on physical activity
T Armstrong
Policy directions and mixed messages
A Bauman
IOTF & PATF Summary and Conclusions
S Blair
Bastille |
| 6.45-7.45 |
Poster viewing with poster presenters in attendance and pre dinner networking drinks
Ballroom le Grande Foyer |
| 7.45 |
Conference Dinner proudly sponsored by Uncle Toby's with guest speaker Kieren Perkins
Ballroom le Grande |
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Saturday 2nd September 2006 |
Time |
Sessions |
| 7.30-8.30 |
Registration and morning coffee
Level 2, Sofitel |
8.30-9.15 |
Metabolic Compensatory issues
R Ross
Ballroom le Grande 1
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9.15-10.00
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Behavioural Compensatory issues
N King
Ballroom le Grande 1 |
10.00-10.30 |
Morning tea |
10.30-12.30 |
Concurrent Sessions |
S7
Exercise and Metabolic Syndrome
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S8
Community-based Physical Activity Initiatives
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International Atomic Energy Agency Symposium
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Body fat and its relationship with metabolic syndrome indicators in the overweight and obese
A Misra
Role of exercise on endothelial function, lipid profile and atherosclerosis
M Halle
Free Communications
Ballroom le Grande 1 |
The heart foundation healthy weight strategy
C Prout
Free Communications
Concorde |
Beyond Weight: Interventions in overweight Latino children for reducing obesity-related disease risk
M Goran
Free Communications
Bastille |
12.30-1.30 |
Lunch & Poster Viewing with Presenters in Attendance |
1.30-3.30 |
Concurrent Sessions |
S9
Weigh Loss and Maintenance
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S10
Nutrition and Physical Activity
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ATN Networking Forum
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Non-exercise associated thermogenesis: is it an obligatory or a faculative phenomenon
KR Westerterp
Effects of exercise training intensity on abdominal visceral fat and the cardiometabolic risk profile
A Weltman
Free Communications
Ballroom le Grande 1 |
Walking the talk: Industry iniatives
L Tapsell
Free Communications
Concorde |
ATN Networking Forum
Bastille
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3.30-4.00 |
Afternoon tea |
| 4.00-5.30 |
Final Discussion: Physical Activity and Obesity- what has gone wrong?
Ballroom le Grande1 |
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Speakers
Confirmed Keynote Speaker
Professor Jean-Pierre Despres , Laval University , Québec , Canada
Invited Speakers
A number of leading researchers, including the following, have committed to taking a lead role in the scientific program:
- Klaas Westerterp, Uni of Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Anoop Misra, All India Institute of Medical Science , India
- Robert Ross, Queen's University , Canada
- Michael Goran, University of Southern California (Los Angeles), USA
- Yves Schutz, University of Lausanne , Switzerland
- Martin Halle, Technical University Munich, Germany
- James O. Hill, University of Colorado , USA
- Gary Hunter, University of Alabama - Birmingham , USA
- Adrian Bauman, University of Sydney , Australia
- Steve Blair, Cooper Institute, USA
- Ismail Noor, UKM, Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
- Margriet Westerterp, Uni of Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Andrew Hill, University of Leeds, UK
- Jon Buckley, University of South Australia, Australia
- Van S. Hubbard, National Institutes of Health, USA
- Arthur Weltman, University of Virginia, USA
- John Blundell, University of Leeds, UK
- Claude Bouchard, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, USA
- Peter Katzmarzyk, Queen's University, USA
- Wendy Brown, University of Queensland, Australia
- Neville Owen, University of Queensland, Australia
- Stephan Rossner, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
- Trevor Shilton, National Heart Foundation, Australia
- Vikki Lambert, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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