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Obesity, Diet & Lifestyle Theme Networking Event

Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 12am to 5.15pm

St. Catherine’s College

Hosted by NIHR Oxford BRC

The NIHR Oxford BRC 'Obesity, Diet and Lifestyle' theme welcomes researchers across Oxford who have an interest in this area of research to meet in-person and share their latest work at this free of charge event.

What: The BRC Obesity, Diet and Lifestyle theme welcomes researchers across Oxford who have an interest in this area of research to meet in-person and share their latest work at this free of charge event.

Poster presentations detailing recent or in-progress research relevant to the theme are welcomed and there will be a prize awarded for the best poster.  Please send a brief abstract for your poster to mary.logan@phc.ox.ac.uk and copy to jeanette.allsworth@phc.ox.ac.uk by 12 noon on 28th February.

When:   Wednesday 16th March 2022

Where:  St. Catherine’s College

Poster Abstracts: You are invited to submit brief abstracts for posters to mary.logan@phc.ox.ac.uk and copy to jeanette.allsworth@phc.ox.ac.uk by 12 noon on 28th February.

Registration:  Register here by 15th March 2022

 

AGENDA
12:15-13:00   Lunch
13:00-14:00   Prof Lucilla Poston CBE
                      Head of School of Life Course and Population Sciences, King’s College London
                      Obesity in pregnancy; consequences for mother, fetus and child
14:00-15:00   Short Talks - Session 1
                      Costa Christodoulides: RSPO3 impacts body fat distribution and regulates adipose cell biology in vitro
                      Emily Cresswell: Fatness around the neck – implications for metabolic health
                      Ben Amies-Cull: Estimating BMI distributions at a local level in England
                      Rachel Pechey: The impact of price promotion on the energy content of confectionery and snacks in
                      shopping baskets
15:00-15:30   Tea
15:30-16:15   Short Talks - Session 2
                      Nerys Astbury: The effect of weight on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness
                      Owen Thomas: The ethics of food policies
                      Dimitrios Koutoukidis: Safety signals and potential efficacy of a low-energy total diet replacement
                      programme in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with liver fibrosis
16:15-17:15   Prof Arne Astrup
                      University of Copenhagen and Programme Director of the Novo Nordisk Foundation
                      Personalized dietary management of obesity and type 2 diabetes