The aim of this conference is to address the fundamental challenges in prevention of childhood obesity. Leading scientists from all over the world will discuss the range of topics from basic understanding of what might cause obesity in childhood to experiences with interventions on these presumed causes of childhood obesity.
Speakers
Berit Heitmann
University of Copenhagen, DK
Carolyn Summerbell
Durham University, UK
David Allison Ludwig
University of Indiana, US
David Ludwig
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, US
Erik Hemmingsson
Swedish school of Sport and Health Sciences, SE
Jaap Seidell
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL
Jane Martin
Cancer Council, AU
Janine Felix
Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL
John Reilly
University of Strathclyde, UK
Ken Ong
University of Cambridge, UK
Leonard Epstein
University at Buffalo, US
Louise Baur
University of Sydney, AU
Marie-Francoise Rolland-Cachera
University of Paris, FR
Mark Tremblay
University of Ottawa, CAN
Morten Grønbæk
Center for Childhood Health, DK
Patrick Catalano
Tufts University School of Medicine, US
Rachael Taylor
University of Otago, NZ
Ruth Loos
University of Copenhagen, DK
Stephen Simpson
University of Sydney, AU
Steve Gortmaker
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, US
Stuart W. Flint
University of Leeds, UK
Thorkild Sørensen
University of Copenhagen, DK
Tim Lobstein
World Obesity Federation, UK
Zachary Gerhart-Hines
University of Copenhagen, DK
