144/1050 - Addressing the Childhood Obesity Challenge: Where are we?
| Organized by: International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) & World Health Organization (WHO) | ||
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| Track 3: Public Health Nutrition and Environment | ||
| Thursday 19 October | 11.30 - 13.30 h. | Room 1 - San Telmo |
Introductory remarks
Chairs
Prof. Catherine Geissler
Secretary General of the International Union for Nutritional Sciences (IUNS). United Kingdom.
See biography
Dr. Chizuru Nishida
Nutrition Policy & Scientific Advice. Department of Nutrition for Health and Development. World Health Organization. Switzerland.
Healthy Growth: Developing and applying the evidence base for addressing obesity and non-communicable disease
Speaker
Prof. Alan Jackson
IUNS Taskforce on addressing malnutrition. University of Southampton. United Kingdom.
Addressing social and economic consequences of childhood obesity
Speaker
Prof. Franco Sassi
Imperial College London. United Kingdom.
Childhood obesity in Mexico: Prevention programs for school age children
Speaker
Dr. Elizabeth Solís-Pérez
Public Health and Nutrition School. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. Mexico.
Childhood obesity in Egypt- Intervention programs
Speaker
Dr. Habiba Hassan-Wassef
National Research Centre (NRC). Cairo. Egypt.
WHO Strategies for addressing childhood obesity in the context of the Decade of Action on Nutrition
Speaker
