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Day One: Thursday 24th March 2011
| Day One | Day Two |
8:30
Registration and coffee
8:50
Opening remarks by the Chair
HEALTH REFORM, POLICY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT
9.00
Health reform: The update
  • The release of The Preventative Approach: The Government’s response to the report of the National Preventative Health Taskforce: Will it work?
  • Fast-tracking the range of initiatives outlined in the report of the National Preventative Health Taskforce to promote increased levels of physical activity and reduce unhealthy eating
  • Health workforce reform: Its place in the obesity debate
Professor Sandra Capra, Professor of Nutrition, School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland
9.30
Healthy food reform: Making it happen
  • From policy to plate: Taking regulation to reformulation and enabling a healthier food supply
  • Winning the food trifecta: Tastes good, good-for-you and good for the bottom line
  • Promoting healthier foods, lessons from around the globe. What can we take from the past to build our future food supply?
  • Would the real ‘healthy’ food please stand up! When ‘healthy’ food claims, don’t translate to healthy food choices. Can you spot the difference?
  • Designing healthy foods: The traps, the red flags and the right way forward
Nicole Senior, Principal Nutrition Consultant, Professional Nutritional Services
10.00
Morning tea
10.20
Obesity, employer involvement, employee incentives and the Henry Report: Will this Parliament make any difference?
  • Obesity has many direct and indirect costs: Lower national productivity and more costly health insurance are two biggies
  • National policies to increase workforce productivity are incoherent without real tax reform and targeted policies for related chronic conditions
  • Employer-driven wellness policies for self-care and weight management are overdue
  • Bipartisanship on productivity, wellness and self-care: Germany as the light on a far hill
  • What could a coalition of employers, unions, payers, providers and citizens achieve?
Dr. Paul Gross, Director, Institute of Health Economics and Technology Assessment in Australia and Greater China
PREVENTION OF OBESITY
11.05
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER
A European perspective - “Why does the burden of obesity vary between affluent societies and what are the consequences for the individual and the society?
  • Obesity prevalence in affluent societies: Why is there such a large difference?
  • Is the obesity prevalence leveling off in some European population groups?
  • Experiences from obesity prevention in Europe
  • Effects of obesity on subsequent disability pension and mortality
  • Is obesity prevention a cure for increasing health care costs and productivity loses?
Finn Rasmussen, Professor, Senior Physician, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute & President, Swedish Association for the Study of Obesity - Sweden
11.45
Taking the preventative approach towards obesity, and long term weight management
  • Long-term obesity management and intervention
  • Keys to a preventative approach to obesity: What does an effective approach look like?
  • Investing in measures to combat obesity while delivering cost savings nationally: With examples from the National Health Services
  • Comparative assessment of a commercial weight loss program and primary care for the treatment of obesity
Joseph Saad, MD, Weight Watchers Australasia
12.15
A study: The habits of the longest living health people on the planet
  • Dr John Tickell: The only health professional with his 2 medical doctor children to have visited over 100 countries
  • The Governments' imput towards obesity: The empty promises made for 3 decades in the attempt to fix this rising epidemic
  • Getting results: The only Dr in Australia who has motivated Australians to lose half a million pounds of fat in just 8 weeks
  • What works: The secrets of the longest living healthiest happiest people on earth
Dr John Tickell, Medical Doctor, International expert on longevity and health, best-selling author
1.00
Lunch
2.00
The challenges and benefits of maintaining a healthy lifestyle
  • Importance of implementing long term and multifaceted strategies to combat obesity
  • Obesity and weight management strategies available to dietitians
  • Can lifestyle programs make a difference?
  • Introducing effective lifestyle and health programs
  • It’s about making a paradigm shift: Educating consumers in making smart buying choices
John Jones, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Spokesperson for Dietitians Association of Australia
2.30
PANEL DISCUSSION The ‘F’ word – Junk food vs. Healthy food
  • Definition of a healthy diet. Where are we going wrong?
  • The balancing act of supply and demand of quality foods
  • The proposal of a junk food levy: Should unhealthy food manufacturers be held accountable?
  • Introducing junk food tax in order to subsidise healthy foods: What it could mean?
  • Health education: The key to a healthier lifestyle
  • Should junk food advertising be banned?
  • The ‘real’ price of good health?
Geoff Parker, CEO, Australian Beverages Council
Joseph Saad, MD, Weight Watchers Australasia
3.15
Afternoon tea
3:45
Impact on obesity on the healthcare system
  • Why prevention is better than the treatment?
  • Future predictions of obesity in Australia
  • Changing the underlying environment to encourage healthier choices
  • Creating stronger regulations around junk food marketing to children
  • Establishing reform of food pricing including taxes on junk food to subsidise healthier foods
  • Improving food labelling including traffic light labelling
Jane Martin, Senior Policy Adviser, Obesity Policy Coalition, Cancer Council Victoria, Diabetes Australia - Vic, WHO Collaborating Centre Obesity Prevention - Deakin University and VicHealth
4.25
Weight management 'naturally': Evidence-based approach
  • Product trends, marketing & branding hype?
  • Consumer’s attitude, and how it’s pulling new product developments
  • Recognising key growth areas in the functional food and beverage markets and how to capitalise effectively in weight management
  • Evidence-based dietary supplements and nutraceuticals
  • Regulatory threats
  • Moving forward - Obesity research
Dr. Dilip Ghosh, Director, Research & Development, Neptune Bio-Innovations Pty Ltd
5:05
Closing remarks from the Chair
 
Day Two: Friday 25th March 2011
| Day One | Day Two |
8:30
Networking and coffee
8:50
Opening remarks by the Chair
9.00
Weight management trends & behaviours: Beyond dieting & obesity
  • The individual’s perspective: Australians’ attentiveness towards body weight and personal appearance and aspirations for reaching an “ideal weight”
  • Dietary and exercise attitudes and behaviours: How are Australians approaching weight management? Assessing intentions and dietary approaches
  • Industry and societal dilemmas: The need to restore credibility and trust among a deeply sceptical and frustrated audience
  • Product trends: Global trends in weight management solutions
Daniel Bone, Consumer Markets Analyst, Datamonitor
9.40
The role of a tertiary referral centre in the prevention and early intervention of obesity
  • Current impacts and considerations of the obesity epidemic in a major teaching hospital
    • Equipment and human resource management
    • Managing the acutely unwell morbid obese patient
  • Psychosocial issues for morbidly obese patients
    • Bias and discrimination
    • Case reviews
  • The role of the interdisciplinary team in obesity prevention, intervention and management
    • Nursing
    • Medical
    • Dietician
    • Psychologist
    • Physiotherapist
Maryanne Humphries, Nurse Manager, Division of Rehabilitation, Princess Alexandra Hospital
10.20
Morning tea
10.50
The use of drugs in the treatment of obesity
  • What are the options in body weight control?
  • Prescription drugs:
    • What is available?
    • What has been tried?
    • What is under development?
  • Can prescription drugs cause clinically meaningful weight loss?
Professor Michael Cowley, Director, Monash Obesity & Diabetes Institute, Monash University
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY FOR OBESITY
11.30
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER
Natural capsaicinoids & novel delivery technologies: Their role in diet & weight management
  • Historical data: The use of capsaicinoids in diet
  • Weight management potential of red chili peppers/capsaicinoids
  • Markers of lipolysis & role of capsaicinoids to induce lipolysis
  • Thermogenesis: Turn up the heat in your body with capsaicinoids
  • Challenges that restrict the use of capsaicinoids in formulation
  • Overview of encapsulation & novel delivery technologies
Mr. Abhijit Bhattacharya, COO, OmniActive Health Technologies Ltd - India
EARLY INTERVENTION – CHILDHOOD AND ADOLECENT OBESITY
12.10
Play for life!
  • The construct of fun, safe and inclusive structured physical activity programs in engaging children and providing an alternative to sedentary activities
  • The significant role of Active After-School Communities (AASC) program in contributing to the recommended requirement of daily physical activity for primary school age children
  • Early engagement and its translation through to youth and early adult years in terms of ongoing participation and embedding healthy lifestyle outcomes
  • Key research findings of the AASC program in achieving its core objectives
Australian Sports Commission
12.50
Lunch
1.50
Breastfeeding matters: The big picture
  • The evidence regarding breastfeeding for maternal and child health
  • The impact of breastfeeding on childhood obesity
  • The Melbourne InFANT Program: A case study on the impact of parent groups on breastfeeding sustainability
Dr. Karen Campbell, Senior Research Fellow (Public Health), Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University
2.30
Probiotics, health functionalities and obesity
  • Probiotic cultures and probiotic products
  • Bioactives and health functionalities
  • Gut microbiota and its possible relationship with obesity
  • Prebiotic fermentation in appetite management
Professor Nagendra Shah, Food Science, Victoria University
3.10
Afternoon tea
ADDRESSING OBESITY IN OLD AGE
3.30
With an ageing population facing obesity, can the Australian healthcare system keep up?
  • Brain shrinkage and its link to old age obesity
  • Promoting home exercise support programs for older adults
  • Evaluating the economic impact of obesity on healthcare funding
  • What can the government do to reduce obesity amongst the ageing population?
Associate Professor John Ward, Geriatrician and Clinical Director, Greater Newcastle Cluster, Hunter New England Health & Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Medical Practice and Population Health, University of Newcastle
DISEASES RELATED TO OBESITY
4.10
The use of complementary medicine in the prevention of diabetes
  • Identifying chronic conditions and diseases associated with obesity
  • Introducing complementary medicine modalities used for the prevention and management of diabetes
  • Reviewing scientific evidence to support the complementary medicine interventions
  • Discussing the future of research directions
Associate Professor Dennis Chang, Associate Head of School, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Western Sydney
4.50
Dairy and obesity – The role of dairy in the prevention of obesity and related diseases
  • Review of new evidence supporting the role of dairy in the prevention of obesity
  • Review of new evidence supporting the role of dairy in the reduction of risk factors leading to cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes
Associate Professor Peter Meikle, Head Metabolomics Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
5.30
Closing remarks from the Chair
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