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Aletta Jacobs School of Public HealthPart of UG and UMCG
University Medical Center Groningen
Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health
Together for more healthy years
Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health Agenda & News

Programme

Programme overview

9:00 Welcome coffee (Serre atrium)
Plenary session (room B121, first floor)
9:20 Welcome by the host Karine van 't Land and Aletta's scientific director Jochen Mierau
9:30 Keynote 1: Anton Scheurink
Title: EAT and NEAT
10:10 Keynote 2: Mirjam Kaijser
Title: If prevention, and all else, fails - an introduction to bariatric surgery
10:50 Coffee break (Serre Atrium)
Morning break-out sessions (first floor, old wing)
11:10 1. Obesity and poverty in the Northern Netherlands (A153) 2. Living environments and obesity (A158) 3. Global perspective on obesity (A159)
12:20 Lunch (Serre atrium)
Plenary session (room B121, first floor)
13:15 Keynote 3: Stuart Flint
Title: The pervasiveness and impact of weight stigma and discrimination; why we need to act!
14:00 Panel discussion: To what extent are we the boss of our own weight?
Panelists: Stuart Flint, Anton Scheurink, Mirjam Kaijser, Eva Corpeleijn, Koert van Ittersum
Moderated by: Karine van 't Land
14:45 Coffee break (Serre atrium)
Afternoon break-out sessions (first floor, old wing)
15:05 1. Stigma and obesity (A153) 2. Behavioural and cultural aspects of obesity (A158) 3. Obesity policies and interventions (A159)
16:15 Closing and drinks (Serre atrium)

Detailed programme

Detailed programme