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Programme at a glance

Early nutrition programming of long-term health - 5 years of European Collaborative Research:
Where are we and where do we go from here?
Integrated Session

Early life programming: health outcome and later disease

  • Impact of infant feeding on growth and obesity risk
  • Weight gain and body composition
  • Modulation of muscle and fat mass and metabolic response
  • Perinatal life and diabetes risk
  • Vascular development and health
  • Programming of bone health
  • Tracking of risk factors from early life to adulthood
  • Food intolerance
  • Understanding the early origins of disease - opportunities through new methods and integration
  • Maternal nutrition: impact on pregnancy outcomes
  • Dietary practice in mothers and infants
  • Early fish exposure and later health outcomes
    Integrated with Aquamax
 

Mechanisms of early life programming

  • Developmental epigenetics
  • Fetal-placental nutrition
  • Programming of neurodevelopment
    Integrated with Nutrimenthe
  • Current knowledge and future directions
  • Environmental toxicants
    Integrated with OBELIX

 

Public health and economic impact of early life programming

  • Developmental origins of long-term health - public health implications
    Integrated with DOHaD 
  • Global impact of programming
  • Translating science into policy and practice
    Integrated Session


Plus several fora and workshops:

Forum "Career Building for New Investigators"
Workshop "How to write a successful research proposal"
Workshop "Gut Microbiota and Programming"
Industry Forum "The ways for innovation: how to foster collaboration between industry and academia"

Please click here to see the programme at a glance in pdf format.

Confirmed Speakers

  • Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell, UK

  • Andreas Beyerlein, Munich, DE

  • Anne Lise Brantsæter, NO

  • Helen Budge, Nottingham, UK

  • Eurídice Castañeda Gutiérrez, Nestlé Nutrition, CH

  • Cristina Campoy, Granada, ES

  • Miguel Constancia, Cambridge, UK

  • Tamás Decsi, Pecs, HU

  • Merete Eggesboe, NO

  • Johan Eriksson, Helsinki, FI

  • Mary Fewtrell, London, UK

  • Gernot Desoye, Graz, AT

  • Heather Gage, Guilford, UK

  • Ángel Gil, Granada, ES

  • Veit Grote, Munich, DE

  • Antonio Di Giulio, DG Research, European Commission

  • Mijna Hadders-Algra, Groningen, NL

  • Mark Hanson, Southampton, UK

  • Ferdinand Haschke, Nestlé Nutrition, CH

  • Sophie Hawkesworth, London, UK

  • Claudine Junien, Paris, FR

  • Jaap Joles, NL

  • Tatjana Koch, Beneo-Group

  • Berthold Koletzko, Munich, DE

  • Sibylle Koletzko, Munich, DE

  • Jan Kopecky, Prague, CZ

  • Michiel Korthals, Wageningen, NL

  • Gunhild Kozianowski, Beneo Group

  • Mikael Knip, Helsinki, FI

  • Elvira Larqué Daza, Murcia, ES

  • Juliette Legler, NL

  • Harry McArdle, Aberdeen, UK

  • Ulrich Mansmann, Munich, DE

  • Luisa Mearin, Leiden, NL

  • Helle Margrete Meltzer, DK

  • Michelle Mendez, Murcia, ES

  • Liz Miles, Southampton, UK

  • Christian Mølgaard, Copenhagen, DK

  • Andy Ness, Bristol, UK

  • Retha Newbold, NO

  • Paul Noakes, Southampton, UK

  • Sjudur Olsen, Aarhus, DK

  • Susan Ozanne, Cambridge, UK

  • Sven Pettersson, SE

  • Wolfgang Peissner, Munich, DE

  • Lucilla Poston, London, UK

  • Brigitte Reusens, Louvain, BE

  • Claude Remacle, Louvain, BE

  • Maria Rodriguez-Palmero, Ordesa, ES

  • Marie Françoise Rolland Cachera, Paris, FR

  • Peter Rzehak, Munich, DE

  • Yolanda Sanz, ES

  • Stefanie Sausenthaler, Munich, DE

  • Sylvia Scaglioni, Milan, IT

  • Sonia Schiess, Munich, DE

  • Greet Schoeters, Antwerp, BE

  • Sylvain Sebert, Nottingham, UK

  • Rebecca Simmons, Philadelphia, US

  • Piotr Socha, Warsaw, PL

  • Michael Symonds, Nottingham, UK

  • Hania Szajewska, PL

  • Kate Tilling, Bristol, UK

  • Jon Tobias, Bristol, UK

  • Michael Toschke, Munich, DE

  • Ricardo Uauy, Santiago, Chile

  • Carel Vereijken, Danone, NL

  • Cuilin Zhang, Rockville, US

  • Annette-Gabriele Ziegler, Munich, DE