Food for Thought 2023: Rising to the challenge of obesity and diabetes
| Date | 10 - 11 Oct 2023 |
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| Location | Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue Click to open location details |
| In partnership with The BMJ |
Further Information
About the event
How do we maintain a healthy diet to avoid obesity and diabetes? How should those with obesity and diabetes eat differently to improve their health? The answer is complex, but a better understanding of the key nutritional mechanisms leading to metabolic ill health, including diabetes and obesity could significantly improve population health. This will be a focus of Food for Thought 2023: Rising to the challenge of obesity and diabetes.
In 2018, The BMJ and Swiss Re Institute worked together to publish a landmark series of articles on the science and politics of nutrition. The articles brought together authors of different backgrounds and perspectives to help make sense of the current debate and understand potential disagreements. The series was launched at a meeting in Zurich in June 2018. In June 2020, we had a fully virtual conference due to COVID-19 to discuss the biggest challenges in the field, review progress since "Food for Thought 2018", and set the agenda for future research and policy. A series of articles was published in June 2020 on the website of The BMJ.
Building on the success of the series, The BMJ and Swiss Re Institute once again partner to explore how nutrition can lead to better health outcomes and greater societal resilience against disease.
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Agenda
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Welcome and introduction |
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Welcome and opening remarks |
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The questions we need to ask and have answered |
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Theme I: Mechanisms of obesity and type 2 diabetes - |
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Mechanisms of obesity |
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Mechanisms of hyperinsulinaemia |
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Mitochondrial biology: How this changes depending on substrate |
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Coffee break |
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The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity |
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Fasting and caloric restriction |
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Panel discussion (moderated by Arne Astrup) |
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Lunch break |
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Successful non-nutritional interventions for obesity and diabetes |
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Panel discussion (moderated by Gary Taubes) |
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Coffee break |
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THEME II: Modern trends, new science - Hosted by Kamran Abbasi, The BMJ |
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Ultraprocessed foods |
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Microbiome revisited |
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
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Childhood obesity |
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Panel discussion (moderated by Kamran Abbasi) |
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Closing remarks day 1 |
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Networking reception and dinner |
Further Information
Target audience
This conference will connect networks of nutrition research and practice with thought leaders and decision makers from business and government. Attendees include nutrition researchers and academics, molecular biologists, nutritionists and clinicians focusing on metabolic health, executives of health organisations, practitioners of metabolic health intervention programs, regulators and lawmakers in health and nutrition, as well as re/insurance professionals and medical doctors.
Disclaimer
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