World Obesity Day
Wednesday, 08 March 2023, 9.30am to 5pm
Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Old Road Campus, Headington, OX3 7LF
A day of talks on the burden of obesity-related disease around the globe will take place in the Richard Doll Lecture Theatre from 9:30 – 17:00 on Wednesday 8 March. Talks will focus on the epidemiology behind adiposity and non-communicable and communicable disease, as well as trials that show effective ways to lose weight.
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Agenda
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9:30-10:00 |
Sarah Lewington Oxford Population Health |
Global insights on obesity and vascular mortality |
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10:00-10:20 |
Federica Re Oxford Population Health |
Adiposity and cardiovascular disease in South Asians: systematic review and meta-analysis |
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10:20-10:40 |
Jennifer Carter Oxford Population Health |
Ethnic differences in body composition and risk factors for cardiovascular disease |
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10:40-11:00 |
BREAK |
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11:00-12:00 |
Susan Jebb Department of Primary Care |
Obesity: Foresight and Hindsight |
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12:00-12:25 |
Nerys Ashbury Department of Primary Care |
The effect of obesity on COVID-19 |
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12:25-12:40 |
Dimitris Koutoukidis Department of Primary Care |
Weight loss as a treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
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12:40-13:30 |
LUNCH |
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13:30-13:50 |
Louisa Gnatiuc Oxford Population Health |
The myth about adiposity and premature mortality in Mexicans |
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13:50-14:10 |
Andri Iona Oxford Population Health |
BMI and the risk of vascular diseases in China |
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14:10-14:30 |
Rui Huang Oxford Population Health |
Adiposity and the risk of infectious diseases in China |
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14:30-15:00 |
BREAK |
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15:00-15:45 |
UK Biobank researchers Oxford Population Health |
Ayodipupo Oguntade: Adiposity and heart failure Bastian Bohrmann: Adiposity and respiratory diseases in UKB Sofia Mouchti: Body fat composition and obesity-related diseases |
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15:45-16:30 |
Jimmy Bell University of Westminster |
Obesity, Precision Phenotyping and Big Data: have we learned anything new |
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