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.

Agenda

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9:30-10:00	Sarah Lewington Oxford Population Health	Global insights on obesity and vascular mortality
10:00-10:20	Federica Re Oxford Population Health	Adiposity and cardiovascular disease in South Asians: systematic review and meta-analysis
10:20-10:40	Jennifer Carter Oxford Population Health	Ethnic differences in body composition and risk factors for cardiovascular disease
10:40-11:00	BREAK
11:00-12:00	Susan Jebb Department of Primary Care	Obesity: Foresight and Hindsight
12:00-12:25	Nerys Ashbury Department of Primary Care	The effect of obesity on COVID-19
12:25-12:40	Dimitris Koutoukidis Department of Primary Care	Weight loss as a treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
12:40-13:30	LUNCH
13:30-13:50	Louisa Gnatiuc Oxford Population Health	The myth about adiposity and premature mortality in Mexicans
13:50-14:10	Andri Iona Oxford Population Health	BMI and the risk of vascular diseases in China
14:10-14:30	Rui Huang Oxford Population Health	Adiposity and the risk of infectious diseases in China
14:30-15:00	BREAK
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
15:45-16:30	Jimmy Bell University of Westminster	Obesity, Precision Phenotyping and Big Data: have we learned anything new