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FORC-2009
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM |
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5th Fribourg Obesity Research Conference (FORC-2009)
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Organised by
the Department of Medicine / Physiology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
In association with
Swiss Association for Study of Obesity, Swiss Physiological Society |
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Phenotyping for Early Predictors of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
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| 09:15 - 10:00 |
Registration - Coffee / Croissants
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| 10:00 - 10:10 |
Welcome to FORC-2009 J.-P. Montani (Fribourg) |
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| 10:10 - 13:00 |
Morning Symposium |
| 10:10 - 10:45 |
Hazardous fat in the human body: What are they and how do we
measure them ?
Abdul G Dulloo (Fribourg) |
| 10:45 - 11:20 |
Does metabolically normal obesity really exist ?
Zoltan Pataky (Geneva) |
| 11:20 - 11:50 |
Coffee break & Poster viewing |
11:50 - 12:25
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Phenotyping small animals as models for human metabolic syndrome:
Thermoneutrality matters !
Michael Overton (Florida) |
| 12:25 - 13:00 |
Isotopic OGTT in studies of dietary behavior on incidence of type 2
diabetes
François Haman (Ottawa) |
| 13:00 - 14:15 |
Lunch |
| 14:15 - 17:40 |
Afternoon Symposium |
| 14:15 - 14:50 |
Clinical diagnosis of metabolic & cardiovascular risks in overweight
children
Dagmar l’Allemand- Jander (St. Gallen) |
| 14:50 - 15:25 |
Can obesity in children be predicted by behaviour ?
Jardena Puder (Lausanne) |
| 15:25 - 16:00 |
Pre-pregnancy and pregnancy predictors of obesity
Katarina Melzer (Geneva) |
| 16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee break & Poster viewing |
| 16:30 - 17:05 |
Brown adipose tissue phenotyping for human predisposition to obesity
Denis Richard (Québec) |
| 17:05 - 17:40 |
Molecular imaging: early detection of metabolic & cardiovascular
dysfunctions
Xavier Montet (Geneva) |
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| 17:40 - 17:45 |
Closing remarks - Abdul G Dulloo (Fribourg) |
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