Epidemiologic, genetic, and metabolic aspects of obesity

Chair: Jean-Pierre Després

Obesity and cardiovascular disease:
Epidemiological considerations

David F. Williamson

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

09:30 - 10:00h

Obesity and risk factors for cardiovascular disease:
Metabolic aspects

F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA

10:00 - 10:30h

Genetic and molecular aspects of obesity:
Recent findings

Rudolph L. Leibel

Chief, Division of Molecular Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA

10:30 - 10:45h

Refreshments in the Poster Display Area, Campus Lobby, Medical Sciences Building
(just across from the entrance of the J.J.R. MacLeod Auditorium)

10:45 - 11:15h

The OB protein pathway:
a hormonal pathway regulating body energy balance

Jarema P. Kochan

Department of Metabolic Diseases Research, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey, USA

11:15 - 11:45h

The Daniel Roncari Memorial Lectureship

Introduced and presented by Dr. Robin Van, Hoffman-La Roche Canada

Effect of weight loss on morbidity in obesity

Lars Sjöström

Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden

11:45 - 12:15h

Roundtable Discussion

12:15 - 14:15h

Buffet/sit-down lunch in the Great Hall and inner courtyard/patio of Hart House (east wing)
(a five-minute walk to the north of the J.J.R. MacLeod Auditorium, see campus map in programme)

13:15 - 14:15h

Presenting authors to attend their posters in the Poster Display Area, Campus Lobby, Medical Sciences Building
(just across from the entrance of the J.J.R. MacLeod Auditorium)

The afternoon symposium will begin at 14:15h.

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