2005

Wednesday 7th September                    

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08:45 – 09:00                     Welcome

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THEME: DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF ADULT HEALTH AND DISEASE (DOHaD)
Current concepts about ‘programming’

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09:00 – 09:30                     Developmental origins of adult health and disease (DOHaD): emerging issues about ‘programming’

AA Jackson (England)

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09:30 – 10:00                     Programming of body composition and metabolic function

M.Elia (England)

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10:00 – 10:30                     Original oral communications (O1-O2)

• Relationship between birth weight and energy expenditure in the fed and fasted state in older Englishmen (O1)

• Anthropometric indicators of body composition in young adults: relation to size at birth and serial measurements of body mass index in childhood (O2)

 

10:30 – 11:00                     Coffee

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11:00 – 12:00                     Oral presentations (parallel sessions)

• Oral I: DOHaD (O3 - O6)

• Oral II: Growth (O7 - O10)

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12:00 – 13:00                     Chairman-led poster presentations

• Poster I: Ethnicity and life course (P1-P12)

• Poster II: Health and disease in children (P13 - P25)

• Poster III: Methodology 1 (various methods) (P26 - P38)

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13:00 – 14:00                     Lunch

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THEME: DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF ADULT HEALTH AND DISEASE
Growth and body function

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14:00 – 14:30                     IPC model of growth

J.Karlberg (China)

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14:30 – 15:00                     How children should grow: the new WHO growth charts

(Video Presentation)

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15:00 – 15:30                     Effect of growth pathways on long-term clinical outcomes

J Eriksson (Finland)

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15:30 – 16:00                     Tea

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16:00 – 16:30                     Panel Discussion:

Current concepts and controversies about growth, body composition, and function

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16:30 – 17:30                     Oral presentations (parallel sessions)

• Oral III: Methodology: DEXA (O11 - O14)

• Oral IV: Methodology: MRI (O15 -18)

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17:30 – 18:15                     Triennial General Meeting

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Thursday 8th September   

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THEME: FAT AND FAT DISTRIBUTION WITHIN AND BETWEEN TISSUES
Mechanisms and health implications of fat mass and its distribution I

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09:00 – 09:30                     Ethnicity, fat mass and its distribution: mechanisms and implications for health.

P Deurenberg (Singapore)

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09:30 – 10:00                     Intra-cellular fat accumulation: - mechanisms and implications for health

J Bell (England)

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10:00 – 10:30                     Original oral communications (O19 - O20)

• Abdominal fat and metabolic syndrome markers in African-descent and White subjects living in the Province of Québec, Canada (O19)

• Does pattern of fatty infiltration vary in thigh muscles? Data from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study (Health ABC) (O20)

 

10:30 – 11:00                     Coffee

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11:00 – 12:00                     Oral presentations (parallel sessions)

• Oral V: Ethnicity (O21 – O24)

• Oral VI: Fat distribution (O25 – O28)

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12:00 – 13:00                     Chairman-led poster presentations

• Poster IV: Methodology 2 (BIA and anthropometry) (P39 - P51)

• Poster V: Interventions and function (P52 –P63)

• Poster VI: Clinical practice (P64 –P76)

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13:00 – 14:00                     Lunch

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THEME: FAT AND FAT DISTRIBUTION WITHIN AND BETWEEN TISSUES
Mechanisms and health implications of fat mass and its distribution II

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14:00 – 14:30                     Does being fat and fit confer greater health benefits than being thin and unfit?

M LaMonte (USA)

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14:30 – 15:00                     Body composition and function in older people

N Hays (USA)

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15:00 – 15:30                     Original oral communications (O29-O30)

• Appendicular lean mass and sarcopenia index is greater in older black women but physical function is lower compared to white women (O29)

• Effect of gymnastics participation in soft tissues body composition. Its relationship with physical fitness (O30)

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15:30 – 16:00                     Tea

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16:00 – 17:30                     Oral presentations (parallel sessions)

• Oral VII: Physical activity (O31- O36)

• Oral VIII: Function and health (O37 - O42)

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19:30 –                               Conference dinner

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Friday 9th September

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THEME: DEVELOPING THE BODY COMPOSITION TOOLKIT
Body composition in clinical practice

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09:00 – 09:30                     Are body composition measurements of value in the management of undernutrition?

RJ Stratton (England)

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09:30 – 10:00                     Are body composition measurements of value in the management of overnutrition?

RJ Stubbs (Scotland)

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10:00 – 10:30                     Original oral communications (O43 - O44)

• Body composition and survival in cancer patients (O43)

• Impact of nutritional counselling on adiposity and ectopic fat content (O44)

 

10:30 – 11:00                     Coffee

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11:00 – 11:45                     Original oral communications (O45 - O47)

• Estimation of body fat mass in pregnant women by a new method using leg-to-leg bioelectric impedance analysis with compensation (O45)

• X-ray fluorescence analysis for determination of thyroid iodine content (O46)

• Resonant cavity perturbation used to determine total body water: cross validation study (O47)

 

The Body Composition Toolkit and Conference highlights

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11:45 – 12:30                     The Gilbert Forbes Memorial Lecture

The body composition toolkit: 'fit for function'

SB Heymsfield (USA)

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12:30 – 13:00                     Conference Highlights

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13:00 – 14:00                     Lunch