TORONTO, November 5, 2014 – Obesity researchers will look at the health implications of dietary proteins, fat distribution, lifestyle, as well as the associated risks of chronic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases during a two-day symposium at York University, November 6 and 7.
The symposium titled “Obesity: A Global Perspective from Molecular and Integrative Physiology to Individual Health” is sponsored by the Consulate General of France in Toronto and York University’s Faculty of Health.
“The event aiming to accelerate the development of scientific collaborations between institutions in France and York University will feature experts in various disciplines from both the University and visiting from France. They will discuss the global issue of obesity using a multidisciplinary approach” says York researcher Emilie Roudier of the School of Kinesiology and Health Science and symposium organizer.
The symposium, endorsed by the York’s Muscle Health Research Centre, will include presentations and roundtable sessions that will cover a broad range of themes dealing with the mechanisms by which obesity challenges cardiovascular health
Dr. Jean-Michel Oppert, a nutrition professor at University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, is head of the Department of Nutrition at the Heart and Metabolism Division of Pitié-Salpêtrière university hospital. Oppert will discuss Physical Activity and Obesity: From Behaviour to Environment.
York Kinesiology Professor Chris Ardern of the School of Kinesiology and Health Science will give a keynote lecture presenting an overview of current trends in obesity and physical activity in Canada. He will try to answer the question of “The need for Obesity Prevention: For Who, and When?”
Angelo Belcastro, chair of the School of Kinesiology and Health Science at York and Active Healthy Kids Canada and a MHRC member, and Agnès Vinet, director of the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Pharm-Ecology at the University of Avignon et Pays du Vaucluse UAPV, will discuss the challenges associated with obesity in youth and children.
Biology Professor Robert Tsushima, associate dean, research and partnerships in York’s Faculty of Science and MHRC member, will discuss obesity associated risks – diabetes and cardiovascular disease – and the obesity paradox.
Dr. Yves Boirie, director of the Clinical Nutrition Department at the University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, and York Professor Olasunkanmi Adegoke, School of Kinesiology and Health Science and MHRC member, will discuss the molecular determinants of muscle loss in the context of obesity.
Anne Bouloumié of the Institute of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases in Toulouse and York Professor Anthony Scimè of the School of Kinesiology and Health Science and MHRC member, will talk about the role of the fat tissue in obesity.
WHAT: Obesity: A Global Perspective from Molecular and Integrative Physiology to Individual Health
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WHERE: Various locations, York University, Keele Campus (map)
WHEN: Thursday, November 6 and Friday, November 7, 2014.
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