The International 15th Puijo Symposium:

"Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Obesity and Its Metabolic Co-Morbidities"

Scientific Program

June 22, 1998

THE CURRENT EPIDEMIC OF OBESITY

Prevalence of Obesity in Adults, Dr Jacob Seidell, The Netherlands

Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Prevalence and Functional Consequences, Dr Robert Malina, USA

The Economic Cost of Obesity, Dr Aila Rissanen, Finland

Nutritional Determinants of Obesity - the Evidence from Epidemiology, Dr Berit Heitman, Denmark

Energy Expenditure, Fat Oxidation and Obesity, Dr Arne Astrup, Denmark

Genetic Determinants of Obesity, Dr Claude Bouchard, Canada

June 23, 1998

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, OBESITY, GENES AND THE INSULIN RESISTANCE SYNDROME

Sedentary Life-Style as a Cause of Obesity, Dr Andrew Hills, Australia

Physical Activity and Visceral Fat, Dr Robert Ross, Canada

The Insulin Resistance Syndrome: The Cluster and Its Prevalence, Dr Ele Ferrannini, Italy

The Postprandial State: Impaired Glucose and Lipid Tolerance and Insulin Resistance Syndrome, Dr Markolf Hanefeld, Germany

Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Body Composition and Mortality, Dr Steven N. Blair, USA

Physical Activity, Obesity and Atherosclerosis, Dr Jukka T. Salonen, Finland

Physical Activity, Obesity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Dr Rainer Rauramaa, Finland

Physical Activity, Obesity and Functional Capacity with Aging, Dr Eino Heikkinen, Finland

June 24, 1998

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, OBESITY, GENES AND THE INSULIN RESISTANCE SYNDROME

Physical Activity, Obesity and Adipose Tissue Metabolism, Dr Peter Arner, Sweden

Physical Activity, Obesity and Skeletal Muscle Metabolism, Dr Bengt Saltin, Denmark

Life-Style Intervention in Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Dr Matti Uusitupa, Finland

Physical Activity, Obesity and Diabetes, Dr Veikko Koivisto, Finland

Physical Activity, Obesity and Hypertension, Dr Tuomo Rankinen, Finland

Lipoprotein Metabolism in Insulin Resistance, Dr Marja-Riitta Taskinen, Finland

Physical Activity, Obesity and Dyslipoproteinemia, Dr Manfred Baumstark, Germany

Physical Activity, Obesity and Fibrinolytic Activities, Dr Luc van Gaal, Belgium

Physical Activity and Obesity - Gene Interactions in Relation to CHD Risk Factors, Dr Sari Väisänen, Finland

EXPERT PANEL:

PHYSICAL INACTIVITY AND OBESITY: TWO MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS REQUIRING ATTENTION

Dr Ralph S. Paffenbarger Jr., Dr Aila Rissanen.
Panel Discussion: Dr Aloys Berg, Dr Claude Bouchard, Dr Eino Heikkinen, Dr Andrew Hills

June 25, 1998

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMS FOR THE OBESE

Physical Activity in the Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents, Dr Aloys Berg, Germany

The Pregnant and Post-Partum Women; The Role of Physical Activity, Dr Stephan Rössner, Sweden

Physical Activity in the Treatment of Obesity, Dr Hans Hauner, Germany

Physical Activity in Managing the Metabolic Complications in Obesity, Dr Arthur S. Leon, USA

When to Intervene and What to Look for in Sedentary Obese Individuals? Dr Antero Kesäniemi, Finland

Current Guidelines of Exercise Prescription in the Context of Prevention and Treatment of Obesity, Dr William L. Haskell, USA