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Registration, refreshments and networking
📍 Room: Margaret Fell Foyer
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Welcome and Plenary Lecture
📍 Room: Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre
Welcome, Professor Maria Bryant, ASO Chair
Plenary Lecture, Professor Jason Gill: The importance of place: How where you live and where your (grand) parents came from affects your metabolic health
Chair: Professor Jennifer Logue
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ASO Invited Symposium (Community)
📍 Room: Cavendish Lecture Theatre
Chairs: Professor Maria Bryant, ASO Chair and Jimmy Fullan, Obesity UK
11:05 Dr Angela Spencer: Working with Communities to develop and evaluate community based interventions
11:25 Professor Emma Boyland: Exposure and impact of unhealthy food advertising: are there differences across socioeconomic groups?
11:45 Dr Florence Sheen: Calorie labelling on alcoholic beverages: attitudes, knowledge, and intentions to change behaviour
11:55 Professor Sharon Simpson: Understanding and mobilizing social networks for health behaviour change
12:15 Fatemah Eskandari: Type and density of food environment in an area of high deprivation and high childhood obesity: a geographical mapping study
ASO Invited Symposium (Home)
📍 Room: Faraday Lecture Theatre
Chairs: Dr Cheryl Hawkes, Lancaster University and Beverley Burbridge, Obesity UK
11:05 Kath Williamson: "Shut-Ins": shut out of the evidence base - people living with severe obesity who are housebound
11:25 Dr Claire Llewellyn: Nature and nurture in food choice: insights from twin studies
11:45 Dr Elizabeth Evans: Newspaper media framing of maternal obesity in the UK: a review and framework synthesis
12:15 Dr Julia Mueller: The relationship between mental health and weight during the Covid-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study
Ethicon Industry sponsored symposium
📍 Room: Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre
This presentation is organised and funded by Ethicon.
An improved pathway for bariatric surgery
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Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Presentations
📍 Room: Great Hall
Guided Poster Presentations chaired by Dr Rebecca Richards, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and Fella Health
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Plenary Lecture and Prize Talks
📍 Room: Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre
Chair: Professor Alex Miras, University of Ulster
Plenary Lecture Professor Denise Campbell Scherer: Holistic obesity assessment and management in primary care
Prize Talks
ASO Prevention and Treatment Award
Dr Amy Ahern (University of Cambridge): SWiM-C randomised controlled-trial
Best Abstract Prize: Best ECR Presentation Prize
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ASO Invited Symposium (Retirement Village)
📍 Room: Faraday Lecture Theatre
Chairs: Dr Dermet Yesiltepe, Lancaster University and Madeleine Hawkes, Obesity Empowerment Network
15:05 Dr Laura-Jean Stokes: Food scheduling
15:25 Dr Laura McGowan: Exploring the experiences and motivations of adults living with excess weight regarding Weight Management Services (WMS): Findings from a cross-sectional survey conducted in Northern Ireland (NI)
15:45 Dr Cheryl Hawkes: Is parental obesity linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease?
15:55 Associate Professor Simon Williams: The Effect of Exercise Training on Visceral Adipose Tissue in Adults: An Umbrella Review
Novo Nordisk Industry sponsored symposium
📍 Room: Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre
This promotional meeting is organised and funded by Novo Nordisk and is intended for UK Healthcare Professionals only. All speakers will have received an honorarium from Novo Nordisk to participate in this session. Prescribing information and adverse events reporting information will be available at this meeting.
15:00 – 15:45
Integrating pharmacotherapy into weight management services: overcoming the hurdles and challenges
Speakers: Dr Katherine McCullough and Ms Rochelle Blacklock
15:45 – 16:30
Novo Nordisk: A Focus on Key Initiatives in Obesity
A closer look at key obesity initiatives and programmes by Novo Nordisk UK.
Speakers: Professor Barbara McGowan, Dr Sue Kenneally and Dr Georgios Dimitriadis
Oral Abstracts (Maternal and Child Obesity)
📍 Room: Cavendish Lecture Theatre
Chair: Professor Emilie Combet, University of Glasgow
15:00 Dr Nicola Heslehurst: Midwives' survey of their weight management practice before and after the GLOWING guideline implementation intervention: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT)
15:15 Dr Alex Griffiths: The associations between weight status and mental health outcomes before, during and after pregnancy
15:30 Dr Eleni Spyreli: Cultural adaptation of a lifestyle and weight management text message intervention for women in the postpartum period
15:45 Dr Nicholas Wilkinson: Willingness-to-taste vegetables and fruit may be context dependent in 4-7 year old children;
16:00 Dr Alice Kininmonth: Prospective associations between parental feeding practices in early childhood and the onset of eating disorder symptoms in adolescence using Generation R and The Gemini Study;
16:15 Dr Zeynep Nas: Obesity-related appetitive traits as predisposing risk factors for binge-eating symptoms in early adolescence: Results from the Gemini Twin Study and the Generation R Study
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Coffee Break & Exhibition
📍 Room: Great Hall
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3-Minute Thesis Competition
📍 Room: Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre
Chair: Dr Charlotte Hardman, University of Liverpool
17:10 Dr Friedrich Jassil (University College London): The impact of combined nutritional-behavioural tele-counselling and supervised exercise intervention on weight loss and health outcomes following bariatric surgery (BARI-LIFESTYLE): a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial
17:15 Cassy Dingena (University of Leeds): Protocol for the INFORMED (Individualised Patient Care and Treatment for Maternal Diabetes) study: A randomised controlled trial embedded within routine care
17:20 Danai Markousi (University of Liverpool): Parental feeding practices during complementary feeding: An amended concept map based on parents' perspective
17:25 Zainab Akhter (Newcastle University): Preconception and pregnancy nutrition support for women with a history of bariatric surgery: a survey of healthcare professional' awareness and provision
17:30 Bixuan Yan (University of Sheffield): The association between later evening meal consumption and body mass index (BMI), and psychological and behavioural characteristics of early versus late evening eaters in UK adults;
17:35 Aoibhin Kelly (Queen's University Belfast): Experiences of obesity stigma, weight-based discrimination and views about people with obesity on the island of Ireland: findings from a mixed-methods study
17:40 Dr Giang Nguyen (Newcastle University): Study of how adiposity in pregnancy has an effect on outcome (SHAPES): a systematic review to identify datasets for an Individual Participant Data (IPD) meta-analysis
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Drinks Reception and Networking
📍 Room: LICA foyer
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Congress Dinner
📍 Room: LICA
End of Day 1
Day 2 - 8th September
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ASO Oral Abstracts (Digital Weight Management)
📍 Room: Cavendish Lecture Theatre
Chair: Dr Georgios Dimitriadis, King's College London
08:30 Dr Karen Coulman (University of Bristol): Remote consultations in specialist weight management care since COVID-19: the experiences of people living with obesity and professionals
08:45 Dr Ross Shearer (University of Glasgow & NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde) An evaluation of digital group delivery within the Specialist Weight Management Service (SWMS) in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde;
09:00 Emma Warinto (University of Birmingham) Early observations from a Saxenda service embedded within a large Tier 3 weight management service
09:15 Juliet Finnie (Oviva UK) Total Diet Replacement (TDR) results in superior weight loss outcomes as part of a digital/remote Tier 3 weight management programme
09:45 Dr Adrian Brown (University College London) Service evaluation of a real-world, digitally enabled time restricted eating programme for adults in the UK
Management of Childhood Obesity (member-led symposium)
📍 Room: Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre
Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool
Dr Charlotte Hardman (Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool) Introduction and Welcome
Dr Louise Apperley (Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool) Complications related to obesity in children - should we be concerned?
Dr Diliara Gubaeva (Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool) Genetics of childhood obesity - what do we know so far?
Kate Clark (Alder Hey Children’s Hospital) Micronutrient status in children and adolescents with obesity
Dr Charlotte Hardman (University of Liverpool) Psychological determinants of healthy weight behaviours in children and the impact of body weight status
Oral Abstracts (Weight Management)
📍 Room: Faraday Lecture Theatre
08:30 Dr Friedrich Jassil: The impact of combined nutritional-behavioural tele-counselling and supervised exercise intervention on weight loss and health outcomes following bariatric surgery (BARI-LIFESTYLE): a single-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial
08:45 Dr Rebecca Gregg: BEhavioural Weight Management: COMponents of Effectiveness (BE:COME): Descriptive data findings
09:00 Dr Dimitrios Koutoukidis: Promising evidence that a low-energy total diet replacement programme is safe and efficacious for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
09:15 Melissa Little: A natural experiment comparing the effectiveness of the Healthy Eagles child weight management intervention in school versus community settings
09:30 Dr Sally Abbott: Two-year Effect of Semaglutide 2.4 mg on Control of Eating in Adults with Overweight/Obesity: STEP-5
09:45 Dr Dawn Swancutt: Patient experiences of accessing specialist weight management services: Are there lessons to be learnt on how best to standardise services and optimise outcomes?
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Coffee Break & Exhibition
📍 Room: Great Hall
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Plenary Lecture
📍 Room: Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre
Professor Paul Baker, Lancaster University, Changing frames of obesity in the UK press, 2008-2017
Chair: Professor Jennifer Logue, Lancaster University
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ASO Invited Symposium (Schools)
📍 Room: Faraday Lecture Theatre
Chairs: Dr Laura McGowan, Queen's University Belfast and Ann Vincent, Obesity Empowerment Network
11:20 Dr Thomas Burgoine: Can planning policy regulate new takeaways on the school fringe? Early results from a national evaluation
11:40 Professor Ashley Adamson: The MapMe2 study: testing a web-based tool to improve parental acknowledgement and understanding of childhood overweight and obesity.
12:00 Dr Grace Gardner: Evaluation of the Holiday Activities and Food Programme in Yorkshire
12:10 Professor Emma Frew: The Economics of Obesity Interventions in Schools
12:30 Dr Wendy Burton: The CONNECTS Food intervention; an implementation intervention to support primary schools adopt a whole school approach to food
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DDM Industry sponsored symposium
📍 Room: Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre
This presentation is organised and funded by DDM.
Digital tools in tier 3 and tier 4 hospital-based weight management services
Michaela de la Fosse (Symposium chair)
Operations Manager, DDM Health
Charlotte Summers
Chief Operations Officer, DDM Health
Dr Petra Hanson
Dr Petra Hanson, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology
Warwick Medical School and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Emma Shuttlewood, Clinical Psychologist in Bariatrics
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Leeds Beckett University (member-led symposium)
📍 Room: Cavendish Lecture Theatre
A complex systems approach to obesity: A transdisciplinary framework for action
Chairs: Dr Charlotte Hardman, University of Liverpool and Dr Louise Apperly, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool
Ken Clare (Obesity UK), Obesity as a complex condition, a lived experience perspective
Dr Claire Griffiths (Leeds Beckett University), A complex systems approach to obesity: A transdisciplinary framework for action
Dr Duncan Radley (Leeds Beckett University), Systems thinking, a transdisciplinary overview
Professor Mark Gilthorpe (University of Leeds), Quantitative systems modelling, a transdisciplinary overview
Professor Louisa Ells (Leeds Beckett University), Challenges to implementing a complex system framework, outcomes from a transdisciplinary workshop.
Adrian Coggins (Essex County Council), Why is a complex system framework for obesity needed at the local level
Jim McManus (Association of Directors of Public Health UK), Why is a complex systems framework for obesity needed at the national level
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Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Presentations
📍 Room: Great Hall
Guided Poster Presentations chaired by Dr Nerys Astbury, Oxford University
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Improving Places
📍 Room: Welcome Centre
Interactive sessions where we will consider issues, opportunities and challenges for each of the 4 “Places” that the invited symposium cover.
On Wednesday and Thursday morning 4 posters will be displayed in the foyer of the Great Hall, one per place, for people to write ideas that will be taken to the workshop.
You are encouraged to contribute during the breaks as it will make the final workshop more effective.
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Conference Closing Ceremony
📍 Room: Welcome Centre