Conference program 4 September 2014
Eigtveds Pakhus, Copenhagen.
Diabetes and obesity – in a global life course perspective
Indo-Danish research collaboration
10:00 – 10:10
Flemming Møller Mortensen, MP and Spokesman on Health
Welcome
10:10 – 10:20
Kim Krogsgaard, Chairman of the Program Commission on Individuals and Disease
Opening remarks
10:20 – 10:45
Dr. CS Yajnik, Keynote speaker
,
director of the Diabetes Unit of KEM Hospital, India.
“Obesity and diabetes in a global perspective”
10:45 – 11:00
Haja Kadarmideen, Professor at Copenhagen University
“Cultural challenges in tackling obesity”
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break
11:20 – 12:10 “The pregnant mother” (
chair: Prof. Peter Damm and Prof. Allan Vaag
)
11:20 – 11:40
Dr. Geeti P. A
rora,
Consultant Physician and Diabetologist, Deep Hospital, India
“Prevalence and risk factors of gestational diabetes in India”
11:40 – 12:00
Tine Dalsgaard Clausen, MD at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen.
“The vicious cycle of diabetes in pregnancy”
12:00 – 12:10
Questions and discussion
12:10 – 13:10 Lunch – standing buffet
13:10 – 14:50 “Childhood obesity” (chair: Prof. Haja Kadarmideen)
13:10 – 13:40
Jens -Christian Holm,
Associate Professor, MD, University Hospital, Holbæk
“
Childhood obesity chronic care treatment”
13:40 – 14:10
Dr. Nikhil Tandon, Professor at All India Institute of Medical Science: