PromoKids webinar 1, 2021

Ending Childhood Obesity in the Nordic countries - Webinar of the PromoKids network

Date:     Thursday, 6 May 2021
Time:     
10:00 to 13:45 (Icelandic time)
12:00 to 15:45 (Swedish, Norwegian and Danish time)
13:00 to 16:45 (Finnish time)
Place:     Webinar via Teams application

Please register by 5th of May 2021.

The Teams link to the webinar will be sent to participants who have registered for the webinar

Programme 

Moderator ministerial adviser Sirpa Sarlio, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland 

13.00–13.10     
Opening of the webinar,  ministerial adviser Sirpa Sarlio, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland 

13.10–13.40    
Update on work of WHO on tackling marketing of foods to children and obesity prevention,
Kremlin Wickramasinghe, Technical Officer, WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 

13.40–13.50     
Discussion 

Session 1 Stigma and obesity

13.50-14.10    
Overcoming stigma of obesity on children and youth
PhD Ximena Ramos Salas, Obesity Canada 

14.10–14.20     
Discussion 

14.20–14.30     
Break 

Session 2: Focusing in marketing ecosystem of unhealthy foods and drinks

14.30–14.50    
Protecting children from marketing, experiences from Norway (pdf 1 563 kt),
researcher Kamilla Knutsen Steinnes and researcher Vilde Haugrønning, Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet ) Norway 

14.50–15.10    
Comprehensive approach in protecting children from marketing, Finnish EPELI-project (pdf 2 766 kt), professor Mikael Fogelholm, University of Helsinki 

15.10–15.20     
Discussion 

15.20–15.30
Break

Session 3: New findings from Nordic interventions to prevent childhood overweight and obesity with an eye on equality   

15.30–15.50     
School-based family support for obesity prevention in low income communities - The Healthy School Start Plus intervention study
professor Liselotte Schäfer Elinder, Karolinska Institutet and Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine Region Stockholm, Sweden

15.50–16.10    
A primary prevention based intervention in Copenhagen targeting high-risk children
senior researcher Nanna Olsen, Research Unit for Dietary Studies at the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, the Capital Region

16.10–16.30
Research and experiences from family based behavioral treatment for obesity in children, PhD student Sigrun Thorsteinsdottir, University of Iceland and psychologist at Department of Pediatrics, Landspitali University Hospital
 
16.30-16.40    
Discussion

16.40-16.45    
Closing remarks