Saturday, 19th October Australian & New Zealand Obesity Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2013

• Healthcare costs associated with gestational diabetes mellitus during pregnancy and potential cost-effectiveness of prevention in high-risk women - Catherine Keating
• Content analysis of public health campaigns promoting healthy weight and lifestyle - Maree Scully
• Overweight and Obesity following childbirth: Promoting healthy maternal weight is a missed opportunity for primary care. - Paige van der Pligt
• Maternal depressive symptoms in the early postnatal period predict attenuated responsiveness in feeding at child age 2 years - Kimberley M Mallan
• Food insecurity and obesity in Victoria - Alison Markwick
• Holding the food industry to account for their role in obesity prevention: a proposed monitoring approach - Gary Sacks
• Regulation on promotion of 'junk food' to children: a need in the Pacific Islands? - Wendy Snowdon
• How Green is my Menu? - Alice Pryor
• Obesity and smoking at mid-life strongly predict future physical disability - Evelyn Wong
• How do we drive the use of evidence in public policymaking?: a case study from Fiji. - Wendy Snowdon

8.00am         Registration
9.45am         Introduction: Georgia Rigas
10.00am       Tania Markovic: Discuss NH & MRC Guidelines
10.20am       Matt Sabin: Management of  Childhood Obesity
10.40am       Discussion Panel: Tania Markovic, Matt Sabin, Gary Egger, Joseph Proietto
Facilitator: John Dixon
11.00am       Morning Tea
11.30am       Melissa Armstrong: Dietary Management of Obesity
11.50pm       Leah Brennan: Psychological and Behavioural aspects of Obesity Management
12.10pm       Nathan Johnson: Exercise Therapy in Obesity Management
12.30pm       Discussion Panel: Melissa Armstrong, Leah Brennan, Nathan Johnson
Facilitator: Georgia Rigas

12:30pm      Lunch

1.45pm        Michael Cowley: Obesity Pharmacotherapy
2.05pm        Wendy Brown: Baratric Surgery
2.25pm        Joseph Proietto: Prevention of Weight Regain
2.45pm        Discussion Panel: Michael Cowley, Wendy Brown, Joseph Proietto
            Facilitator: Gary Egger
3.15pm         Afternoon Tea
3.30pm        Interactive Groupwork
5.30pm        Evaluation and Close

• Boyd Swinburn
• Liz Water & Tahna Pettman
• Penny Love & Jill Whelan
• Andrea Sloane
• Steve Allender