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PREVENTING CHILDHOOD OBESITY:

EPODE Keys for Successful Interventions






SYMPOSIUM
2011


Programme

7 April 2011

Hotel Bloom
Rue Royale 250, Brussels

8.15 – 8.45 - Welcome of the participants – Coffee

8.45 - 9.15: Opening

Welcome Speech
- Dr. Jean-Michel Borys, MD, EEN Director
Keynote introductions
– Ms. Despina Spanou, Principal Adviser and Chair of the European Platform for Action
on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, Directorate General for Health and Consumers,
European Commission
- Dr. Joao Breda, WHO Regional Office for Europe - Division of Health Programmes
















































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9.15 – 9.30: EPODE European Network HIGHLIGHTS 2008-2011

Overview of EEN facts, milestones and outcomes.
Mr. Yann Le Bodo, EEN Coordinator

9.30 – 10.40: EPODE Pillars - SESSION 1

Chaired by Prof. Stefaan de Henauw and Prof. Luis A. Moreno

9.30 – 10.05: Political Involvement in Childhood Obesity Prevention

1) Message of cooperation for the local authorities in childhood obesity
prevention, Jo Van Assche, Gent University

2) The EPODE programme from a local political perspective, Ms. Hinde

Tizaghti, EPODE Local Project Manager, Roubaix, France

3) Discussion

10.05 – 10.40: Social Marketing techniques applied to the EPODE methodology

1) EEN conclusions on Methods and Social Marketing in childhood obesity
prevention, Dr. Germán Vicente-Rodríguez, Zaragoza University

2) Behaviour modification in EPODE-like programmes, Prof. Jan Vinck, Hasselt

University, Belgium

3) Discussion

10.40 - 11.00: COFFEE BREAK

11.00 – 12.10: EPODE Pillars - SESSION 2

Chaired by Prof. Jaap Seidell and Dr. Tommy Visscher

11.00-11.35: Scientific Evaluation Framework in the EPODE Methodology

1) EPODE programme theory and evaluation scheme, Drs. Marije Van Koperen,
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2) The evaluation process in the THAO programme, point of view of the
National Coordination, Mr. Santiago Gomez Santos, Spain

3) Discussion

11.35-12.10: Interest of Public - Private Partnerships in childhood obesity

prevention
1) Recommendations for Public-Private Partnership management in the
EPODE methodology, Dr. Thomas Alam, Lille 2 University

2) PAIDEIATROFI Programme – concrete illustration of a public-private

partnership framework, point of view of an EPODE National Coordinator, Ms.
Helena Stamou, Nostus, Greece

3) Discussion

12.10- 12.25: EPODE European Network EVALUATION

The EEN external evaluation, Prof. Harry Thomasson

12.25 – 13.40: LUNCH BREAK

13.40 – 14.00: Keynote Speech

Obesity and the Economics of prevention
Dr. Michele Cecchini, health economist and policy analyst in the Organisation for
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14.00 – 14.45: Round table

Public Private Partnership in childhood obesity prevention,
Moderated by Ms. Pauline Harper, EEN Director Advisory

- Prof. Monique Romon, EEN committee chair on Public-Private Partnership, Lille 2

University, EPODE France Director
- Mr. Philippe Roux, Health Determinants Unit, Health and Consumers Directorate General,
European Commission
- Dr. Jean-Michel Borys, MD, EEN Director
- Dr. Pedro Graça, Portuguese Platform against Obesity, Directorate General for Health,
Portugal
EEN Private Partners:
- Ms. Christina Drotz-Jonasson, Public Affairs, Nestlé S.A
- Mr. Jean-Louis Medioni,
 External Affairs and Corporate Communication, Orangina
Schweppes Group
- Mr. Alessandro Cagli, Public Affairs, Ferrero International S.A
- Ms. Sylvie Chartron, Publics Affairs Europe, Mars Chocolat France

14.45 - 15.00: COFFEE BREAK

15.00 – 16.30: Concrete Experiences

Moderated by Dr. Jean-Michel Borys and Ms. Léa Walter, EEN Coordination Team

Concrete experiences from Community-Based Interventions in Europe

1) “Young People at a Healthy Weight”,
 Jongeren Op Gezond Gewicht (JOGG),
Ms. Daphne Ketelaars, Convenant Gezond Gewicht, The Netherlands
Linking prevention and care in JOGG, Dr. Tommy Visscher, Free University of
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2) “I’m living healthy too!”, Ms. Silvia Bucur, PRAIS foundation, Romania
3) “The Healthy Weight Communities”, Ms. Linda Owen, Dumfries and Galloway
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4) “Everything affects us, especially ourselves”, Ms. Jorlaug Heimisdottir, Public
Health Institute, Iceland
5) “Project Obesidade Zero”, Dr. Ana Rito, National Institute of Health, University
Atlantica, Portugal

Concrete experiences from Community-Based Interventions in South Australia

and Mexico

6) OPAL by EPODE experience in South Australia, Mr. Mark Williams, State

Manager, OPAL (Obesity Prevention And Lifestyle) Health Promotion Branch, South
Australia Health.
7) EPODE 5 Pasos experience in Mexico, Dr. Armando Barriguete, National
Coordinator of 5 PASOS, Mexico

16.30-16.45: Conclusion and Perspectives

­ Conclusion speech and forthcoming milestones for the EEN, Dr. Jean-Michel Borys,
MD, EEN Director

* Please note that the conference will be exclusively in English.

 















































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Contact and Information:

EEN Coordinating Team - Lea Walter

PROTEINES, 11, rue Galvani, 75017 PARIS, France
Tel:+33 1 42 12 81 81 / fax:+33 1 42 12 01 85
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