Presentations in Plenary 2016
Dr Sania Nishtar, Co-chair of the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity, opened Uppsala Health Summit 2016 with this keynote address on 11 October 2016.
Plenary Session 1: The Urgency of the Situation
- Dr Boyd Swinburn, Professor, University of Auckland
Please find the video presentation here - Dr Douglas Bettcher, Director, Department for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, WHO
Please find the video presentation here - Dr Lisa M. Powell, Distinguished Professor, Director, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
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Plenary Session 2: The Double Burden of Malnutrition and the Role of Food Policy
- Dr Corinna Hawkes, Professor, City University of London, Co-chair of the Global Nutrition Report, Member of the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity
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Plenary Session 3: Lessons learnt from interventions, actions and policy changes
- Director General Alejandro Calvillo, El Poder del Consumidor
Please find the video presentation here - Dr. Julie S. Downs, Carnegie Mellon University
Please find the video presentation here - Dr Shawn T. Brown, Global Obesity Prevention Centre, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Plenary Session 4: The political responsibility for ending childhood obesity
- Mr. Gabriel Wikström, Swedish Minister of Public Health, Health care and Sports
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Plenary Session 5: Towards a strong Evidence Base
- Dr. Claude Marcus, Professor, Karolinska Institutet and Pediatrician, Karolinska University Hospital
Please find the video presentation here - Dr Frank Bloomfield, Professor, Director, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland
Please find the video presentation here - Celina Gorre, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Chronic Disease
Please find the video presentation here - Dr. Garrath D. Williams Senior Lecturer, University of Lancaster
Please find the video presentation here - Dr. Maria Eugenia Bonilla Chacín - Senior Economist, Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice, World Bank
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Dr. Stefan Swartling Petersson, Chief Health Section, UNICEF
Plenary Session 1: The urgency of the situation
Plenary session 2: The double burden of malnutrition and the role of food policy
Dr Corinna Hawkes, Professor and Director, Centre for Food Policy, City University, London
Plenary Session 3: Lessons learnt from interventions, actions, and policy changes
Plenary session 4: The political responsibility for ending childhood obesity
Gabriel Wikström, Minister for Health Care, Public Health and Sports, Sweden
Plenary session 5: Towards a strong evidence base
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