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Risks and benefits of rapid early growth

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  • 1:00 pm - 1:10 pm: Welcome and introduction by the Chairs
    Manuel Serrano Rios (Madrid University, Spain)
    Olivier Goulet (Necker Hospital, France)
  • 1:10 pm - 1:40 pm: «Foetal and early post-natal growth and disease»
    Key note address by David Barker (Southampton University, UK and Oregon Science and Health University, USA)
  • 1:40 pm – 2:10 pm: «Early growth and body composition of adolescents»
    by Luis Moreno (Zaragosse University, Spain)
  • 2:10 pm – 2:40 pm: «Programming of obesity and insulin resistance : the effect of early catch up growth – Lessons from animal models»
    by Claude Remacle and Brigitte Reusens (Leuven University, Belgium)
  • 2:40 pm - 3:10 pm: «Body composition in early growth: lessons from domestic animals»
    by Jane Harding (Auckland University, New-Zealand)
  • 3:10 pm - 3:30 pm: Coffee break
  • 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm: «New multi-country growth reference to define new standards of weight, height and BMI»
    by Virginia Stallings (Joseph Stokes Research Institute, USA)
  • 4:00 pm – 5:20 pm: Round table on «New Recommendations for nutritional support in early life - Pros and cons»
    (chairs: Emanuel Lebenthal, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem University, Isreal and Berthold Koletzko, Munich University, Germany)
  • 5:20 pm – 5:30 pm: Conclusions by the Chairs

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Danone Institutes are not-for-profit entities which link scientists involved in human nutrition with health and education professionals. They support nutrition research programs and provide diet and nutritional information including: information on eating behaviors, dietary guidelines, nutrition events and nutrition organizations. The Institutes focus particularly on, Nutrition and child development, early childhood nutrition and childhood obesity prevention.