- _Does being fat and fit confer greater benefits
to health than being thin and unfit ?
- _Does the amount or distribution
of fat have a greater influence on risk of _cardiovascular diseases
?
- _Do
fetal and childhood growth determine the body composition of adults
and
_their risk of developing heart disease,
stroke and diabetes ?
These are some of the important questions which will be addressed at
an international symposium hosted by the University of Southampton on
7 - 9 September 2005.
In Vivo Body Composition Studies (BC2005) 'Linking Structure
and Function'
will show how recent technological advances in body composition techniques
are being used to understand and help solve some of the major public
health and clinical problems facing society today.
It will also look
at the adverse effects of body composition in relation to the obesity
epidemic, and in relation to undernutrition, which affects many older
people, especially those with disease.
Professor Marinos Elia, of the University of Southampton's Institute
of Human Nutrition and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Division
of the School of Medicine, comments:
" We are honoured to host this meeting
at the University, where experts from many parts of the world will
meet to discuss which interventions can alter body composition in the
most
favourable way, to combat the stresses of modern life, to reduce risk
of developing disease in later life, and to promote optimal well being
and health."
BC2005 is organised by the In Vivo Body Composition Group, which comprises
a range of experts including biomedical scientists, clinicians and public
health specialists.
Over 150 delegates from 20 countries are due to attend BC2005 at the
University of Southampton's conference facilities at Boldrewood campus.
BC2005 will be formally opened on 7 September by the Mayor of Southampton
Councillor Edwina Cooke.
Visit www.bc2005.soton.ac.uk for further information
and details of the BC2005 programme.
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was first published by Southampton University
on 2nd September 2005.
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