Audience (Who Can attend)

Audience (Who Can attend)

- Physicians (Nutritionist, Family medicine - Pediatrician and other specialties)
- Medical students
- Dietitians
- Health educators
- Nurses
- Epidemiologist / public health specialist.
- undergraduate and postgraduate Students (Faculty of medical – Faculty of life science – Faculty of public health).

First day:

- Introduction Global & regional childhood
- Development Origins of Obesity Speaker: Professor Atul Singhal
- Behavioral & environmental factors Speaker: Dr. Nawal
- Infant Microbiome and its role in obesity Entitled “ Early Origins of Obesity Does the Microbiome Have A role”
- Energy dense food& physical Inactivity in etiology of childhood obesity
- New Insights Regarding Genetic Aspects of Childhood obesity
- Gut Peptides in The Regulation of Food intake and Body Weight


Practical sessions:
- T1DM Nutrition management
- Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment in Pediatric cases

Second day:

- Prediabetes & T2DM in Childhood Obesity
- Overview of the Health Consequences of
- Obesity in Children and Adolescents
- WHO Childhood obesity Management and Prevention Guidelines
- A- Preschool obesity intervention! planet Munch! and more on preschool years
- B- Planet Munch (prevention) Speaker: Dr. Julie
- Weight control and mental health: A healthy Relationship
- Guidelines to Physical Activity During Childhood and Adolescence
- Medication and Surgery Management in Childhood Obesity
- Nutritional Management of Pediatric diseases that causes Obesity


Practical sessions:
- Picky Eaters & How to educate parents
- Dietary Management before & after Bariatric Surgery

Third day:

- Initiatives for Childhood Obesity in Primary Health Care
- Integrating Health Economics into Sustainable Management of Child Obesity in the GCC.
- Role of Dasman Diabetes Institute Programs in childhood obesity management and prevention -1
- Role of Dasman Diabetes Institute Programs in childhood obesity management and prevention -2
- Role of Primary Health Care Prevention Programs in childhood obesity management and prevention
- Role of Healthy Cities Initiatives in childhood obesity management and prevention
- Role of The Public Authority for Food and Nutrition (PAFN) in childhood obesity management and prevention
- Role of Ministry of Education in childhood obesity management and prevention
- Role of Ministry of Information in childhood obesity management and prevention
- Multisectoral Round Table Discussion: Role of different sectors in childhood obesity prevention


Practical sessions:
- Food Allergy
- Enteral feeding