Sunday, 20th April 2008

10:00-12:00
Registration and poster display

12:00-12:30
Welcoming remarks and opening address

14:00-18:30
SOCIAL PROGRAM - Visit to the Alhambra

Monday, 21st April 2008

8:30-12:30
Registration and poster display

8:30-12:30
Helena meetings (Stakeholders meetings)

12:30-13:30
Official Inauguration and Opinion leaders roundtable (Aula Magna)

13:30-15:30
SOCIAL PROGRAM – Welcome reception “Copa de Vino Español y Tapas”

15:30-16:30
SESSION 1
The HELENA Study: an overview

Rosanna d’Amario
The HELENA project from an EU perspective

Luis A. Moreno
The HELENA project: background and design

16:30-17:30
SESSION 2
High quality standards in the HELENA cross-sectional study

Stefaan De Henauw
Recruitment, participation and data management.

Frederic Gottrand
Clinical and socio-demographic results.

17:30-18:00
COFFEE BREAK

18:00-19:00
SESSION 3
Body composition and obesity

Angelo Pietrobelli
Assessing body composition during maturation

Denes Molnar
Body composition and obesity in European adolescents

Selected oral communication

Tuesday, 22nd April 2008

9:00-10:30
SESSION 4
Physical activity and physical fitness for health

Steven N. Blair
Fitness and cardiovascular health

Manuel J Castillo
Physical fitness in the HELENA adolescents

Michael Sjöström
Physical activity in the HELENA adolescents

Selected oral communication

10:30-11:00
COFFEE BREAK

11:00-12:00
SESSION 5
Diet and food patterns

Mathilde Kersting
Energy and macronutrient intakes in European adolescents

Carine Vereecken
Food patterns in European adolescents

Selected oral communication

12:00-13:00
SESSION 6
Adolescents as food consumers

Chantal Gilbert
Food choices and preferences in European adolescents.

Gunnar Hall
Development and acceptability assessment of new food products for European adolescents

Selected oral communication

13:00-15:00
Lunch and poster exhibition

15:00-16:30
SESSION 7
Blood profile and genetics

Marcela González-Gross
Blood sampling in the HELENA Study

Christina Breidenassel
Nutritional biomarkers in European adolescents: a focus on vitamins in the HELENA study.

Marika Ferrari
Iron status and related parameters in European adolescents

Julia Wärnberg
Immunological Biomarkers in European adolescents (HELENA Study)

Jean Dallongeville, Institut Pasteur de Lille.
Genetic approach to metabolic variability in adolescents (the HELENA experience)

16:30-17:30
SESSION 8
Lifestyle interventions

Wolfgang Ahrens
Lifestyle interventions in children: Development and implementation of a multinational strategy in Europe

Lea Maes
Development and effects of the HELENA life style intervention

Selected oral communication

17:30-18:00
COFFEE BREAK

18:00-19:30
CLOSING SESSION
Promoting an early Healthy European Life-Style

Berthold Koletzko
Relevance of nutritional assessment in children and adolescents

Artemis Simopoulos
Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics: Personalized Nutrition

Francesco Branca
WHO European region Nutrition Policy: What to do with the HELENA results?

20:30: SOCIAL PROGRAM
Gala dinner and Flamenco Show