Date: Thursday 6th December, 2012

Venue: Medical Society of London, 11 Chandos Street, London W1G 9DRT
- 5 min walk from Oxford Circus.

Of interest to

• Academic researchers
• Pharmaceutical target-hunters
• Science journalists
• Health professionals in primary and secondary care
• Health policy advisers
• Sports amateurs, professionals and trainers
• Dietitians and nutritionists
• Others interested in the health of the heart and circulation

Key themes

• What do we know about the effects of 'healthy diet' and exercise on cardiovascular health?
• What do we need to know and do about exercise to live a healthy lifestyle?
• Medical advice for someone wishing to increase exercise/join a gym
• Cardiovascular health targets: how can diet and exercise help?
• Effects of diet and exercise on weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes
• Diet and exercise to reduce development and progression of cardiovascular risk factors
• Exercise at altitude
• Long term effects of diet and exercise on prevention of heart disease
• Diet and exercise in people with cardiovascular disorders
• Sudden cardiac death in athletes
• Perspectives of professional athletes and trainers
• Policy on diet, exercise and cardiovascular health: barriers and drivers for successful healthy diet and exercise programmes
• Round table and next steps

2011 Symposium on Cardiovascular Health and 'Healthy' Foods

8th December, 2011 Venue: Medical Society of London,

Programme

1.30pm

REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

2.00pm
INTRODUCTION
Donald Singer, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Warwick

2.05pm
NUTRITION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: SOME CURRENT CONTROVERSIES
KT Khaw, Professor of Clinical Gerontology, University of Cambridge

2.50pm
STUDIES OF HEALTH BENEFICIAL COMPOUNDS IN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES - TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOODS FOR IMPROVED VASCULAR HEALTH
Naila Rabbani, Associate Professor of Experimental Systems Biology, University of Warwick

3.35pm
TEA

Poster: BIOmarkers of Robustness of Metabolic Homeostasis for Nutrigenomics-derived Health CLAIMS Made on Food – the BIOCLAIMS Programme 
Jinit Masania, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Warwick

4pm
DIETARY POLYPHENOLS AND VASCULAR HEALTH: POTENTIAL BENEFITS FROM RED WINE AND CHOCOLATE
Roger Corder, Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.

4.45pm
HEALTHY HEART AWARDS

5.00pm
CLOSE

The Symposium was supported by the Cardiovascular Research Trust.

2011 Symposium on exercise and cardiovascular health

14th July, 2011 Venue: Medical Society of London

Programme

1.30pm Registration

2.00pm Effects of exercise on cardiovascular health

Professor Donald Singer, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Warwick

2.30pm Medical advice before undertaking exercise: from novice to elite athlietes

Dr Constantinos Missouris, Consultant Cardiologist, Wexham Park and Royal Brompton Hospital

3.00pm Tea

3.30pm Role of exercise before and after heart surgery

Mr Wade Dimitri, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Warwick Medical School

4.00pm Exercise at altitude

Professor Chris Imray, Vascular Surgeon, University Hospital, Coventry

4.30pm Round table discussion

5.00pm Announcement of Hearty Heart Exercise Awards

Key 2011 themes :

• What do we know about the effects of exercise on cardiovascular health?
• What do we need to know and do about exercise to live a healthy lifestyle?
• Medical advice for someone wishing to increase exercise/join a gym
• Cardiovascular health targets: how could exercise help?
• Effects of exercise on weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes
• Exercise to reduce development and progression of cardiovascular risk factors
• Exercise at altitude
• Long term effects of exercise on prevention of heart disease
• Exercise in people with cardiovascular disorders
• Sudden cardiac death in athletes
• Perspectives of professional athletes and trainers
• Policy on exercise and cardiovascular health: barriers and drivers for successful healthy exercise programme
• Round table and next steps

The Symposium was supported by the Cardiovascular Research Trust.

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