Conference in Iceland on targeting obesity and diabetes
Norðmenn eru að verða æ þyngri en mikil offita er samt enn algengari í Bandaríkjunum en Noregi.
Foodloose is a conference taking place at Harpa concert hall and conference centre today. It's organised by the Icelandic Health Symposium and focuses on the various ways of targeting the global epidemic of obesity and diabetes.
On the conference website it states,
"In this same era we have seen radical changes in the food environment of the Western world. Processed food has become a big part of the regular diet, vegetable oils and margarine have replaced animal fat, and the average sugar consumption has dramatically increased.
In recent years we have seen a plethora of different diets emerge in an attempt to reverse the issues with the standard Western diet: The Paleo Diet, The Mediterranean Diet, The Low Carbohydrate High Fat Diet, and the Low Fat Plant-Based Diet to name just a few. Each of these diets stakes the claim that it is optimal for human health, yet each differs significantly from in its recommendations regarding what food people should eat or avoid.
Then there are others that say that carbs and fat do not matter, and our problems are simply caused by people overeating and exercising too little. No wonder we are confused. "
Among the speakers at the conference are Gary Taubes on "why we get fat," Dr. Aseem Malhotra on Sugar, Dr. Axel F Sigurðsson on the impact of dietary fats on cardiometabolic health and Professor Tim Noakes on Low carbohydrate diet in the management of insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia.
Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre by Reykjavik Harbour
