Panel Discussions

Welcome, introductions and Quiz part 1

Professor Jason Halford, EASO President-Elect and Quiz Presented by Vicki Mooney, Director General of the EASO European Coalition for People living with Obesity (ECPO)

Part 2: OECD Presentation of obesity statistics

Please note that the presentation on the latest obesity statistics from the OECD (and discussion / Q&A) by Yevgeniy Goryakin, Health Economist and Policy Analyst, OECD, is not being made available at the request of the OECD as the data are part of a report which will only be published later in 2019.

Panel Discussion 1

THE IMPACT OF OBESITY ON PATIENTS AND SOCIETY: Moderated by John Bowis with Panellists:  Dr Amélie Schmitt, Senior Technical Officer, WHO Regional Office;  Professor Harry Rutter, Co-Chair, EASO Prevention and Public Health Task Force; Alfonso Lara Montero, Chief Executive, European Social Network; and Melanie Bahlke, providing a response from a patient perspective

Panel Discussion 2

THE IMPACT OF OBESITY ON EMPLOYMENT: Moderated by John Bowis with Panellists: Yevgeniy Goryakin, Health Economist and Policy Analyst, OECD; Zofia Bajorek, Research Fellow, Institute for Employment Studies, UK; and Audrey Roberts, providing a response from a patient perspective

Panel Discussion 3

THE IMPACT OF OBESITY ON THE MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY: Moderated by John Bowis with Panellists: Professor Kirsi Pietiläinen, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Department of Medicine; Pat Hughes, C3 Collaborating for Health; Dr Stephanie De Giorgio, providing a response from the perspective of a practising doctor and patient

Panel Discussion 4

THE WAY AHEAD AND A BETTER APPROACH FOR HEALTH POLICY: Moderated by John Bowis with Panellists: John F Ryan, Director, Public Health, Country Knowledge, and Crisis Management, DG SANTE, European Commission; Professor Kirsi Pietiläinen, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Department of Medicine (replacing the senior representative of the incoming EU Presidency, Finland);  Professor Gerhard Prager, President IFSO-European Chapter; and Sólveig Sigurðardóttir, providing a response from a patient perspective

Statement

From Eleanor Smith UK MP and Co-Chair of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Obesity

CONCLUDING REMARKS AND INTERACTIVE QUIZ (PART II): Vicki Mooney, EASO ECPO; Euan Woodward, Executive Director, European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO); and John Bowis, Conference Chairman