Generation Excess II, DECEMBER 1-2, 2005, BRUSSELS

• Tackling obesity and diet-related diseases: Where are we now: the standpoint of the Directorate General, Paola Testori, DG Health & Consumer Protection, European Commission.
• Robert Brackett, US Food and Drug Administration.
• Obesity, Mary Engle, Associate Director, Division of Advertising Practices, Federal Trade Commission.
• The obesity epidemic: What are the trends telling us?, Neville Rigby, International Obesity Task Force.
• WHO Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, Colin Tukuitonga, Coordinator, Primary Prevention of Chronic Diseases, World Health Organisation.

• On Setting Priorities, Kelly Brownell, Yale University.
• The role and responsibility of the industry, Lars Ovesen, European Heart Network.
• It started in 1960, Dick Toet, Unilever.
• Tackling obesity and diet-related disease: Roles and responsibilities, Roland Vaxelaire, Carrefour.
• Better Nutrition Delivering Business Growth: Kraft's Policies and Practices, Mark Berlind, Kraft.

• Eating for health, Rosemary Hignett, Food Standards Agency.
• Achieving the Dream of a Golden State: Key Policy Developments in California to Create Healthy Food Environments, Mathew Marsom, California Department of Health Services.
• Policies to tackle obesity in Hungary, Annamaria Somhegyi, Health Ministry, Hungary.
• Nutrition Policy and Activities in Norway, Sissel Lyberg Beckmann, Norwegian Ministry of Health.

• Pricing Strategies to Promote Healthful Food Choices in Community Settings, Simone French, University of Minnesota.
• The role of economic incentives and disencentives - Danish research, Jørgen Dejgård Jensen, Danish Food and Resource Economic Institute.
• The 'fat tax': economic incentives to reduce obesity?, Jane Landon, National Heart Forum.
• Economic Incentives and Disincentives, Jeff Strnad, Stanford Law School.

• Main sources of information in each country, Jim Murray, BEUC.
• Feeding children by TV spots - Why not a plateful of health instead?, Luisa Villa, Altroconsumo.
• Parents under pressure, Olivier Andrault, UFC - Que Choisir.
• Parents under pressure, Sue Davies, Which?

• Does food marketing influence children?, Gerard Hastings, University of Stirling and the Open University.
• Emmanuel Joly, DG Information Society and Media
• Perspectives on marketing, self-regulation & childhood obesity, Mary Engle, Director of Advertising Practices, FTC.
• Parents under pressure: An industry perspective, Sabine Nafziger, Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU (CIAA).

• Nutrient profiling, Mike Rayner, Oxford University.
• Nutrient profiling their use in advertising and labelling, Anita Laser Reuterswärd, Swedish National Food Administration.
• Nutrition Profiling - Guiding Consumer Choice, Joanna Scott, Kraft.
• What Makes a Healthy Diet?, Robert Brackett, US Food and Drug Administration.

• Scientific Advice on Nutrition - The Role of the European Food Safety Authority, Pilar Rodriguez Iglesias, EFSA.
• Robert Brackett, US Food and Drug Administration.
• Michael Hübel, DG Health & Consumer Protection, European Commission.
• Sabine Nafziger, Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU (CIAA).
• Bruce Silverglade, Center for Science in the Public Interest.
• Jim Murray, BEUC.

For further information please email tacd@consint.org