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Pregnancy and programming and later risk of obesity and related disease
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3213-15-00-00 
Enrollment deadline: 16/11/2015
Date and time07.12.2015, at: 09:00 - 11.12.2015, at: 17:00
Regular seats20
Course fee5,520.00 kr.
LecturersBerit Lilienthal Heitmann
ECTS credits4.00
Contact personFanney Þorsteinsdóttir    E-mail address: fanney.thorsteinsdottir@sund.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD administration     E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content
Course title
Pregnancy and programming and later risk of obesity related disease

Learning objectives
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
a. To better understand how fetal life may be an important determinant for later disease development.
b. To understand how exposure to certain dietary nutrients or environmental pollutants early in life may influence disease later in life.

Content
The course will build on the understanding of the developmental origins of obesity and related diseases. It will provide a comprehensive overview of the latest developments with regard to mother-infant nutritional programming research and offer advice on prevention diagnosis and management of early nutrition and adult diseases. In addition it will enhance the understanding of the complex interactions between nutrient, genetics and biological factors during pregnancy. The programme will thus permit attendees to improve their knowledge in this field with updated overviews

Participants
PhD students with basic knowledge in epidemiology, medicine and/or nutrition

Language
English

Form
Lectures

Course director
Berit L. Heitmann, berit.lilienthal.heitmann@regionh.dk

Teachers
Many, both national and international.
The programme includes lectures on:
- prenatal early nutrition programming,
- impact of diet in pregnancy in offspring health,
- maternal neonatal gut bacteria,
- dietary fat and other nutrients during pregnancy,
- epigenetics,
- the immune system and inflammation.

Course secretary
Fanney Thorsteinsdottir, fanney.thorsteinsdottir@regionh.dk

Dates
Week 50

Course location
Enheden for Epidemiologisk Kostforskning, Parker Instituttet, Frederiksberg Hospital, Nordre Fasanvej 57, Hovedvejen, opgang 5, stuen, 2000 Frederiksberg

Registration: Please register before 16/11 2015

Admission to PhD students from Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the rules in force.
Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrollment.

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