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Day 1 :

Keynote Forum

Aniceto Baltasar

2012. IFSO president 2011 Outstanding Achievement award Finalist,Spain

Keynote: Four decades of bariatric surgery in a community hospital of Spain

Time : 11:40-12:20

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Biography:

IFSO 2002-3 President; 2011 ASMBS Outstanding Achievement Finalist; SECO (Sociedad Española de Cirugía de la obesidad) Spanish Bariatric Society Founder

Abstract:

Introduction: Bariatric surgical practice changes in the community setting may be under-reported. We present the developments in a Spanish bariatric surgical practice in the community setting of Alcoy from its origin in 1977 through the present.

Methods: Bariatric surgical techniques employed in a country community setting over the course of nearly four decades are reviewed retrospectively and qualitatively.

Results: Surgeons and medical professionals from Alcoy, Spain were involved in the evolution of bariatric surgery patient management and surgical technique from 1977s through 2017. During the last 40 years, 1,475 patients were treated in our clinics. Spanish bariatric surgeons contributed to advances in gastric bypass in the 1970s, vertical banded gastroplasty in the 1980s, bilio-pancreatic diversion/duodenal switch in the 1990s, and innovations associated with laparoscopy from the 1990s onward. Outcomes and approaches to prevention and treatment of bariatric surgical complications are reviewed from a community perspective. Contributions to the bariatric surgical nomenclature and weight-loss reporting are noted.

Conclusions: The practice of bariatric surgery in the community setting must be updated continuously, as in any human and surgical endeavor. Medical professionals in community bariatric practices should contribute their experiences to the field through all avenues of scientific interaction and published papers.

  • Obesity and weight management,Childhood obesity,Fitness Research & Development,Physical fitness
Location: Mejestic III
Speaker

Chair

Aniceto Baltasar

2012. IFSO president 2011 Outstanding Achievement award Finalist,Spain

Speaker

Co-Chair

Jose Palomar Lever

Founder of P-DTR, Switzerland

Session Introduction

Aniceto Baltasar

2012 IFSO President, 2011 Outstanding Achievement award Finalist

Title: Sliding Self-Locking First Stitch and Aberdeen Knots in Suture Reinforcement with Omentoplasty of the Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve Staple Line. A Video presentation

Time : 17:20-17:50

Speaker
Biography:

IFSO 2002-3 President; 2011 ASMBS Outstanding Achievement Finalist; SECO (Sociedad Española de Cirugía de la obesidad) Spanish Bariatric Society Founder

Abstract:

Bleeding and leaks, related to the long gastric staple line, are the most feared complications aft er LSG reinforcement of the staple line can be done with diff erent buttressing materials and also performing a running suture of the staple line. In our hospital we routinely prevent bleeding and leaks at the gastric sleeve with the use of a reinforcing running suture with omentoplasty of the whole length of the gastric staple-line. We have used an sliding self-locking 1st stitch and fi nish it with the Aberdeen-DeCushieri knot in more than 1450 cases in SG plus omentoplasty on the staple-line full antrectomy, omentoplasty plus suture reinforcement of the staple-line prevent twisting of the sleeve, bleeding and may decrease the leak rate.

Break: Panel Discussion 17:50-18:00

Horia Al Mawlawi

King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Title: Childhood obesity

Time : 13:50-14:20

Speaker
Biography:

Horia Al Mawlawi has completed her Graduation and Post-graduation from King Abdulaziz University. She is currently working in Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Jeddah as an Instructor.

Abstract:

Childhood obesity is a major public health crisis nationally and internationally. The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased since few years in all pediatric age group in both sexes. Approximately 22 million children below 5 years of age overweight across the world. The number of overweight children and adolescents has doubled in last 2 to 3 decades in the world. World Health Organization on childhood obesity found that 41 million children below 5 years of age either obese or overweight as of 2014. However more than 90% of cases are idiopathic and less than 10% are associated with hormonal or genetic causes. The idiopathic mainly caused by imbalance between calorie intake and calories utilized. High calorie density and fat content of modern diet and lack of physical activity is associated with increased risk of obesity. Physical, psychological and social health problems are caused due to child health obesity. Comorbidities associated with obesity and overweight are similar in children as in adult population elevated blood pressure, dyslipidemia and high prevalence insulin resistance and type-2 diabetes appear as frequent complication in the overweight and obese pediatric population. Approaches in the prevention and treatment of childhood overweight and obesity are urgently required including first healthy diet and physical activity, when lifestyle modifi cation is insuffi cient to reach weight loss and complication of obesity aff ect child health, pharmacotherapy is recommended if age more than 10 years. Bariatric surgery is reserved for carefully selected sub group of young children with obesity related co-morbid condition threaten the child health where lifestyle and medication have been evaluated but found not to be eff ective.

Tonia Mailow

Murray State University, USA

Title: Implementing an education program in elementary schools to improve healthy food choices
Speaker
Biography:

Tonia L Mailow has completed her DNP from Eastern Kentucky University, USA. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Murray State University, School of Nursing in Murray, Kentucky. She teaches Nursing Assessment and Lab, Coordinates Adult Health Clinical and is Simulation Lab Coordinator. She serves on many committees in the School of Nursing as well as the University level. She has been a Nurse since the mid 90’s and in education for 10 years.

Abstract:

Childhood obesity is a major concern in the United States. Research suggests that nutrition education is needed to improve the knowledge of children about healthy nutrition choices. The need for clarity of lifestyle behaviors and education of children is vital and must be addressed. The purpose of this project was to provide an educational program specifi c to healthy food choices to elementary school teachers for implementation in the classroom and to increase the knowledge of elementary school teachers about reading food label and selecting healthier choices. Results of this project support the need for education on healthy food choices and reading food labels. Pre-and-post t-tests were conducted on mean scores to measure nutritional knowledge. An increase in scores suggested that the use of nutrition education can be successful in improving the knowledge of teachers about how to make healthy food choices and read food labels.

Gaukhar Datkhabayeva

Kazakh Academy of Nutrition, Kazakhstan

Title: Prevalence of behavioral risks factors for obesity in children in Kazakhstan
Biography:

Mrs. Gaukhar Datkhabayeva is a PhD in human physiology. Her PhD thesis was devoted to EEG-investigation of functional brain state self-regulation. Mrs. Datkhabayeva has worked at the Kazakh Academy of Nutrition as a senior researcher for a number of years, and has carried out investigations of food and behavioral factors contributing to childhood obesity, as well as the influence of obesity on children’s cognitive functions, as part of a program of prevention of pediatric obesity in school-age children in Kazakhstan.  Mrs. Datkhabayeva’s interests cover popularization of healthy nutrition and elaboration of effective strategies for the promotion of healthy nutrition choices.

Abstract:

Significant contributors to obesity are sedentary lifestyle and overeating conditioned by eating habits and psychological problems. To identify the prevalence behavioral risk factors for obesity in children of school age in Kazakhstan 1,400 schoolchildren aged 11-18 years representing five oblasts and two large cities (Almaty, Astana) were interviewed. The proportion of children who spend two or more hours every day in front of a TV and/or gaming on a computer/tablet/ smartphone was higher in the older age group (14-18 years) than the group aged 11-13, at 65.9 percent and 54.9 percent, respectively. Older pupils spend more time gaming rather than watching TV (59.3 percent and 46.3 percent, respectively). When asked if they eat while watching TV/smartphone/computer etc., 46 percent of interviewed children answered positively. Anxiety eating after an argument with friends, a poor grade at school, or a failure at an activity, is a rather common occurrence among schoolchildren. Almost one in every three kids (28.7 percent) has admitted to eating out of anxiety, and this proportion increases with age. Approximately a third (29 percent) of the interviewed children has experienced a desire to “eat away” loneliness/boredom, and again, this proportion increases along with age. Therefore, the bad habits associated with eating behavior and sedentary lifestyle seems to be forming in early childhood. In this regard, in order to prevent childhood obesity attention must be paid to the children’s eating behavior and how they spend leisure time starting at an early age, so that corrective measures can be taken in a timely fashion.

Najoua Saafi

Basic Healthcare Group of Sfax- Tunisia

Title: Childhood Obesity in a Consultation of Two Health Care Center (HCC) in the Periphery of Sfax : Diagnosis and Future
Biography:

Najoua SAAFI has completed his PhD in medical studies at the age of 27 years from Sousse University School of Medicin. She is a principal doctor  in public health since 1999. She has published more than 10 posters in different conferences, focusing mainly on obesity in different age ranges including pre-schooled and elementary kids, adolescents and adults aging over 40, hypertention, diabetes and emergency.

Abstract:

The group age 3 to 15 years old represent 20 % of the population in Tunisia. Each  (HCC)  have a consultation specifically designed to this age group within the farmework  the National Mother and Child Health Program. To identify the incidence of obesity in this HCC we realize this cross-sectional survey of 122 children interviewed with on of their parents (122) attending two medical center in the periphery of Sfax  (Ouled Ahmed ,Sidi Salah) each one with a population of about 4500. The incidence of obesity was12.5%: 15.2% among girls and 8.1% among boys.The average BMI was 14.29kg/m2.The average age was 7.56 years old. The proportion of children who spend more than 2 hours  in front TV and/or  internet was 65%   and 38% more than 4 hours. Howewer,72% of the parents reports that their child are highly active liking race but 54% of obeses have no sportive activities.31%  have at least repeat a year but 53% of fat children have no grade repeat. 68% brough sweetes and 29% sandwitches as snack. The incidence of obesity increases with age from 4% at the prescolar age to 10% between 12 and 15. This survey shows the chidren’s bad habits impliqued passivity of the parents in addition of sociocultural pressures.So It will be  crucial in the success of the strategy of  tackling child obesity to take care both the children and the parents.