International Seminar :
Obesity as a Poverty Related Emerging Nutrition Problems in Indonesia
8 December 2007, Auditorium Building MM
UGM, Jl. Teknika Utara, Yogyakarta
Organized by:
School of Health Nutrition, Faculty of
Medicine, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta in collaboration with Indonesian Danone
Institute Foundation, Jakarta
The one-day seminar was co-organized between School of Health Nutrition, Universitas
Gadjah Mada and Indonesian Danone Institute Foundation. The seminar was attended by a
total of 340 participants, consisted of 230 students (68%) (D3, S1, S2, and S3) and 110
public (university lecturers and other professionals. Participants came from 21 different
cities from 15 provinces.
Speakers
A total of 9 speakers, of which 2 were
external, were invited. They were key people from Danone Institute Israel/USA,
International Life Sciences Institute-South East Asia Region/Singapore, Ministry of
Agriculture, Ministry of Health, Universitas Hasanuddin, Institut Pertanian Bogor, and
Universitas Indonesia.
The seminar was divided into three sessions, namely Global issues and policies on obesity,
Public Health approach for the prevention of obesity, and Clinical approach to overcome
obesity.
Posters Award
In addition to the lectures, we opened
participation for poster presentation related to the topic of obesity. Thirteen presenters
from various institutions (universities: Udayana, Indonesia, Gadjah Mada, Indonusa Esa
Unggul, Institut Pertanian Bogor; Health Politechnics: Poltekkes Kendari; and hospital (RS
Bethesda) took part. We rewarded 3 best posters presenters based on content and
visualization (FK UGM/Dr. Sardjito Hospital, FK UNUD/Sanglah Hospital, and FK UI/Cipto
Mangunkusumo Hospital).