Seminar on Circadian Rhythms and Obesity: A Timely Approach to Health 3.4.25

You are warmly welcome to join our spring seminar in Helsinki and online 3.4.2025!

Registration is now open here!

Date: 3rd April, 2024 

Venue: Ossian Lecture Hall, Folkhälsan main building, Topeliuksenkatu 20, 00250 Helsinki 

8:30–9.00 Registration and coffee 

9:00-9:10 Opening of the seminar, organizers 

Session I: Biological rhythms rule our world 

9.10–9.55 Keynote lecture: Origins of chronobiology: why does it matter and how is it relevant to obesity? Research professor Timo Partonen, THL 

9:55-10:20 Evening chronotype associates with high weight and weight development in children, a shared presentation of Sohvi Lommi, Folkhälsan Research Center & Anna Abdollahi, University of Helsinki 

10:20–10:40 A walk in Kirjailijapuisto – fresh air and glimpse of sun light  

Session II: Sleeping like a caveman? 

10:40-11:25 Preliminary results from sleep studies conducted on the Spanish population, Professor Rocio Barragan, University of Valencia  

11:25-11:45 My chaotic life – a real-life experience, Katja Ihalainen 

11:45-13:00 Lunch (own cost) 

Session III: Does the timing of the meals matter? 

13:00– 13:45 Keynote lecture: Eating around the clock: influence of meal timing on chronic disease Associate Professor Marie Pierre St-Onge, Columbia University  

13:45-14:10 Timing of eating and obesity in adults and children, a shared presentation of Mirkka Maukonen, Folkhälsan Research Center and THL & Reetta Lehto, Folkhälsan Research Center  

14:10-14:25 Weight loss therapies related to chronobiology, sponsor TBC  

14.25– 14:55 Coffee break  

Session 4: Internal clocks – ruling the body and mind? 

14.55–15:25 The sleep–circadian interface is a window into mental disorders, Associate Professor Ilona Merikanto, University of Helsinki 

15:25-15:55 Chronotype and Activity Behaviour: Insights into Cardiometabolic Health, Laura Nauha, University of Oulu 

15.55-16.00 Closing remarks  

The program may be subject to change. 

The seminar is organized by a group of chronobiology researchers in collaboration with the Finnish Association for the Study of Obesity.  

Please register and reserve your spot!

You will receive a confirmation of your registration and a link (if requested) after 26th March.

In any additional queries please contact the organizers: suomenlihavuustutkijat@gmail.com