Date: Tuesday 12 June, 2018
Time: 10.00am – 1.30pm
Venue: The Clayton Hotel, 22-26 Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, BT2 8HS.
Event overview
The event focused on ‘‘nudging’’ as a behaviour change concept to encourage positive behaviours in relation to health and wellbeing and to promote a healthy weight. Presentations explored the nudge concept and include practical examples covering food and physical activity.
Speakers included Professor Theresa Marteau from the University of Cambridge and Professor Liam Delaney form University College Dublin. Professor Marteau discussed how redesigning our environments, sometimes known as nudging shows promise for changing behaviour across populations to tackle obesity. Over 120 delegates registered to attend the event.
Programme
Time
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Programme
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Speaker
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9.00am – 10.00am
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Registration with tea and coffee
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10.00am – 10.10am
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Welcome
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10.10am – 11.30am
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Session 1
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10.10am – 10.50am
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Changing our environments to change our behaviour: Learning from what doesn’t work
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Prof Theresa Marteau
University of Cambridge
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10.50am – 11.30am
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Behavioural Change: Nudging and Shoving (PDF, 1MB)
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Prof Liam Delaney
University College Dublin
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11.30am – 11.50am
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Break
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11.50am – 1.00pm
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Session 2
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11.50am – 12.10pm
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Taking Nudge Digital with Food Choice at Work (PDF, 3MB)
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Dr Fiona Geaney
Food Choice at Work
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12.10pm – 12.30pm
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Take the Stairs (PDF, 2.5MB)
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Dr Damien Bennett
Public Health Agency
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12.30pm – 12.55pm
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Questions and discussion
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12.55pm – 1.00pm
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Closing remarks
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1.00pm – 1.30pm
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Lunch and networking
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Who should attend?
This event will be of interest to those working in voluntary community sector, academia, medical and clinical areas, industry and government departments
There are a limited number of places available for students. If you are interested in attending, please contact: obesityforum@safefood.eu.
Registration
Find out more
For more information about this event:
Email: events@safefood.eu
Call: (NI) 0800 085 1683, (ROI) 1850 40 4567