Registration

14:00 ~ 19:30 MDT

Symposium
Virtual

Mike Koele, MD, PhD - University of British Columbia Sarah Koch - Barcelona Institute for Global Health Valérie Bougault, PhD - Université Côte d'Azur Paolo Emilio Adami, MD, PhD - World Athletics, Monaco

Special Sessions
Virtual

18:00 ~ 18:20 MDT

Abstract Presentations
Virtual

18:20 ~ 19:50 MDT

Virtual
Keynote Sessions

Dr. Julia Totosy de Zepetnek- University of Regina Physical Activity and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain-Axis in Health and Disease This talk will provide insight into how physical activity can modulate the microbiota-gut-brain-axis and homeostatic food intake regulation. What does this mean? Homeostatic food intake (FI) regulation refers to feeding driven by energy deficit through short- (e.g., ghrelin, GLP-1, PYY) and long-term (e.g., leptin, insulin) appetite signals (gut-brain-axis). Colonic microbiota and their metabolic activity have emerged as a major player in FI regulation; e.g., production of short-chain-fatty acids (SCFA) can regulate appetite signals (microbiota-gut-brain-axis). It is suggested that physical activity can help regulate FI; potential mechanisms include increasing the sensitivity of the brain to appetite signals, and increasing diversity and modifying abundance of certain SCFA-producing bacteria.

Social Events

20:35 ~ 22:30 MDT