4th Annual Conference

Friday 26th November
1 SESSION: NUTRITION FOR PARA-ATHLETES (9:00-11:00)
09:00
Welcome by Antonio Paoli, ESNS President
Chair: Kristin Jonvik (NOR)
09:15-09:45
Nutrition needs / thermoregulation
Speaker: Liz Broad (AUS)
09:45-10:05
Energy expenditure: what do we know/methodology
Speaker: Julia Baumgart (NOR)
10:05-10:25
Differences in body composition in various wheelchair sports/energy availability/supplementation
Speaker: Joelle Flueck (CH)
10:25-10:45
Presentation of the ParaNut Project
Speaker: Kristin Jonvik (NOR)
10:45-11:00
Results from the ParaNut project and practical implications
Speaker: Jan-Willen Van Dijk and Vera Weijer (NED)
11:00-11:20
Panel discussion: challenges in practical works
Speaker: Stiftelsen VI – para-athlete
2 SESSION: PROTEINS FOR HYPETROPHY AND ENDURANCE PERFORMANCE (12:30-14:15)
Chair: Antonio Paoli
12:30-13:10
Nutrition and its effect on muscle mass during hypertrophy training regime
Speaker: Luc van Loon (NED)
13:10-13:40
Proteins for aiding recovery and adaptation to endurance training
Speaker: Mette Hansen (DEN)
13:40-14:00
Aminoacetamia after ingestion of a protein hydrolysate produced from chicken carcass: a comparison against whey protein in a randomized, double-blinded cross-over study in health young and old
Speaker: Elise Lander (NOR)
3 SESSION: VEGETARIAN ATHLETES (14:30-15:45)
Chair: Truls Raastad (NOR)
14:30-15:10
How to cover the nutritional needs for the vegetarian athlete
Speaker: Asker Jeukendrup (NED)
15:10-15:40
Protein quality in vegan vs. animal food
Speaker: Oliver Witard (UK)
4 SESSION: INDIVIDUALIZED SPORT NUTRITION (16:00-17:30)
Chair: Mette Hansen (DEN)
16:00-16:30
Nutrition and immunity- what is important for elite athletes
Speaker: Neil Walsh (UK)
16:30-17:00
Calculating individual protein needs through amino acids oxidation
Speaker: Daniel Moore (CAN)
17:00-17:30
Maximal rates of fat oxidation
Speaker: Jørn Wulf Helge (DEN)
Saturday 27th November
5 SESSION: SUPPLEMENTS (09:00-10:30)
Chair: Ina Garthe (NOR)
09:15-09:45
Dietary Supplements – Risks and Benefits
Speaker: Hans Braun (GER)
09:45-10:05
Can acute or long-term manipulation of carbohydrate availability increase strength performance?
Speaker: Fredrik Tonstad Vårvik (NOR)
10:05-10:30
The effects of 6-week supplementation with multicomponent herbal extract on exercise performance, antioxidant status and telomere length, and self reported side effects in healthy men
Speaker: Nikola Todorovic (SRB)
6 SESSION: NUTRITION FOR REHABILITATION (10:30-11:10)
10:30-11:10
Fasting and Ketogenic Diet
Speaker: Antonio Paoli (ITA)
7 SESSION: RED-S IN THEORY AND SCIENCE (12:30-14:30)
Chair: Ina Garthe (NOR)
12:30-12:55
RED-S update – focus on health
Speaker: Anna Melin (SWE)
12:50-13:10
RED-S update – focus on performance
Speaker: Monica K Torstveit (NOR)
13:10-13:30
Prevention of RED-S and eating disorders in youth athletes: “hands on” experience from Healthy Sport
Speaker: Katja Smith Ødegaard and Kristin Lundanes Jonvik (NOR)
13:30-13:50
Periodization: most important tool for preventing RED-S in elite athletes?
Speaker: Ina Garthe (NOR)
14:10-14:30
Prevalence and risk factor of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport in elite and sub-elite Icelandic athletes
Speaker: Birna Vardardottir (ISL)
Closing Remarks
END OF THE CONFERENCE
Conference Scientific Board

Prof. Antonio Paoli, M.D., B.Sc. FECSS
- Full Professor of Exercise and Sport Sciences. Head of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences – School of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
- Vice-Rector for wellness and Sport, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
- President of the Italian Society of Exercise and Sport Sciences (SISMES)
- President ESNS European Sport Nutrition Society (ESNS)

Prof. Truls Raastad
- ESNS Vice President
- Department of Physical Performance, Norwegian School of Sport Science
- Consultant for the department of Sports Nutrition, Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sport

Prof. Mette Hansen
- ESNS Board Member
- Research unit for Exercise Biology
- Department for Public Health
- Aarhus University, Denmark

Ina Garthe, PhD
- ESNS Oslo Scientific Committee
- Professional sports nutrition manager
- Head of Sports Nutrition, The Norwegian Olympic Sports Centre