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

antonio paoli president

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)
sport nutrition scientific society

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