Food in Action

Congress objective
To better understand not only the barriers for behavior change, but also the initiatives that motivate healthier diet and lifestyle choices.

Food in Action, a novel approach
Obesity and overweight are chronic conditions influenced by a multitude of factors. They are the result of energy imbalance over a long period of time. Individual behaviours, environmental factors, and genetics all contribute to the complexity of the obesity epidemic. However, individual behaviour and the environment are the greatest areas for prevention and treatment.

Kirsi Pietiläinen (Fl)

What are the main barriers to changing diet and lifestyle?

Kirsi Pietiläinen earned her MD (2001), PhD in obesity research (2004) and MSc degree in nutrition (1994) from the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Currently resident in internal medicine and researcher at the Obesity Research Unit, Helsinki University Central Hospital, she actively pursues studies focusing on genetic and environmental causes and consequences of obesity in twins. Her research includes an ample representation of metabolic, genetic, nutritional and psychosocial aspects of obesity.

She has lectured widely on the etiology, prevention and evidence-based management of obesity, and related metabolic disorders. Dr Pietiläinen is the president of the Finnish Association for the Study of Obesity.

She took the initiate of establishing the Young Investigators United - network under the European Association for the Study of Obesity in 2005.

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