Day 1 :
Keynote Forum
Robert G LeFavi
Armstrong State University, USA
Keynote: The skinny on fat loss: An approach to weight management based on current research
Biography:
Robert LeFavi is a PhD holder, is Chairman, Department of Health Sciences, Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA, where he also serves as Professor of Sports Medicine. He has written over 30 scientific articles, made 50 national and international scientific presentations, has authored over 700 articles in the popular press, and has been an at-large Science Editor for two international fitness magazines. He is a certified strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and national coach for USA weightlifting, has been quoted as an expert in The New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and has appeared on CNN and ESPN.
Abstract:
Success of fitness professionals can be impacted by their ability to properly advise clients on dietary methods for healthy body composition. Recent research has shed new light on the efficacy on a previously proposed weight management regimen and on a new dietary concept, both of which point health/fitness specialists in a similar direction. This presentation will describe the historical and scientific framework of fat loss strategies over the past 70 years, and highlight successes and failures therein. A weight loss strategy that appears to have had consistent success will be evaluated, along with recent work in the field. Further, a new concept of weight management will be explained, which will assist in the understanding of the most current research. A theory combining these two ideas and methodologies will be presented. The result will be a new strategy enabling health/fitness professionals to engage clients desiring a reduction in body fat with yet another weight management tool with which to work.
Keynote Forum
Marialice Kern
San Francisco State University, USA
Keynote: The new exercise regime: Active virtual reality games and health
Time : 11:00-11:40
Biography:
Marialice Kern is a Professor and Department Chair of the Kinesiology Department at San Francisco State University, USA. She has received her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1988 and has been teaching at SFSU for 23 years. She is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and in 2015; she received the Recognition Award from the Southwest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Abstract:
With the increase in technology, individuals have begun thinking about new ways to increase their physical activity levels. People who are easily bored with conventional modes of exercise have begun looking to incorporation Virtual Reality (VR) into their fitness practices. Some VR games have very low activity levels associated with them, while others have very high levels. How much real exercise can you achieve when playing VR games? If you use your heart rate (HR) as the measure, is that just an indicator of your excitement or fear of the image coming at you, or is it a valid measure of exercise intensity? At San Francisco State University, we have been working with the VR Institute to quantify (through measures of oxygen consumption (VO2) and HR), the level of physical exercise achieved in specific VR games. We have developed a rated system (VRMet) which allows us to compare the caloric expenditure of playing these games to more conventional forms of exercise (i.e., walking, jogging, running, etc.). With this information, individuals can make informed decisions on the use of their time playing VR games and each game’s value to their health practices, as well as their added exercise enjoyment. This presentation will explore the evidence we have collected and where our information may lead VR and health in the future.
Keynote Forum
Aniceto Baltasar
2012 IFSO President, 2011 Outstanding Achievement award Finalist, Spain
Keynote: Four decades of bariatric surgery in a community hospital of Spain
Biography:
IFSO 2002-3 President; 2011 ASMBS Outstanding Achievement Finalist; SECO (Sociedad Española de Cirugía de la obesidad) Spanish Bariatric Society Founder
Abstract:
Introduction: Bariatric surgical practice changes in the community setting may be under-reported. We present the developments in a Spanish bariatric surgical practice in the community setting of Alcoy from its origin in 1977 through the present.
Methods: Bariatric surgical techniques employed in a country community setting over the course of nearly four decades are reviewed retrospectively and qualitatively.
Results: Surgeons and medical professionals from Alcoy, Spain were involved in the evolution of bariatric surgery patient management and surgical technique from 1977s through 2017. During the last 40 years, 1,475 patients were treated in our clinics. Spanish bariatric surgeons contributed to advances in gastric bypass in the 1970s, vertical banded gastroplasty in the 1980s, bilio-pancreatic diversion/duodenal switch in the 1990s, and innovations associated with laparoscopy from the 1990s onward. Outcomes and approaches to prevention and treatment of bariatric surgical complications are reviewed from a community perspective. Contributions to the bariatric surgical nomenclature and weight-loss reporting are noted.
Conclusions: The practice of bariatric surgery in the community setting must be updated continuously, as in any human and surgical endeavor. Medical professionals in community bariatric practices should contribute their experiences to the field through all avenues of scientific interaction and published papers.
Keynote Forum
Jose Palomar Lever
P-DTR Global AG, Switzerland
Keynote: P-DTR and rehabilitation
Time : 12:20-13:00
Biography:
Doctor Jose Palomar Lever is the founder and creator of P-DTR - a unique neurological method of treating functional diseases. He began his medical school education at the age of 17 at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, received his training in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Central Military Hospital and at the age of 24 performed his first orthopedic surgery.
Pursuing his interest in what he now refers to as the “software” of the human body, Dr. Palomar became a Diplomate in Applied Kinesiology from the International College of Applied Kinesiology and received the organization’s Alan Beardall Memorial Award for Research.
Today, in addition to pursuing an ongoing research program, Dr. Palomar conducts regular trainings in Proprioceptive – Deep Tendon Reflex (P-DTR) for medical practitioners in America and Europe, while continuing to practice medicine from his home base in Guadalajara.
Abstract:
P-DTR is a neurological, reflexogenic real-time manual therapy that balances sensory-motor homeostasis. The purpose of P-DTR treatment is to restore an optimal reflexive activity of the central nervous system to any kind of stimulus. The P-DTR method provides the tools to assess, diagnose, and treat dysfunctional receptors and instantly restore the afferent information flow. Will explain in brief, how functional neurology works for patients with traumatic injuries, postural dysfunctions and chronic pain. Basic concepts of how the brain receives information from different specific receptors. Why aberrant information changes the response of the brain, creating pain, limitations and a restricted range of motion. With a small manual intervention we can change the response of the nervous system and get fast results.
Findings
The theoretical core of the method is the pairing of dysfunctional afferent signals. The excessive afferent information, which arrives to the CNS from the paired receptor fields and the quantitative change of the information flow from one field, inevitably leads directly to the change of the information flow from another field. In other words, any stimulus to the CNS from a dysfunctional receptor will be compensated.
Keynote Forum
Sandy Weston
Weston Fitness, USA
Keynote: Train your head… Body will follow
Time : 16:40-17:20
Biography:
Sandy Joy Weston M.Ed. is the owner of Weston Fitness in Philadelphia. She received her Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from Temple University, and achieved her Bachelor of Science in Dance from West Chester University. Starting as a premiere personal trainer for stars like the 76ers and Flyers, she has now expanded her business to include 8 corporate fitness sites, has a growing blog, and book. She speaks all over the world, appearing in magazines, newspapers, and on Television and Radio shows regularly. Sandy lights up a room with her personality and simple system for achieving any goal.
Abstract:
“Train Your Mind, Body Will Follow” takes complicated subjects about the brain and body and breaks it down. From her experience as NBC10 Philadelphia’s Fitness expert, and coaching members of her gym to athletes, Sandy is able to help a wide-range of audiences tap into the power of their mentality. By fusing her expertise on kinesiology and positive psychology, she has created a system which helps her audience cultivate awareness and personal motivation through power statements. The formula was created in collaboration with Professors from Temple University’s Kinesiology
Department and The University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Department to address the way the mind and body function both separately and together. The components of the presentation, such as the creating power statements, and tracking personal progress are designed to take between 1-3 minutes per day, making it possible for anyone to adapt to this method of positive thinking. In the same way physical therapy patients work on moving certain muscles, they are working to train their brain on reconnecting the association to these muscles, as well. We are training our brain to create action plans through affirmations and cultivating positive habits.
This system is designed not to over-complicate things, but present these ideas in a manner that appeal to our innate craving for action. Not only is the awareness of the mind-body connection shown to make us happier, but the fact that we can tap into our motivations through this connection and increase our abilities to meet our goals, as well.
“Train Your Mind, Body Will Follow” takes complicated subjects about the brain and body and breaks it down. From her experience as NBC10 Philadelphia’s Fitness expert, and coaching members of her gym to athletes, Sandy is able to help a wide-range of audiences tap into the power of their mentality. By fusing her expertise on kinesiology and positive psychology, she has created a system which helps her audience cultivate awareness and personal motivation through power statements. The formula was created in collaboration with Professors from Temple University’s Kinesiology
Department and The University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Department to address the way the mind and body function both separately and together. The components of the presentation, such as the creating power statements, and tracking personal progress are designed to take between 1-3 minutes per day, making it possible for anyone to adapt to this method of positive thinking. In the same way physical therapy patients work on moving certain muscles, they are working to train their brain on reconnecting the association to these muscles, as well. We are training our brain to create action plans through affirmations and cultivating positive habits.
This system is designed not to over-complicate things, but present these ideas in a manner that appeal to our innate craving for action. Not only is the awareness of the mind-body connection shown to make us happier, but the fact that we can tap into our motivations through this connection and increase our abilities to meet our goals, as well.
- Obesity and Weight management | Childhood obesity | Fitness Research & Development |Physical Fitness| General Fitness Training| Innovations in Fitness Exercise | Exercise & Sports Science
Location: Majestic III
Chair
Aniceto Baltasar
2012 IFSO President, 2011 Outstanding Achievement award Finalist
Co-Chair
Jose Palomar Lever
P-DTR Global AG, Switzerland
Session Introduction
Horia Al Mawlawi
King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Title: Childhood obesity
Biography:
Horia Al Mawlawi has completed her Graduation and Post-graduation from King Abdulaziz University. She is currently working in Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Jeddah as an Instructor.
Abstract:
Childhood obesity is a major public health crisis nationally and internationally. The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased since few years in all pediatric age group in both sexes. Approximately 22 million children below 5 years of age overweight across the world. The number of overweight children and adolescents has doubled in last 2 to 3 decades in the world. World Health Organization on childhood obesity found that 41 million children below 5 years of age either obese or overweight as of 2014. However more than 90% of cases are idiopathic and less than 10% are associated with hormonal or genetic causes. The idiopathic mainly caused by imbalance between calorie intake and calories utilized. High calorie density and fat content of modern diet and lack of physical activity is associated with increased risk of obesity. Physical, psychological and social health problems are caused due to child health obesity. Comorbidities associated with obesity and overweight are similar in children as in adult population elevated blood pressure, dyslipidemia and high prevalence insulin resistance and type-2 diabetes appear as frequent complication in the overweight and obese pediatric population. Approaches in the prevention and treatment of childhood overweight and obesity are urgently required including first healthy diet and physical activity, when lifestyle modification is insufficient to reach weight loss and complication of obesity affect child health, pharmacotherapy is recommended if age more than 10 years. Bariatric surgery is reserved for carefully selected sub group of young children with obesity related co-morbid condition threaten the child health where lifestyle and medication have been evaluated but found not to be effective.
Tonia Mailow
Murray State University, USA
Title: Implementing an education program in elementary schools to improve healthy food choices
Biography:
Tonia L Mailow has completed her DNP from Eastern Kentucky University, USA. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Murray State University, School of Nursing in Murray, Kentucky. She teaches Nursing Assessment and Lab, Coordinates Adult Health Clinical and is Simulation Lab Coordinator. She serves on many committees in the School of Nursing as well as the University level. She has been a Nurse since the mid 90’s and in education for 10 years.
Abstract:
Childhood obesity is a major concern in the United States. Research suggests that nutrition education is needed to improve the knowledge of children about healthy nutrition choices. The need for clarity of lifestyle behaviors and education of children is vital and must be addressed. The purpose of this project was to provide an educational program specific to healthy food choices to elementary school teachers for implementation in the classroom and to increase the knowledge of elementary school teachers about reading food label and selecting healthier choices. Results of this project support the need for education on healthy food choices and reading food labels. Pre-and-post t-tests were conducted on mean scores to measure nutritional knowledge. An increase in scores suggested that the use of nutrition education can be successful in improving the knowledge of teachers about how to make healthy food choices and read food labels.
Alexandre Evangelista
Nove de Julho University, Brazil
Title: The reliability and validity of DISQ® equipment on ventilatory parameters and caloric cost at treadmill test in healthy subjects
Biography:
Alexandre Evangelista is graduated in Physical Education and completed his PhD in Science. He has expertise in Sports Training and Exercise Physiology and teaches Physical Education and disciplines of Bodybuilding and Personalized Training at Universidade Nove de Julho in Brazil. He is a Member of the study group on Physical Activity and Heath Promotion and Biodynamics of the exercise applied to sport, health and human performance, both at Universidade São Judas Tadeu, Brazil. He is the author of six books about functional training and street racing. He also lectures throughout Brazil and other South American countries on Load Control Training, Weight Loss and Health.
Abstract:
Introduction & Aim: Recent studies have shown that traditional exercise training may not be considered the faithful strategy to maximize caloric expenditure or enhance cardiorespiratory adaptations in several modalities of physical activities, especially running. Thus, different equipment has been built as alternative strategies, such as DISQ® equipment. However, there is a lack of physiological responses information about this equipment. In order to clarify it, the purpose of this study is to compare physiologic responses in a cardiorespiratory exercise test with DISQ® equipment.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: Fifteen (15) healthy subjects were voluntarily randomized and submitted to two maximal treadmill incremental cardiopulmonary exercise test with (Disq case) and without (control case) DISQ® equipment. The following parameters were evaluated by heart rate (HR), anaerobic threshold (An), respiratory compensation point (RCP) and exercise peak (EP): Ox (oxygen consumption: VO2 (L.min) and VO2 (ml.kg.min-1)) and CE (CHO, fat and total caloric expenditure-TCE).
Findings: No differences (p>0.05) were found on An, PCR and EP respectively to HR. In the Ox, no differences were found on An and PCR of Disq-case in comparison to control-case. However, the EP was different in the Ox. Finally, there was no difference between the two conditions in CE from CHO, fat and total caloric expenditure.
Conclusions: The maximal heart rate and oxygen consumption did not differ with the equipment. Some rational explanation for this can be addressed to higher peripheral fatigability induced by the equipment.
Sharon Phelan
The Institute of Technology in Tralee, Ireland
Title: Physical activity and well-being: An exploration of the mental and physical benefits achievable through dance
Biography:
Sharon Phelan lectures in Physical Education and Dance at the Institute of Technology, in Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland. She has danced with Siamsa Tire, the National Folk Theatre of Ireland, for over 25 years and she is a National Facilitator in Dance with the Department of Education. She was responsible for the first dance syllabus at second level in Ireland and she has also published internationally on dance, from educational, artistic and cultural perspectives. In 2014, her book, ‘Dance in Ireland: Steps, Stages and Stories’ was published by Cambridge Scholars Press. Her current areas of interest include supervision of dance research at masters and at doctoral levels and the use of distance learning in dance in third level. She is also completing another book, which focuses on dance-in-education from an all-inclusive perspective.
Abstract:
This paper explores the dance process as a means through which mental and fitness can be improved. Initially, the paper defines the interconnections between the body and the mind during the dance process. It challenges Descartes notion of Cartesian dualism; there the body and the mind are viewed as separate entities. Instead, the paper identifies where the dancer’s mind and body become fused as s/he dances. Ultimately, at this point the dancer becomes the dance and it is during this transcendental state, that the dancer’s mental and physical fitness are challenged in congruence. The paper moves on to addresses the physical benefits of dance. The approach will be twofold. Firstly, the paper will identify where regular dance sessions can develop components of fitness - cardio-respiratory fitness, muscular fitness and flexibility. In addition, sample dance types, which are particularly useful in the improvement of specific components of fitness, are identified. Finally, the paper outlines the mental benefits of dance. It focuses on dance as a form of self-expression and emotional release. It explores dance as a means through which a person’s self-confidence and self-esteem can be improved. It explores the social benefits of dance and it examines where dance can be used as a tool through which a person’s cultural identity can be identified and affirmed.
Biography:
Doctor Jose Palomar Lever is the founder and creator of P-DTR - a unique neurological method of treating functional diseases. He began his medical school education at the age of 17 at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, received his training in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Central Military Hospital and at the age of 24 performed his first orthopedic surgery.
Pursuing his interest in what he now refers to as the “software” of the human body, Dr. Palomar became a Diplomate in Applied Kinesiology from the International College of Applied Kinesiology and received the organization’s Alan Beardall Memorial Award for Research.
Today, in addition to pursuing an ongoing research program, Dr. Palomar conducts regular trainings in Proprioceptive – Deep Tendon Reflex (P-DTR) for medical practitioners in America and Europe, while continuing to practice medicine from his home base in Guadalajara.
Abstract:
It is generally accepted that the pursuit of fitness through exercise is a great way to improve health generally. It also improves cardiovascular endurance and maintains strength and flexibility. However, we frequently experience various problems while training. The P-DTR concept of Neurological Health provides answers to all of these questions and offers a practical, very safe and effective solution to improve performance and avoid injury.
The core principles of P-DTR are based on neurophysiology laws.
CNS mainly gathers information from our sensory receptors. Everything that we can see, hear, touch, taste, and feel, together with all of the information from our muscles, ligaments, joints, and tendons is conveyed through these receptors. Our response to the world would be 90% reflexive; all of our movements are constantly controlled by our central nervous system.
Each type of receptor is stimulated and when the threshold for that receptor has been exceeded by the amount of stimuli, the stimuli are converted into electrical impulses. These electrical impulses form the afferent information that reaches the CNS with each type of input being relayed along their respective pathways.
The CNS receives this information, interprets it, and carries out a motor (muscle contraction or inhibition), endocrine (glands secretion), vegetative (redness of the skin, for example), or cognitive response based on the synthesis of all of the information that it has received.
The central tenant of P-DTR is to recognize that if the sensory receptor signal entering the CNS is in itself for any reason dysfunctional, then the brain has no option but to provide for a dysfunctional output with a compensation mechanism and that means some reflexes will be inhibited or over facilitated, which will result in a skeletomuscular imbalance. Visually, we can observe it in bad posture, bad gait, limited range of motions, and incapability of performing certain movements.
Conclusion:
Any sports activity at any level of intensity could be traumatic if the CNS is not properly organized. The optimal functioning of the CNS provides for optimal movements and healthy performance. Knowledge of the CNS assessment as well as its function and correction is vital in the fitness and exercise industry if injury is to be avoided and a high level of performance is to be achieved. Professional sports trainers and rehab specialists should be able to correctly assess and treat the priority cause of the problem to provide their clients with efficient sports activities.
Aniceto Baltasar
2012 IFSO President, 2011 Outstanding Achievement award Finalist, Spain
Title: Sliding self-locking first stitch and aberdeen knots in suture reinforcement with omentoplasty of the laparoscopic gastric sleeve staple line-A video presentation
Biography:
IFSO 2002-3 President; 2011 ASMBS Outstanding Achievement Finalist; SECO (Sociedad Española de Cirugía de la obesidad) Spanish Bariatric Society Founder
Abstract:
Bleeding and leaks, related to the long gastric staple line, are the most feared complications after LSG reinforcement of the staple line can be done with different buttressing materials and also performing a running suture of the staple line. In our hospital we routinely prevent bleeding and leaks at the gastric sleeve with the use of a reinforcing running suture with omentoplasty of the whole length of the gastric staple-line. We have used an sliding self-locking 1st stitch and finish it with the Aberdeen-DeCushieri knot in more than 1450 cases in SG plus omentoplasty on the staple-line full antrectomy, omentoplasty plus suture reinforcement of the staple-line prevent twisting of the sleeve, bleeding and may decrease the leak rate.