Recent Contributions

Date	Categories	Title	Author	Format
February 03, 2012	Abdominal Obesity/Body Fat Distribution Hypertension Diabetes	Clinical management of CVD risk in abdominal obesity and type 2 diabetes targeting blood pressure	Paul Poirier, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACC, FAHA, Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Laval, Québec City, Quebec, Canada	Slide Library 43 slides 2 MB
February 01, 2012	Inflammation Insulin Resistance Nutrition	Has there been any significant advances made in our understanding of nutritional factors modulating insulin resistance and inflammation?	André Marette, PhD, Department of Medicine, Université Laval, Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada	Expert Opinions Video 1:24 min. 6 MB
January 25, 2012	Abdominal Obesity/Body Fat Distribution Adipose Tissue Metabolism	Could you describe the key regional differences in adipose tissue morphology and metabolism?	André Tchernof, PhD, Department of Nutrition, Université Laval, Endocrinology and Genomics axis, Laval University Medical Centre, Québec, QC, Canada	Expert Opinions Video 1:44 min. 8 MB
January 18, 2012	Abdominal Obesity/Body Fat Distribution Cardiovascular Disease Hypertension	How do you see the future of assessment and management of valve diseases?	Patrick Mathieu, MD, Department of Surgery, Université Laval, Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada	Expert Opinions Video 2:15 min. 10 MB
January 11, 2012	Cardiovascular Disease Ethnicity Genetics	Could you tell us more about the history and rationale of the Dallas Heart Study?	Gloria Lena Vega, PhD, The Metabolic Unit, Lipid, and Diabetes Clinics of the Veterans Affairs North Health Care System, Dallas, TX, USA	Expert Opinions Video 1:29 min. 7 MB
January 04, 2012	Cardiovascular Disease Diabetes Nutrition	In your epidemiological studies, which key nutritional factors have you identified in the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes?	Frank Hu, MD, PhD, Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA	Expert Opinions Video 1:48 min. 8 MB
December 28, 2011	Diabetes Hypertension Lipids/Lipoproteins	What are the key therapeutic targets to optimally reduce cardiovascular disease risk in patients with type 2 diabetes?	Darren McGuire, MD, MHSC, Division of Cardiology and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA	Expert Opinions Video 0:37 min. 2 MB
December 21, 2011	Ethnicity Abdominal Obesity/Body Fat Distribution Metabolic Syndrome	Could you describe the situation in Mexico regarding the evolving prevalence of abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome?	Carlos A. Aguilar-Salinas, MD, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Salvador Zubiran (INCMNSZ), Mexico City, Mexico	Expert Opinions Video 1:08 min. 5 MB
December 14, 2011	Ethnicity Nutrition Obesity	Which emergent economies are mostly afflicted by an overconsumption of sugar-sweetened beverages?	Barry Popkin, PhD, Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health and Medicine Department of Economics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA	Expert Opinions Video 1:16 min. 5 MB
December 07, 2011	Cardiovascular Disease Obesity	How is this International Congress on Abdominal Obesity different from other international medical meetings?	Walmir Coutinho, MD, Professor of Endocrinology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Expert Opinions Video 0:34 min. 2 MB
November 30, 2011	Abdominal Obesity/Body Fat Distribution Cardiometabolic Risk Cardiovascular Disease	Could you comment on the evolution of the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk since it was launched 5 years ago?	Peter Libby, MD, Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA	Expert Opinions Video 1:28 min. 7 MB
November 23, 2011	Epidemiology Physical Activity/Exercise	What are potentially interesting new tools to better assess physical activity both in large epidemiological studies as well as in clinical pratice?	Nicholas J. Wareham, MB, PhD, Director, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK	Expert Opinions Video 1:27 min. 7 MB
November 16, 2011	Cardiovascular Disease Diabetes Ectopic Fat	What is the relationship of visceral adiposity and liver fat to cardiometabolic risk?	Jean-Pierre Després, PhD, FAHA, FIAS, Scientific Director, International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk, Professor, Division of Kinesiology, Université Laval, Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada	Expert Opinions Video 1:10 min. 5 MB
November 09, 2011	Abdominal Obesity/Body Fat Distribution Lipids/Lipoproteins Metabolic Syndrome	Why are HDL cholesterol levels low among individuals with abdominal obesity and with features of the metabolic syndrome?	H. Bryan Brewer, Jr., MD, Director, Washington Cardiovascular Associates, Senior Research Consultant, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., USA	Expert Opinions Video 0:41 min. 3 MB
November 08, 2011	Nutrition Cardiometabolic Risk Diabetes	Health benefits of substituting water for sugar-sweetened beverages	The International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk	Webcasts Video 3:42 min. 17 MB