RACMEM
Recent Advances & Controversies in the Measurement of Energy Metabolism

Local Organising Committee:
Shigeho Tanaka, Kumpei Tokuyama, Masanobu Hibi, Kouichi Yasunaga
Scientific Program
Saturday 21st October
08:30 – 08:45 Welcome
Shigeho Tanaka
08:45 – 09:30 Keynote Lecture 1 (Moderator: Kong Chen)
Energy expenditure and its role in long and short term weight gain
Jonathan Krakoff
09:30 – 09:35 Break
09:35 – 10:55 Session 1: Exercise and energy metabolism (Moderator: Edward Melanson)
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Metabolic adaptations following massive weight loss with and without exercise
Darcy L. Johannsen
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Energy expenditure of low-level and isometric exercise: Exploring new approaches to study thermogenesis
Abdul G Dulloo
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Effects of high intensity intermittent exercise on post-exercise resting oxygen consumption
Katsunori Tsuji
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RER for the masses
Gary Shaw
10:55 – 11:20 Coffee/tea break
09:35 – 10:55 Session 2: Energy metabolism in animals (Moderator: Dale A. Schoeller)
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Why do penguins not fly?
John R. Speakman
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Energy expenditure, activity, and life history in great apes
Herman Pontzer
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Long-term calorie restriction decrease metabolic cost of movement and prevents decrease of physical activity during aging in rhesus monkeys
Yosuke Yamada
12:20 – 14:00 Lunch / Poster Session
14:00 – 15:20 Session 3: Diet, Nutrition and energy metabolism (Moderators: Paul MacLean & Masanobu Hibi)
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Obesity's impact on lactation: Consequences on energy balance and postnatal programming
Paul MacLean
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Running for youth; on the behavioral energetics of aging mice
Gertjan Van Dijk
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Enhanced body fat utilization as energy induced by dietary polyphenols
Koichi Yasunaga
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Effect of protein overfeeding on energy expenditure measured in a metabolic chamber
Leanne M Redman
15:20 – 15:25 Coffee/tea break
15:25 – 16:10 Mini Debate: Does HF diet affect the accuracy of DLW? (Moderator: Paul MacLean)
John Speakman vs. Gertjan Van Dijk
16:10 – 16:30 Coffee/tea break
16:30 – 17:50 Symposium 1: Why is the prevalence of obesity in Japan low?
(Moderators: Shigeho Tanaka & Van Hubbard)
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Why is the prevalence of obesity in Japan low?
From epidemiological aspect
Hidemi Takimoto
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Why is the prevalence of obesity in Japan low?
From metabolic aspect
Fuminori Katsukawa
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Why is the prevalence of obesity in Japan low?
From physiological aspect
Kunio Torii
18:00 – 19:45 Conference Dinner
Sunday 12th October
08:30 – 09:15 Keynote Lecture 2 (Moderator: Shigeho Tanaka)
Brown adipose tissue, energy expenditure, and obesity in humans
Masayuki Saito
09:15 – 09:20 Break
09:20 – 10:40 Session 4: Brown adipose tissue (Moderator: Masayuki Saito)
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Biological determinants of brown adipose tissue activity and capacity
Denis Richard
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Recruitment of brown adipose tissue after daily ingestion of catechin in men [YIA Best Abstract Award]
Takeshi Yoneshiro
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Quantifying shivering using electromyography and heart rate variability in healthy lean young men
Robert J Brychta
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Noninvasive evaluation of human brown adipose tissue using quantitative near-infrared spectroscopy
Takafumi Hamaoka
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee/tea break
11:00 – 12:20 Session 5: Methodology for prediction total energy expenditure
(Moderators : Kong Chen & Guy Plasqui)
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Understanding the impact of exercise-induced increases in energy expenditure on heat balance in older adults and individuals with chronic disease: a calorimetric perspective
Glen Kenny
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Respiratory chambers: beyond energy expenditure
Eric Ravussin
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Common calibration applied to four calorimeter laboratories
Jon Moon
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Interactions between thermal biology and energy homeostasis in the mouse
Gustavo Abreu-Vieira
12:20 – 12:40 Young Investigator Awards: Best abstract & poster awards
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Metabolic responses to different high-fat meals in normal weight and obese women [Abstract Award]
Jamie A Cooper
12:40 – 14:40 Lunch & Human Calorimeter Tour in Kao
14:40 – 16:00 Symposium 2: Influence of circadian misalignment on energy metabolism
(Moderators: Kumpei Tokuyama & Karl Friedl)
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Impact of sleep restriction on energy balance
Marie-Pierre St-Onge
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Impact of circadian misalignment induced by simulated shiftwork on energy metabolism
Kenneth P Wright
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Forward genetics of sleep in mice
Masashi Yanagisawa
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee/tea break
16:20 – 17:05 Keynote Lecture 3 (Moderator: Guy Plasqui)
Appetite control and energy balance
Margriet S Westerterp-Plantenga
17:05 Closing
Kumpei Tokuyama