Bein út­sending: Orku­drykkir og ungt fólk

Er aukin neysla ungmenna á koffíni áhyggjuefni? Þessari spurningu verður velt upp á malþingi Matvælastofnunar sem hefst klukkan 10. Hægt er að fylgjast með þinginu í spilaranum að neðan.

Sérfræðingar munu þar fjalla um rannsóknir á áhrifum koffíns á ungt fólk og þær reglur sem gilda um markaðssetningu orkudrykkja.

Jón Gíslason, forstjóri Matvælastofnunar, setur þingið klukkan 10, en Ingibjörg Gunnarsdóttir, prófessor við matvæla- og næringarfræðideild hjá Háskóla Íslands, er fundarstjóri.

Fundurinn er hluti af samstarfi Norðurlandanna og fer fram á ensku. Áætlað er að þinginu ljúki klukkan 15:30.

Dagskrá fundarins:

09:45 – 10:00 Registration and coffee

10:00 – 10:10 Opening Jón Gíslason Director General of the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST)

10:10 – 10:25 Energy drinks and Icelandic young people in a changing society! Prof. Ingibjörg Gunnarsdóttir, University of Iceland

10:25 – 10:55 24/7 Insomniacs: sleep deprivation, energy drinks and other factors – a study in young people Margrét Lilja Guðmundsdóttir, Univ. of Reykjavik

10:55 – 11:20 Sleep habits among young Icelanders - Energy drinks, screen time and other influential factors Dr. Erla Björnsdóttir, University of Reykjavik

11:20 – 12:10 Adolescent caffeine use and associated behaviors: Summary of latest research evidence Associate Prof. Alfgeir L. Kristjansson, West Virginia University

12:10 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 13:45 The risk of caffeine consumption from multiple sources among 8-18 year-olds in Norway Dr. Ellen Bruzell, VKM (The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment)

13:45 – 14:15 How do Nordic countries regulate energy drinks? Sandra Fisker Tomczyk, DVFA (The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration) and Zulema Sullca Porta, MAST (The Icelandic Food and veterinary Authority)

14:15 – 14:30 Break

14:30 – 15:00 Do health authorities, schools, colleges and sports clubs need to work together? Sigríður Kristín Hrafnkelsdóttir (Directorate of Health), Ása Sjöfn Lórensdóttir (Development Centre for Primary Healthcare) and Fríða Rún Thordardóttir (The National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland)

15:00 – 15:30 Panel discussion – The way forward