8th Fribourg Obesity Research Conference (FORC-2015) Abstracts: 'Nutrition, Movement & Sleep Behaviors: their interactions in pathways to Obesity and Cardiometabolic diseases'.

• Interactions between movement, sleep & other non-movement behaviors in pathogenesis of childhood obesity • Clock genes as regulators of metabolic rhythms: interlinking locomotory activity, food-seeking behavior and thermal regulation • Role of sleep and circadian disruption on energy expenditure and in metabolic predisposition to human obesity and cardiometabolic risks • SMART approaches for assessing (& motivating) free-living energy expenditure following identification of types of physical activity • The effect of exercise on non-exercise physical activity and sedentary behavior • Movement-associated isometric thermogenesis: a neglected variable in energy expenditure & obesity predisposition Abdul Dulloo • Gene regulatory networks applications: from adipocyte developmental biology to the regulation of movement Bart Deplanchke • Tackling obesity at the community level by integrating healthy diet, movement and non-movement behaviors: Evidence-based feasibility and future challenges