International Leaders in Nutrition Science to Convene in Boston, MA September 19-21, 2006 at The First Annual Friedman Symposium
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Boston, MA (PRWEB) August 12, 2006
Experts in nutrition science and policy will travel from all over the world to attend the first annual Friedman Symposium, September 19–21, 2006 at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, Boston, MA. The Symposium will provide an unbiased and neutral forum for engaging scientists and policy makers from the government, the public and private sector to discuss high-priority nutrition research issues. Nutrition scientists will partake in two full days of lectures, panel discussions and questions & answer sessions. This proficient group in the field of nutrition will gather to present the most current research available and to form concise pictures of global issues.
Dean Eileen Kennedy of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy is pleased that the symposium will provide a forum for presenting current nutrition research and debate that will impact the 2010 Dietary Guidelines. “Getting Dietary Guidelines ‘right’ may be the single most critical step to addressing the growing and preventable health crises of heart disease, obesity, diabetes and other serious illnesses affecting American and world populations,” said Dean Kennedy.
Symposium Speakers and topics include:
Dr. Stephen Barnes; Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Director, Center for Nutrient-Gene Interaction, and Co-Director, Purdue-UAB Botanicals Center for Age-Related Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham “Health Benefits of Phenolics and Their Implications for Dietary Guidelines”
Dr. Ingeborg A. Brouwer: Wageningen University, Centre For Food Sciences, The Netherlands “Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids: Who Needs It and How Much?”
Dr. John Milner; Chief, Nutritional Sciences Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health “Food-based Herbals: Should They Have a Place on the Dietary Guideline Table?”
Dr. Michael Sawka; Chief, Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division, U. S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine “Hydration: Do We Need Dietary Guidelines for Beverages?”
Ms. Sally Squires, MS; Nationally Syndicated Lean Plate Club Columnist, The Washington Post and Ms. Sylvia Rowe: Adjunct Professor, Tufts University, President, SR Strategy, Past President & CEO, International Food Information Council “Do We Have Any Idea How to Communicate the Dietary Guidelines?”
Dr. Ricardo Uauy: President, International Union of Nutrition Sciences and Mr. Lance Friedmann; Senior Vice President, Global Health & Wellness, Kraft Foods
“Pyramid, Pagoda, Bowl: Does It Matter? Global Dietary Guidelines”
Dr. Elizabeth Yetley: Senior Nutrition Research Scientist, Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health “Dogma or Duty? Evidence-Based Nutrition for DRI Revisions and Dietary
Guidelines 2010”
Other Symposium presenters and topics along with the full two-day program may be found on the conference web site at http://nutrition. tufts. edu/conferences/symposium/ (http://nutrition. tufts. edu/conferences/symposium/)
The program for the Friedman School Symposium is chaired by Drs. Robert Russell and Simin Nikbin Meydani, Director and Associate Director respectively of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are published every five years by the Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture. They are the basis for Federal food and nutrition education programs and provide concise information about healthy diet and reducing risk of serious chronic disease.
The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University is the only independent school of nutrition in the United States. Degree programs include Basic and Clinical Nutrition, Applied Nutrition, and Communications and Policy. The school’s centers, which focus on questions relating to famine, hunger, poverty, and communications, are renowned for the application of scientific research to national and international policy. For two decades, the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University has studied the relationship between good nutrition and good health in aging populations. Tufts research scientists work with federal agencies to establish the USDA Dietary Guidelines, the Dietary Reference Intakes, and other significant public policies.
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