Nutrition
Participate in a survey on Chronic Disease Prevention,
conducted by the Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science as part of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to assess disease prevention and health promotion in the U.S. Survey ends August 15; contribute your valuable opinions today.
Upcoming Events:
Early-Life Influences on Obesity: From Pre-Conception to Adolescence
September 26, 2014
This conference will present how maternal nutrition, the microbiome, metabolic disorders, and fetal development affect obesity rates.
Food Safety Considerations for Innovative Nutrition Solutions
November 6, 2014
This conference will discuss issues of food security, economics, policy and communication related to food safety. Keynotes include Walmart Vice President of Food Safety Frank Yiannas and Vice President and Director of the Institute for Food Safety and Health
at Illinois Institute of Technology Dr. Robert E. Brackett.
Early bird registration ends October 23, 2014
Use promo code "SAFEFOOD5" to receive $5 off registration!
Shaping the Developing Brain: Prenatal through Early Childhood
November 11-13, 2014
Discover the latest cognitive neuroscience research on infant and early childhood development; social, family, and nutritional factors that cause lasting changes to the brain; and intervention, education, and policy
to help at-risk children.
Early Bird Deadline is October 3, 2014. Poster Abstract Deadline is September 15, 2014.
The Afterschool STEM Mentoring program is looking for graduate and postdoctoral students from New York City-area and Newark, NJ- area universities to volunteer to teach one afternoon
a week in underserved 4th through 8th grade afterschool classrooms at organizations like the YMCA and the Boys and Girls Clubs. Mentors can choose to teach a life sciences curriculum or computing/physical sciences curriculum and can receive an Academy Fellow
Teaching Credential for completing a semester of teaching and training.
Applications now being accepted until August 15th for Fall 2014. For more information, visit: www.nyas.org/AfterschoolProgram.
Recent Podcasts:
A Research Agenda for Nutrition Science: Why and How?
Nutrition science can help make the world a healthier, happier place, but how do researchers know where to start?
A Research Agenda for Nutrition Science: Mobilizing the Community
Scientists, health professionals, and food industry representatives discuss the importance of addressing global nutrition needs from a multidisciplinary perspective.
A Research Agenda for Nutrition Science: Activating the Agenda
Scientists, health professionals, and food industry representatives discuss the process of putting the Research Agenda for Nutrition Science into action.
The Problem with Protein
Experts discuss innovations in food science and programming that are aimed at sustainably producing adequate protein for the global population.
Summer Reading:
Consumer
Behavior and Food Science Innovations for Optimal Nutrition
Clinical
and Economic Outcomes of Nutrition Interventions across the Continuum of Care
How
to Make Eggs in Space
Technical
Considerations for Maize Flour and Corn Meal Fortification in Public Health
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