Nutrition
Upcoming Events:
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.
Save $5 with the discount code SAFEFOOD5 and register by October 23 for early bird savings.
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.
Baby
Talk: Closing the Achievement Gap, Word by Word
November 11, 2014
By the time they are 3, children from low-income families hear 30 million fewer words than their high-income peers. Join us for a public panel discussion on early childhood development and strategies to boost school readiness for all children.
FDA launches the 2014 Food Safety Challenge, calling all cutting edge food safety technologies to fight foodborne illness go.usa.gov/drmJ
Call for Early Career Investigator and Underrepresented Minority Travel Fellowship Applications
For Diabetic Kidney Disease: Drug Discovery and Clinical Development Challenge
Applications are invited from qualified early career investigators and early career investigators from underrepresented minorities. For detailed information on eligibility and application instructions, please send an email to [log in to unmask] with
"Fellowship Information" in the subject line. The deadline for submission of applications is October 17, 2014. www.nyas.org/DiabeticKidneyDisease
Recent Podcasts:
The
Science of Local Food
Locavorism is all the rage these days, but does science back it up? Is local food more nutritious? Can it improve our environment? And does it even taste better? This June, we invited a panel of experts from the New York area to find out.
A
Thought for Food: Sugar in the Morning...
The battle of wills to resist the last cupcake isn't the only one being waged over sugar. In fact, sugar—or fructose to be more precise—is one of the most hotly contested subjects in the world of nutrition. Find out why in the fifth edition of our nutrition
series.
Getting
Behind the Resveratrol Hype
A few years ago, Resveratrol—a compound found in red wine and dark chocolate, among other foods—made a splash in the news as an anti-aging wonder and was soon after seized upon by marketers. But the truth is that research is still in its early stages. Dr. Joseph
Baur leads us through the science behind the hype.
A
Thought for Food: Fat Lot of Good
Trans fat, saturated fat, hydrogenated oil—such terms are plastered on food labels across the country. But what do any of them really mean? Find out all about fat in this episode of our nutrition series.
Fall Readings:
Annals Reports
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
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