Nutrition
Featured Event:
April 16, 2015
How can we leverage progress in nutritional science, genetics, computer science and behavioral economics to address the challenge of non-communicable disease? Join us for this
one-day conference highlighting the connection between nutrition and the complex science of preventing disease.
This forum will focus on promotion of optimal metabolic health, building on input from several complementary disciplines, with ample time for discussion interaction and networking.
Speakers will discuss:
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The basic science of optimal metabolic health with a focus on the microbiome and gene-diet interactions.
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Epidemiological evidence in nutrition to define better targets and better interventions.
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How nutrition, from pharma to lifestyle, can build on systems science to address complex issues.
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Featuring Dr Frank Hu, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health.
Use Code "Prevention10" at Registration for a Discount!
Upcoming Event:
Towards Evidence-based Nutrition
Policy: Methods, Implementation, and Political Reality
October 16, 2015 To the extent possible, this all-day event will be required for students in PH 722 during the fall 2015 semester.
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Well-informed nutrition policy decisions which consider scientific evidence should strive for effective policies that improve health outcomes on a large scale. This one-day conference
will focus on emerging research methodology, how to interpret research outcomes and how these can be used to inform policy. Speakers will address:
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Methods for building an evidence base – What is new in nutrition policy research?
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How to move from evidence to policy, using real-life examples of policy unfolding.
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Science or spin: Media personalities tasked with covering nutrition science and policy.
Recent Podcasts:
Nutrition and Early Childhood Development
Integrating nutrition and early childhood development interventions may amplify the benefits of both for the world's underprivileged children.
Food
as Medicine: Nutrition and Global Health
In the second of a two-part series, experts look at the links between health and nutrition. They examine everything from how nutrition impacts hospital stays, to cancer and aging, to developing food science innovations, and improving diet.
Spring Readings:
Can Dementia Be Prevented Through Nutrition?
Despite growing evidence supporting the positive role nutrition plays in dementia prevention, nutrition is rarely employed as a prevention strategy. Dr. Amy Beaudreault from The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science at the New York Academy
of Sciences offers perspectives on how nutrition, specifically vitamin B12, vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids and phytonutrients, may help prevent cognitive decline and dementia.
Food Safety Considerations for Nutrition Science
Shaping the Developing Brain: Spotlight on Nutrition
and Brain Development
A Global Research Agenda for Nutrition Science
Paths of Convergence for Agriculture, Health,
and Wealth
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