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Congress Concept & Theme
The main theme of the Congress is “Nutrition Security for All.” The Congress will address nutrition as an integrative science, linking with other disciplines such as biomedical and life sciences; food and agriculture; social and behavioral sciences to engage and advance evidence-based policies and programs within comprehensive food and health delivery systems.
The theme of the Congress will be addressed through 13 sub-themes broadly representing proximal determinants and ecological, social and cultural determinants of nutrition security for all people.
Keynote Topic
Addressing Nutrition and Health Challenges for the 21st Century
Plenary Topics
Plenary I: Global Efforts Towards Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Nutrition Well-being; Agriculture, Food Supply Systems and Trade for Nutrition Security
Plenary II: Molecular Genetics, Environment, and Diet-Related Diseases
Plenary III: Global Partnerships for Combating Obesity and Chronic Diseases
Plenary IV: Nutrition, Lifestyle and Cancer
Plenary V: Nutrition as a Sound Investment for Human Capital
The Cascades Feature:
ICN 2009 will feature “Cascades” of the sub-themes below by grouping the related topics together and by encouraging the flow of scientific knowledge to its application.
Cascade I: Scientific-based knowledge and model in nutrition science and food-based strategies
(a) Nutrient Requirements & Metabolism
| S01 |
Polyunsaturated fatty acids and human health: getting the balance right |
| S08 |
Recent advances in methods to determine amino acid requirements and availability in humans and animals |
| S52 |
Carbohydrates: Continuing controversies |
| S40 |
EURRECA network of excellence – Aligning micronutrient requirements |
| S15 |
Antioxidant defense/oxidative damage & nutrition |
| S38 |
Optimal calcium and vitamin D nutrition |
(b) Nutritional Assessment
| S03 |
Innovative tools and indicators for program planning and advocacy: mathematical modeling tools and new indicators for infants, young children and women of reproductive age |
| S23 |
Body composition from conception through infancy |
| S30 |
Nuclear techniques to move the nutrition agenda forward |
| S50 |
Household food security measurement in developing countries: can we inform better policy makers? |
(c) Clinical Nutrition
| S11 |
Novel lipids and their implications to health |
| S18 |
The metabolic syndrome : New insights into mechanisms and treatment |
| S41 |
Fight against malnutrition in hospitals |
(d) Food-based Strategies/Interventions for Optimal Nutrition
| S12 |
Ensuring appropriate nutrition from the start: Infant and young child nutrition |
| S21 |
Infant and young child nutrition: public private partnerships: experience from the field |
| S33 |
From biological efficacy to program effectiveness (the case of food fortification) |
Cascade II: Integrating agriculture, food systems, indigenous cuisines and diet quality
(e) Agriculture and Food Systems
| S16 |
Biofortified crops as an emerging nutrition intervention for two continents: state of the art update on rice and maize |
| S02 |
Bridging agriculture and health through nutrition |
| S09 |
Ensuring safe food supply - a continuing challenge |
(f) Food Cultures, Cuisines, and Indigenous Diets
| S53 |
Asian food culture: Dietary factors for obesity and diabetes |
| S31 |
Glutamate function in human nutrition, taste and satiety |
| S04 |
Various food practices for nutrition and health |
| S26 |
Challenge to nutrition security among diverse and vulnerable populations in U.S. and Canada: Access and availability to healthier foods in a changing food environment |
| S48 |
Indigenous peoples’ food systems and nutrition: Finding solutions in local cultures and environments |
(g) Right to Adequate Food
| S24 |
The human right to adequate food as a basis for good governance for nutritional wellbeing |
| S39 |
Nutritional benefit-risk assessments of foods and food consumption patterns |
| S54 |
Protecting nutrition in times of food price crisis: Programs and policy responses |
| S42 |
Econutrition: Integrating food based human nutrition with ecology and agrodiversity |
Cascade III: Application of knowledge to policy formulation, problem solving, disease prevention and health promotion
(h) Nutrition and the Triple “I”
| S05 |
Meeting the nutritional needs of adults and children living with HIV/AIDS in resource-poor settings: From science to practice |
| S10 |
Iron and malaria interactions: Where are we now and where do we go from here? |
| S25 |
Gut dynamics : the impact of prebiotics on gut health and well-being |
| S17 |
Nutrition and infection, inflammation and the immune system - update on impact and mechanisms |
(i) Obesity and Non-related Chronic Diseases
| S13 |
Childhood obesity: A global challenge |
| S20 |
Global alliance/WHO: Prevention and control of obesity and related chronic diseases |
| S28 |
Food, nutrition, physical activity and the prevention of cancer: Relevance & implications for global health |
(j) Nutrition Throughout the Life Course
| S55 |
Interactions within the ‘double burden’ of malnutrition: obesity, hyperlipidemia, insulin resistance and micronutrient deficiencies |
| S51 |
Preventing micronutrient deficiencies in women and young children: Emerging issues and latest findings |
| S27 |
Impact of interventions to enhance zinc status |
| S06 |
Correction of iodine deficiency in populations: strategies for control and the changing epidemiology of thyroid disorders with changes in iodine intake |
| S32 |
Nutrition, lifestyle, brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases: Quenching the fires of aging |
| S44 |
Nutrition and cognition in children: possible mechanisms of action |
| S34 |
The long term significance of nutrition in early childhood |
k) Evidence-based Policies & Programs to Address the Global Health and Nutritoin Goals
| S19 |
Africa nutrition highlights |
| S36 |
Asia nutrition highlights |
| S47 |
Europe nutrition highlights |
| S45 |
Latin America nutrition highlights |
(l)Food & Nutrition Interventions for Health
| S35 |
Obesity prevention – effective interventions using public-private partnerships |
| S43 |
Communication and partnership building to improve child nutrition |
| S56 |
A global perspective on consumer understanding and use of nutrition information on food labels |
| S46 |
Nutrition profiling and labeling: current research, controversies and impact |
Cross-Cutting Cascades I, II, and III
(m) Frontiers in Nutrition Research
| S37 |
Nutritional genomics in health and disease |
| S07 |
Epigenetics: linking nutritional, hereditary and environmental aspects of human health |
| S14 |
Building better programs through delivery science: Experiences, challenges and the way forward |
| S22 |
Understanding policy processes in nutrition |
| S29 |
Effects of micronutrient interventions early in life on health, development and survival later in life: Findings from randomized controlled trials (2 hours) |
| S49 |
Amino acids and related metabolites; nutritional and physiological significances in regulation of normal appetite, digestion and homeostasis for healthier life |
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