March 20-22, 2018
Explore how food impacts children’s growth with a focus on obesity and malnutrition, infections, allergy, and the emerging field linking nutrition and behavior.
5:30pm - 6:00pm
6:00pm - 6:15pm
6:15pm - 7:00pm
Assessment and control of nutritional deficiencies globally
7:00pm
Session 1
The early impact of food on children’s growth & metabolism and how to prevent malnutrition and metabolic diseases
8:30am - 9:00am
Dietary reference intakes around distinct nutritional needs
9:00am - 9:30am
Dietary interventions for infants and children in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs)
9:30am - 10:00am
Dairy intake and bone growth during childhood
10:00am - 10:30am
How to assess nutrition and provide practical recommendations to the family
10:30am - 11:00am
11:00am - 12:30pm
Socio-economical and regulatory issues in relation to children nutrition
12:30pm - 2:15pm
Session 2
Immune status and susceptibility to allergy & infections. Role of diet and specific ingredient strategies
2:15pm - 2:45pm
Determinants of allergenicity and modulation of allergies. Rationale for perinatal intervention. Prebiotics example.
2:45pm - 3:15pm
Links between malnutrition & intestinal infections in children from LMICs
3:15pm - 3:45pm
The gut microbiome: an emerging modifiable risk factor for iImproving immune function and child health
3:45pm - 4:15pm
4:15pm - 5:45pm
Immune fortification and allergy control strategies, regulatory issues (new ingredients and medical food) and interventional approaches using connecting devices
5:45pm - 6:15pm
6:15pm - 6:45pm
Nutritional challenges for children in China
7:00 pm
Session 3
Links between diet, microbiota and behavioral changes: preclinical, clinical and epidemiological studies
8:30am - 9:00am
Links between nutrition & cognition in children
9:00am - 9:30am
The microbiota-gut-brain axis in health and diseases of the newborn
9:30am - 10:00am
10:00am - 10:45am
The nutritional impact on cognitive and behavioral performance
10:45am - 11:30am
Nutrition of the future
11:30am - 12:00pm
12:00pm