The Summer Meeting of the Nutrition Society with be held at Queen’s University Belfast between the 16-19th July 2012. Around 400+ delegates from the UK, Ireland and other European countries are expected to attend – from nutritionists, dietitians and food industry representatives, through to academics, students and researchers.
The programme focuses on translational nutrition and the links between research, practice and policy, and the topics of the four main symposia will be:
- Innovation in diet and lifestyle assessment
- Intervention study design and personalised nutrition
- Diet, insulin resistance and diabetes
- Diet and aging
The current provisional list of invited speakers include Food & Function Advisory Board member Professor Mike Gibney from University College Dublin. More details about the event and the speakers can be found on the conference website.