Nutrition during pregnancy and infancy can exert important long-term effects on development and health. Programming effects of early nutrition are important with regards to biomedical research, nutritional and health care practice, and policy decisions. This International Conference is supported by the European Commission as part of the scientific activities of the European Early Nutrition Programming Project (EARNEST FOOD-CT-2005-007036). Recent findings, state of the art knowledge and future perspectives on the fascinating relationship between maternal and infant diet and the various biochemical, physiological and health outcomes at later ages will be presented. In a multidisciplinary approach, scientists, clinicians, representatives of advisory and regulatory bodies as well as food manufacturers are brought together to produce synergistic approaches for further advances in this field. Renowned leaders in their fields will provide state of the art overviews, ably supported by new investigators presenting their latest exciting findings.
Topics
- Clinical studies
- Epidemiology
- Animal, cell and molecular studies
- Consumer attitudes
- Economic/public health impact studies
- Others
