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LIVESTREAM: Nourishing tomorrow: Equipping children and young people for better dietary health in the future.

LIVESTREAM: Nourishing tomorrow: Equipping children and young people for better dietary health in the future.

Highlights

  • Delivered Online

  • 6 hours

  • All levels

Description

British Nutrition Foundation Annual Conference.

25th November, 10am-4pm, ONLINE

Programme

Chair: Elaine Hindal, Chief Executive, British Nutrition Foundation

Annual Lecture and Awards

  • 10am Welcome – Elaine Hindal, Chief Executive, British Nutrition Foundation

  • 10.10am Annual Lecture, Professor Glenn Gibson, University of Reading:
    Faecal attraction: Stories (and some data) from 40 years of gut microbiology research

  • 10.50am Awards ceremony

  • 11.10am Break

Main conference (subject to change)

11.30 – 1pm Session 1: the challenges

  • The Born in Bradford Study – research on the health challenges faced by families
    Professor Maria Bryant, University of York

  • Unpacking the Food Environment: Implications for children and families
    Professor Amelia Lake, Teesside University

  • The impact of Free School Meals in London
    Joanne McCartney, Deputy Mayor for Children and Families, Greater London Authority

  • Panel discussion

1pm – break

2pm – 4pm Session 2: the solutions

  • Holiday hunger and the impact of Holiday HAF clubs on child health
    Professor Greta Defeyter, Northumbria University

  • The impact of treatment programmes for children and young people living with obesity
    Professor Paul Gately, Leeds Beckett University

  • A global view: the UNESCO report on Education and Nutrition
    Professor Donald Bundy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

  • The role of UK schools and education initiatives on child health
    Claire Theobald & Frances Meek, Education Services Managers, British Nutrition Foundation

  • University initiatives for changing dietary behaviour: Menus for Change
    Matt Tebbit, Head of bars and dining at the University of Reading


  • Panel discussion

  • Chairs close

  • Finish

Dates

  • to
    1996 spaces left
    Delivered Online
    Free

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