Nutrients, Foods, Diets, People: Promoting Healthy Eating (lunch provided)

6/8/2019

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Location: Ballroom IV

Sponsored By:

Moderator(s)

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Klaus Kraemer, PhD

Managing Director
Sight and Life

Speaker(s)

Jessica Fanzo, PhD

Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Global Food and Agriculture Policy and Ethics
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Adam Drewnowski, PhD

Director, Center for Public Health Nutrition
University of Washington
Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD

Senior Scientist
Tufts University
Greg Miller, PhD, MACN

Chief Science Officer
National Dairy Council

Moderator(s)

Eileen Kennedy, DSc

Professor
Tufts University

The UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, 2016-2025, is focused on the elimination of malnutrition is all its forms. A key part of an overall strategy is the promotion of healthy eating. The session starts with a presentation on updated concepts of healthy eating. The remainder of the session explores barriers and facilitators to healthy eating with an emphasis on implications for policies and programs.

Presentations:

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
What is a Healthy Diet?
Jessica Fanzo, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
The Cost of Healthy Eating
Adam Drewnowski, PhD – University of Washington
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
From Nutrient Profiling Systems to Front of Pack Labeling: Any Implications for Consumer Behavior?
Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD – Tufts University
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sustainable Production for Sustainable Consumption
Greg Miller, PhD, MACN – National Dairy Council
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Eileen Kennedy, DSc – Tufts University