The Department of Food Studies and Environmental Health within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Malta is holding a seminar entitled 'Developments in obesity, diet and dietary assessment techniques'.
The keynote speaker at the Seminar is Professor Janet Cade from the University of Leeds. The seminar will be held on Wednesday 12 July at the South Auditorium (Block A Level 1) Faculty of Health Sciences.
The keynote speaker at the Seminar is Professor Janet Cade from the University of Leeds. The seminar will be held on Wednesday 12 July at the South Auditorium (Block A Level 1) Faculty of Health Sciences.
Programme
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:05 Welcome – Dr Claire Sillato Copperstone (Acting Head of Department Food Studies & Environmental Health)
09:05 – 09:15 Introduction – Prof. Angela Xuereb (Dean Faculty of Health Sciences)
09:15 – 10:45 Keynote speaker – Prof Janet E. Cade (Nutritional Epidemiology Group, University of Leeds)
Talk and Workshop: New technologies in nutrition: myfood24
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break & refreshments
11:15 – 11:55 Dr Joseph N. Borg (Department of Applied Biomedical Science, University of Malta)
Concepts and applications of nutrigenomics in obesity
11:55 – 12:35 Dr Gillian Martin (Department of Sociology, University of Malta)
Exchange, control & conflict: navigating mother-grandmother relations within the childhood obesity debate
12:35 – 12:45 Feedback and concluding remarks
Registration deadline: 5 July. To register contact Mr Andrea Portelli by email: andrea.portelli@um.edu.mt.
Please note that you are required to bring a tablet or a laptop to enable you to participate in the workshop with profit.