The New “Hygiene Hypothesis”: Nutrition and Microbiota in Health and Disease

Sponsored by Danone Research and Yakult Honsha, Co., Ltd.

Sunday, April 21, 2013
12:45 PM–2:45 PM

Chairs

Allan Walker, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Simin Meydani, DVM, PhD, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA

Presentations

Impact of Diet on Gut Microbiota in Africa and Europe, Professor Paolo Lionetti, Florence, Italy

Gut Microbiota Response to Diet in Gnotobiotic Mice, Jeremiah Faith, PhD, St. Louis, MO

Long-term Dietary Patterns in Gut Microbiota Enterotypes, Gary Wu, MD, Philadelphia, PA

Role of Breast Feeding in the Initial Gut Microbial Response, David Mills, PhD, Davis, CA