Food and Nutrition Board Update: New Directions in Food, Nutrition, and Population Health

Boston Convention & Exhibition Center – Room 157 ABC

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
10:30 AM–12:30 PM

Chairs

Ann L. Yaktine, PhD, RD and Suzanne P. Murphy, PhD, RD

Presentations

FNB update: Exploring new frontiers in food and nutrition. Suzanne P. Murphy, PhD, RD, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI

A framework for assessing the health, environmental, social and economic effects of the food systems. Malden C. Nesheim, PhD, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Examining a developmental approach to childhood obesity: The fetal and early childhood years. Shari Barkin, MD, MSHS, Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, Nashville, TN

White potatoes and WIC – controversies and consequences. Kathleen M. Rasmussen, ScD, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY