Organized and sponsored by the China Interest Group (CIG), American Society for Nutrition (ASN), Chinese Nutrition Society (CNS), and North American Chinese Society for Nutrition (NACSN)
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center – Room 151 AB
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
8:00 AM–10:00 AM
Chairs
Chaodong Wu, PhD and Jay J. Cao, PhD
Presentations
Welcome and goals of the session. Xingen Lei, PhD, Chair of CIG, ASN; Past President of NACSN, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Featured Talk
New era’s health challenges and nutrition opportunities in China. Wenhua Ling, PhD, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
CNS Presentation
Current nutraceutical status in China. Duo Li, PhD, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
NACSN Presentations
New health challenges in China: Findings from the China Health and Nutrition Survey in 1989 –2011. Shufa Du, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Identification of small molecules in botanicals to prevent diabetes. Dongmin Liu, PhD, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Regulation of energy metabolism by short chain fatty acids. Jianping Ye, MD, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
CNS Presentation
Introduction to CNS’s 12th Scientific Meeting. Guiju Sun, PhD, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
NACSN Presentations
NACSN Presidential remarks. Chwan-Li (Leslie) Shen, PhD, CCRP, President of NACSN, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
NACSN: Plan of 2015-2016. Youfa Wang, MD, PhD, MS, Incoming President of NACSN, University of Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
NACSN Travel Awards
Chwan-Li (Leslie) Shen, PhD, CCRP and Chaodong Wu, MD, PhD
Q&A Session