Congress Theme: 

Transforming the Nutrition Landscape in Africa

The scientific committee encourages interested parties to suggest topics that you would like to see incorporated in the academic programme. Your input is valued, and we strongly encourage participation.   

Sunday, 30 September 2012                  Registration

Monday, 1 October 2012                        Registration

                                                            Opening of the congress

                                                            Welcome cocktail brunch in exhibition venue

                                                            ADSA AGM

                                                            Free evening

Tuesday, 2 October 2012                       Congress continues

                                                            NSSA AGM

                                                            Free evening

Wednesday, 3 October 2012                  Congress continues

                                                            ANS AGM

                                                            Gala dinner

Thursday, 4 October 2012                      Congress ends mid-day

                                                            Updates & master classes to follow

CONGRESS TOPICS:

Scaling up nutrition

Landscape Analysis

Nutrition transition

HIV / AIDS

Food/nutrition security and sustainable livelihoods

Agriculture, health and nutrition
Nutrition education, training and communication

Building nutrition capacity

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)

Childhood obesity

Fatty acids in health and disease

Reproductive health and fetal origin of NCDs

Micronutrient availability

Micronutrient nutrition and health outcomes across the lifecycle

Food fortification

Indigenous foods / food systems

Nutrition interventions

Malnutrition management

Metabolic syndrome

Sodium reduction in food products

Nutritional status assessment

Nutritional terminology for recommendations

Maternal, Infant and young child feeding

Neutraceuticals and functional foods

Sport nutrition

The 'omics' in nutrition research

Pre and probiotics

Nutrition in critical care

Nutrition and GIT diseases

Practical aspects of oral challenges

Food safety

Clinical food technology

The role of the media in communicating health messages 

Growing the dietetic profession

Labelling issues and nutrient profiling

Life cycle

Food Service regulations

Other

MASTER CLASSES:

Sports Nutrition
How to evaluate a scientific publication

Nutritional therapy of renal diseases

Nutrigenomics

Health promoting schools

Dietary methodology

Food security

How to make the media work for you

The congress reserves the right to cancel a master class