Call for Abstracts
THE CALL FOR ABSTRACTS IS NOW CLOSED.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
1. Delegates wishing to present oral or poster presentations are invited to submit a short
abstract for consideration and inclusion in the academic programme. Results must be
clearly presented in the abstract and no late abstracts will be accepted.
2. Abstracts must be submitted online Click Here by 9 April 2010.
(extended from 30 March). Once you reach the abstract management site you
will need to create an account in order to upload your abstract.
3. The Congress Scientific Committee reserves the right to select papers and posters for
presentation.
4. Abstracts received will be acknowledged and notification of acceptance or rejection
will be by email by 19 April 2010.
5. The meeting rooms are equipped with data projectors and only MS PowerPoint will
be accepted.
6. Conflict of Interest: If the research is funded (partially or fully) by a proprietary
organisation, a statement to that effect must be included at the bottom of the abstract.
7. Please note that no more than three submissions will be allowed per presenter due to
possible programme limitations.
8. Please read the submission requirements carefully as abstracts submitted will not be
changed later.
9. All presenting authors are requested to fully register for the congress by 30 July 2010.
If no registration and payment for Nutrition 2010 has been received by this deadline,
the presentation will not be listed in the programme. This measure has been taken
to overcome any “no-shows” disrupting the programme.
Categories
• Clinical nutrition (including case studies)
• Elderly nutrition
• Food based strategies for optimal nutrition
• Food safety, functional foods
• Food legislation and labelling, food composition data generation and compilation
• Food security and biodiversity
• HIV, TB and nutrition
• Maternal and child health
• Micronutrients
• Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics
• Nutritional programming
• Nutrition, human rights and ethics
• Obesity and chronic diseases of lifestyle/Non-Communicable Diseases
• Public health nutrition
• Sports nutrition
Poster Exhibition
The poster panels must be no larger than 120cm high and 75cm wide (portrait). Larger posters will not be able to be accommodated. Exhibitors are advised to make several A4 photocopies for placement next to the poster. Special A4 plastic sleeves will be provided at the poster boards for the poster copy and for business cards. You will also be provided with double sided velcro to fasten your poster to the poster board.
9 April 2010 Deadline for Abstract submissions
19 April 2010 Feedback in terms of whether your submission has
been accepted for inclusion in the 2010 Congress
30 July 2010 Registration and payment of registration fees to have
been received
Information Required
Author(s)
Insert the surname(s) of the author(s), followed by their initials – for example:
Smith, P & Nel, K
Title
Insert the full title of the proposed presentation. Title should not
exceed 15 words
Text
Insert the text of the abstract. The abstract must be presented in English
and should not exceed 250 words (Format: Arial Font -10)
Email Address
Insert the email address to which enquiries regarding the
presentations can be directed
For any further queries, please contact Lizl Fyffe:+27 41 374 5654 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it