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 Public health nutrition
Challenges for the 21st century
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Kensington Town Hall
This exciting event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Trust will be upon us very shortly.
The aim of the day is to cover aspects of public health nutrition to:
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Provide a platform for a timely reminder of the importance of promoting a wide range of public health nutrition issues and improving nutritional provision amongst vulnerable groups
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Summarise key public health issues that need to be tackled
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Highlight key areas for intervention at local and national level
The conference themes will focus on nutrition from pregnancy, through early years to old age, with particular emphasis on vulnerable groups, and provides an opportunity to receive an updated summary of all CWT recommendations.
Conference timetable
9.30am Registration and refreshments
10.00 Welcome
Joe Harvey, Chair of the Caroline Walker Trust
10.10 Keynote speech: What was Caroline Walker's vision and where are we 20 years on?
Professor Philip James, Chair, The International Obesity Taskforce
10.40 Public health nutrition policy in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales: An overview
Dr Martin Caraher, Reader in Nutrition and Health Policy, City University
11.45 A nation fit for pregnancy?
Professor Annie Anderson, Professor of Food Choice, Centre for Public Health Nutrition Research, University of Dundee
12.15 Putting nutrition on the agenda for all children and young people
Dr Helen Crawley, The Caroline Walker Trust
2.30pm Are public health policies to tackle childhood obesity fair, safe and sensible?
Professor Carolyn Summerbell, Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Durham and Chair of the Association for the Study of Obesity
3.00 Older people: is nutrition falling through the gaps in care provision?
Dr Lisa Wilson, The Caroline Walker Trust
3.30 Eating well in a world of rising food prices/nutrition and food security
Professor Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City University
4.00 Closing remarks
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