Volume 37, Number 4
ILSI North America Announces New Executive Director
ILSI North America
ILSI South Africa Announces New Executive Director
ILSI South Africa
ILSI South Africa announces Ms. Nazeeia Sayed as Executive Director, effective 1 July. Ms. Sayed is a registered dietitian and final year PhD student at the University of Pretoria. Ms. Sayed has a vast breadth of experience in academia; as a lecturer, as a scientist with the Medical Research Council in South Africa where she worked on Food Composition, and she also has provided technical nutrition support to R&D teams in food industry, consulted on nutrition strategy and communication development, project management, writing research proposals and literature reviews.
ILSI North America’s Scientific Integrity Review is Now Available
ILSI North America
ILSI North America Launches Funded Project Repository
ILSI North America
ILSI Mesoamerica Celebrates 5th Anniversary
ILSI Mesoamerica
5 July, ILSI Mesoamerica celebrated its 5th anniversary as an organization. ILSI Mesoamerica includes the countries of Central America and the Caribbean. It started with 10 industry members and 5 academic partners from Costa Rica. By 2019 there are 17 industry members, 10 academic partners from Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago, and Costa Rica, as well as 5 cooperation agreements with Ministries, Research Centers, and other institutions. During these five years, more than 37 events have taken place, including trainings, symposia, workshops and/or courses, and 9 research projects have been developed. More information.
Value Addition to Agriculture
ILSI India
Special Session: Science-based Policy for Gene Edited Crops
ILSI Korea
National Workshop on Development of Nutrient Profiling in Indonesia
ILSI Southeast Asia Region
3-4 July, ILSI Southeast Asia region and its Indonesia Country Committee as well as National Agency for Drug and Food Control (BPOM) organized a national workshop on Development of Nutrient Profiling (NP) in Indonesia. This workshop provided the platform to give an overview of NP and its application; share experience and knowledge for the development and implementation of the nutrient profile system in regional countries; identify challenges and opportunities for improvement of nutrient profiles in food products; as well as discuss and provide hands on exercise in using a scientific process for the development of nutrient profile of selected categories of food products. More information.
Advances on Intestinal Microbiome, Nutrition and Health
ILSI South Andean
28 June, ILSI South Andean hosted a course on “Advances on Intestinal Microbiome, Nutrition and Health”. The course was led by Dr. Daniel Garrido and participants included nutrition professionals, food engineers, nutrition students, and food industry representatives. The course focused on advances in DNA sequencing technologies and how the modeling of gut microbes has greatly increased our knowledge of the dynamic composition of the microbiome. Understanding the forces that guide microbiome development and composition is important to determine its role in health and in the intervention of the gut microbiome as a therapeutic tool. More information.
New ELANS Publication
ILSI Argentina
24 June, BMC Public Health published the article “Association of Moderate-to-vigorous Physical Activity with Neck Circumference in Eight Latin American Countries.” The article explores the association between accelerometer-determined MVPA (Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity) and NC (Neck Circumference) in adolescents and adults from 8 Latin American countries. The study provided evidence of significant associations between MVPA and NC in adolescents and adults from Latin America, independent of sex, age, socioeconomic level, and educational level. More information.
Safety Assessment of Foods and Feeds Derived from Genetically Engineered Plants: Phase II Technical Workshop
ILSI Research Foundation
The ILSI Research Foundation recently concluded a two-part technical training program on safety assessment of foods and feeds derived from genetically engineered plants, with Phase II taking place 17-21 June in Washington, DC and Ashland, OH. With thanks to ILSI Focal Point in China, our organizing partner in Beijing, and Charles River Laboratories, our hosting partner in Ashland, 10 Chinese scientists participating in the workshop had the opportunity to tour laboratories and observe demonstrations of how food safety assessment tests are managed and conducted for GE plants, as well as how data are collected and interpreted. More information.
Reduction of Microbiological Contamination of Food: Advances in the Application of Antibacterials and Thermal and Non-thermal Treatments
ILSI South Andean
31 May, ILSI South Andean hosted a course on the “Reduction of Microbiological Contamination of Food: Advances in the Application of Antibacterials and Thermal and Non-thermal Treatments.” The course was led by Professor Luis Lopez of the University of Chile. Participants included nutrition professionals, food engineers, nutrition students, and food industry representatives. The course addressed how to reduce microbiological contamination of food at levels that do not cause public health problems and/or product alterations, which has been a challenge. More information.
ILSI South Andean – SEK University Conference
ILSI South Andean
25 May, ILSI South Andean and SEK University in Chile organized a Nutrition and Food Conference. The goal of the conference was to update knowledge and best practices for nutrition professionals and students. The conference included prominent speakers in the areas of sleep nutrition and cognitive function, glycemic index and fiber, nanotechnology applied to food, and the Ibero-American Consensus on non-caloric sweeteners. More information.
Food Safety and Nutrition Assurance Seminar Series
ILSI Southeast Asia Region
Organized by ILSI Southeast Asia Region Philippines Country Committee, the 1st ILSI SEAR Philippines Food Safety and Nutrition Assurance Seminar Series took place on 23 May in Manila, Philippines. The 1-day seminar had highlighted and discussed current epidemiology of different food-borne diseases; presented new understanding of current food pathogens as well as the government’s efforts and regulations to ensure food products’ quality and safety. It also provided a platform to discuss current road map and future directions in strengthening food safety culture and in improving food safety in the country. More information.
Science Symposium on Human Variability & Personalized Nutrition: Opportunities for Research, Public Health Benefits and Food Innovation
ILSI Southeast Asia Region
Conference on Human Variability in Response to Food and Nutrients: Building the Bridge to Personalized Nutrition
ILSI Southeast Asia Region
Nutrition Reviews
Chinese and Japanese Translation
Did you know that select content from Nutrition Reviews is available in Chinese and Japanese translation courtesy of ILSI Focal Point in China and ILSI Japan? Chinese translations of all article abstracts, can be accessed via registration. Japanese translations of select articles are available via subscription. Members of ILSI Japan can subscribe through the ILSI Japan website.
Events
ILSI at Asian Congress of Nutrition 2019
ILSI Southeast Asia Region
ILSI South Andean
ILSI Southeast Asia Region
ILSI Europe
ILSI North America
ILSI Southeast Asia Region
ILSI Southeast Asia Region
ILSI Asian Entities
ILSI Japan
ILSI Europe
ILSI Europe
ILSI Taiwan & ILSI SEAR
ILSI Southeast Asia Region
ILSI
2020 ILSI Annual Meeting & Science Symposium
17-21 January | San Jose, Costa Rica
ILSI Europe
