Nutrition, Health and Wellness

With vast clinical problems persisting in the world today, the role of nutrition for overall health, and prevention and treatment of diseases may sometimes be overlooked.

In this section you will find extensive research on the therapeutic role of diet, including resources for dietary guidelines and nutrition screening & assessment. We also cover requirements and recommendations for food safety, healthy eating, nutrients and hydration.

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NNIW100 Publication
NNIW100 - Shaping The Future with Nutrition

NNIW100 - Shaping The Future with Nutrition

With the theme “Shaping The Future with Nutrition,” NNIW100’s first session looked at current understanding of the fundamentals of maternal and child nutrition, and the different factors that shape an individual’s health and wellbeing such as maternal preconception nutrition, mode of birth, infant nutrition, breastfeeding and human milk research, complementary feeding practices, environmental factors and more. The second session also examined food dietary habits for optimal development, wherein speakers highlighted a strong evidence base for the nutritional approach that supports good health

Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve
Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve

Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve

Zakari Ali
Eating better: Enhancing health, sustainability, and food security
Eating better: Enhancing health, sustainability, and food security

Eating better: Enhancing health, sustainability, and food security

Kevin Chen
Primary prevention of allergy in infants – What’s new? (publications)
Primary prevention of allergy in infants – What’s new?

Primary prevention of allergy in infants – What’s new?

Hugo Van Bever
NNIW95: Dietary Sugars, as sour as they are made out to be? (videos)
NNIW95: Dietary Sugars, as sour as they are made out to be?

NNIW95: Dietary Sugars, as sour as they are made out to be?

Dennis Bier
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Plant Protein to Power the Planet

Plant Protein to Power the Planet

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Ending 'THROW AWAY' Food Culture- Looking at Food Loss and Waste and How we can Prevent it

Ending 'THROW AWAY' Food Culture- Looking at Food Loss and Waste and How we can Prevent it

Rapid Sustainable Agricultural Growth – Agnes Kalibata (videos)
Rapid Sustainable Agricultural Growth – Agnes Kalibata

Rapid Sustainable Agricultural Growth – Agnes Kalibata

Water Scarcity and Food Security in Rain Fed Areas: Challenges and Opportunities – David Bergvinson (videos)
Water Scarcity and Food Security in Rain Fed Areas: Challenges and Opportunities – David Bergvinson

Water Scarcity and Food Security in Rain Fed Areas: Challenges and Opportunities – David Bergvinson

Anthropogenic climate change: curse or opportunity? - Thomas Stocker (videos)
Anthropogenic climate change: curse or opportunity? - Thomas Stocker

Anthropogenic climate change: curse or opportunity? - Thomas Stocker

Not all carbohydrates are equal: a look at physiological response and metabolism -Prof. Luc Tappy (videos)
Not all carbohydrates are equal: a look at physiological response and metabolism -Prof. Luc Tappy

Not all carbohydrates are equal: a look at physiological response and metabolism -Prof. Luc Tappy