Addressing Controversies in Lipid Nutrition and Heart Health

Maastricht, Friday May 28th, 2010, from 9.00hrs to 12.30hrs

Organization
This meeting is an activity of the International Expert Movement (IEM) on Health Significance of Fat Quality of the Diet. It is organized under the auspices of the International Union of Nutrition Sciences and funded with an unrestricted educational grant of Unilever. More information about the IEM can be found on www.theIEM.org.

Organizing steering committee

  • Prof Gerard Hornstra (chair)

  • Dr Joyce Nettleton (co-chair)

  • Prof Ricardo Uauy

  • Prof Bert Koletzko

  • Prof Ibrahim Elmadfa

  • Mrs Connie Diekman

Preliminary program of Friday May 28th, 2010

Time

What

Speakers/Moderators

9.00-10.00

Registration & welcome with coffee and tea


10.00-10.10

Start of the session - Introduction by the chairs

Prof Gerard Hornstra & Dr Joyce Nettleton

10.10-10.30

The positive and negative aspects of controversies in the scientific basis of health messages

Drs Manuela Heins & Drs Rob de Vries

10.30-11.00

Epidemiological basis of health messages: methods and terms, potentials and restrictions

Dr Ingeborg Brouwer

11.00-11.45

The cholesterol controversy: The role of blood cholesterol in cause and complications of heart disease

Prof dr Anton Stalenhoef

11:45-12:30

Dietary fat controversies: The role of saturated fats in heart disease

Dr Bruce German

12.30

Dietary fat controversies: Modifying effects of dietary (poly)unsaturated fatty acids (P)UFA) on the levels of cholesterol and other lipoproteins in blood, and their implications for heart health.

Dr Robert Clarke




Venue
The venue of the IEM activity will be the Van Der Valk hotel (Nijverheidsweg 35, 6227, AL Maastricht) in Maastricht. This hotel is suitable to also spend your stay during the ISSFAL conference. From the hotel you can easily reach the venue of the ISSFAL conference (MECC). When you have registered you will receive a personal confirmation in due time, which will also contain practical information on how to get from one venue to the other.

Registration
With this registration form you register yourself as attendee for the IEM activity: ‘Adressing Controversies in Lipid Nutrition and Heart Health'’. As this activity is offered to you by the IEM, no costs are involved for this activity.

For questions, please contact info@iem.org.