Can Foods Change Your Health?

Scientific Programme

Sessions	Time	Speakers	Institutes
Registration & Breakfast	8:30
Opening Ceremony	9:00	Prof Joseph SUNG	Vice Chairman and President The Chinese University of Hong Kong
		Dr WM KO, BBS, JP	Secretary Food and Health Bureau The Government of HKSAR
		Prof Jean WOO	Director Centre for Nutritional Studies Faculty of Medicine (CUHK)
		Prof WT WONG	Centre Director & Department Head Food Safety and Technology Research Centre, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (PolyU)
Dietary Reference Intake Development
Dietary Reference Intake Development in China	9:30	Prof YX YANG	Director Department of Food Nutrition and Assessment, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
Daily Reference Intake Development in USA - from the Perspective of a Member of the Institute of Medicine	10:05	Prof Judith STERN	Distinguished Professor Departments of Nutrition and Internal Medicine, University of California Davis
Q&A Session	10:40	Moderator : Prof Laurie CHAN
Break	11:00
Dietary Salt, Health and Policy
Create an Enabling Environment for Healthy Eating in Hong Kong - Perspective of the Centre for Food Safety	11:30	Dr YY HO, JP	Consultant Centre for Food Safety The Government of HKSAR
Salt: Time for Action in Hong Kong	12:05	Prof Graham MACGREGOR	Chairman and Professor Cardiovascular Medicine Centre for Environmental and Preventive Medicine, University of London
Q&A Session	12:40	Moderator : Prof Ruth CHAN
Lunch & Poster	13:00
Lipids and Human Health
Dietary Targets of Health	14:00	Prof Bruce GERMAN	Professor Food Science and Technology Department University of California Davis
Good Fats & Bad Fats: What is the Evidence?	14:35	Prof KT KHAW	Professor of Clinical Gerontology Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge
Q&A Session	15:10	Moderator : Dr Edmund LI
Break	15:30
Prebiotics and Glycaemic Index Development
Glycaemic Index and Prebiotics Development, Weight Management and Health Claims	16:00	Prof Jeya HENRY	Director Clinical Nutritional Sciences, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences
Nutritional Factors and Risk of Diabetes in Chinese	16:35	Prof Xu LIN	Principal Investigator Laboratory of Human Nutrition and Related Diseases Chinese Academy of Sciences
Q&A Session	17:10	Moderator : Prof Mandy SEA

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Organizers:

Co-Organizer: Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, CUHK

Secretariat:

Ms. Julia Ip (Centre for Nutritional Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Rm. 902 9/F., Tung Ming Building, 40-42 Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong
Tel.: +852 3178 9211 Fax: +852 3178 9214 Email: FoodHealth@cuhk.edu.hk