Dairy Council Conference 2019
The Dairy Council NI hosted our annual conference for nutrition and health professionals on 16th April at W5, Belfast. The conference focused on new developments in nutrition science and practice, including those in relation to dairy foods, and was chaired by Dr Michelle McKinley from Queen’s University Belfast.
Presentations:
Professor Luc van Loon, University of Maastricht
Muscle mass maintenance in older people: protein and physical activity
Dr Sinéad Furey, Ulster University
Eating or heating? An investigation of food poverty in Northern Ireland
Professor Mary Ward, Ulster University
Dairy foods and blood pressure: a review of current evidence
Dr Brendan Gabriel, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
Circadian rhythms: re–setting the clock in type 2 diabetes and metabolic disease
Dr Stephan Peters, The Dutch Dairy Association
The challenge of healthy and sustainable diets: a place for dairy foods?
Emily Foster RD, Glowing Potential
Drowning in ‘experts’: navigating nutrition communication and combatting pseudoscience in the age of innovation
To download the summaries of the speakers’ presentations please click here
Pictured back L to R: Dr Stephan Peters, Prof Luc van Loon, Dr Brendan Gabriel
Front L to R: Dr Sinead Furey, Dr Michelle McKinley, Emily Foster, Dr Carole Lowis (DCNI), Prof Mary Ward
Health Professionals
This section of our website is specifically for nutrition and health professionals to help keep you up to date with the latest nutrition research, particularly in relation to milk and dairy products. You’ll find summaries and presentations from our conferences and events, together with scientific overviews of dairy and health topics.