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Dairy Council

Dairy in Healthy Sustainable Diets, 2015

The role of milk and dairy foods in healthy, sustainable diets

The European Milk Forum, which includes the Dairy Council for Northern Ireland, hosted a series of scientific symposia in April 2015 which explored the role of milk and dairy foods in healthy, sustainable diets. The symposia took place in Brussels, The Hague, Copenhagen and Oslo.

The speakers and topics were:

Dr Michelle McKinley, Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
The nutritional and health benefits of dairy foods in the European diet: an overview

Dr Marianne Uhre Jakobsen, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark
Dairy and cardio–metabolic health: from individual nutrients to foods

Prof Pieter van ‘t Veer and Dr Anneleen Kuijsten, Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
The challenge of healthy, sustainable diets: the journey from food to nutrition

For more information visit the Milk, Nutritious by Nature website