9TH ANNUAL MEETING, APRIL 5-8, 2008, WASHINGTON

• Agenda
  
  
• Presentations:
  • Keynote Speeches:
    
    • Dr. Marion Nestle, New York University - Progress to Date and Next Steps
      
    • Robert Madelin, Director General, Health and Consumer Protection (SANCO), European Commission - Health and Lifestyle
      
    
    
  • Session 1: Changing the Food Environment
    
    • Dr. Will Cavendish, Director of Health and Well-Being, UK Department of Health
      
    • Dr. Michel Chauliac, Coordinator, National Nutrition and Health Program, French Ministry of Health
      
    • Janice Oliver, Deputy Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
      
    • Leslie Mikkelsen, Managing Director, Prevention Institute, California
      
    • Tim Lobstein, International Obesity Taskforce, International Association for the Study of Obesity
      
    
    
  • Session 2: Providing Consumers with Useful Nutrition Information
    
    • Rosemary Hignett, Head of Nutrition Division, UK Food Standards Agency - Traffic Light Signals v. GDAs; What Does the Research Show?
      
    • Julie Greene, Director of Healthy Living, Hannaford Brothers - Rating Nutritional Value of Foods at the Retail Level
      
    • Helen Lee, Administrator, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General, European Commission - Update on the European Commission's New Proposal for Mandatory Nutrition Labeling
      
    • Camile Brewer, Deputy Director, Office of Nutrition, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements. U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Update on Nutrition Labeling
      
    
    
  • Session 3: Providing Consumers with Useful Nutrition Information (continued)
    
    • Dennis Worsham, King County Department of Health, Seattle, Washington - New Requirements for Nutrition Disclosure at Restaurants
      
    • Dr. Sonia Angell, Director, CVD Prevention and Control Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - New Requirements for Calorie Posting at Chain Restaurants
      
    
    
  • Session 4: Food Marketing: Regulation, Co-regulation, Self-Regulation
    
    • Dr. Will Cavendish, Director of Health and Well-Being, UK Department of Health - Update on Impact of UK Law Restricting Food Marketing to Children
      
    • Dr. Kathy Baylis, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia - Data from the Quebec Advertising Ban
      
    • Stephen Gardner, Director of Litigation, Center for Science in the Public Interest - The Impact of Consumer Litigation in the United States
      
    • Dr. Juan Manuel Ballesteros, Technical Adviser Spanish Food Safety & Nutrition Agency - Self-Regulatory Programs for Children's Food Marketing
      
    • Bjarne Pedersen, Head of Policy, Consumers International - International Code on Food Marketing to Children
      
    
    
  • Session 5: Improving Product Composition - What's the Right Recipe for Good Health?
    
    • Rosemary Hignett, Head of Nutrition Division, UK Food Standards Agency - The UK Experience on Reducing Salt, Fat and Sugar in Processed Foods
      
    • Dr. Michel Chauliac, Coordinator, National Nutrition and Health Program, French Ministry of Health - French Government Programs on Salt and Sugar Reductions in Processed Food
      
    • Paolo Drostby, Head of Food Policy Division - Danish Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries - The Danish Trans Fat Ban
      
    • Dr. Sonia Angell, Department of Health, New York City - The New York City Trans Fat Ban
      
    • Dr. Julie Moss, U.S. Food and Drug Administration - FDA Efforts to Date on Trans Fats and Salt
      

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