Main Conference Topics/Sessions
Session: Functional Food Definition and the Status of Functional Foods in Japan, China, USA and other Countries
- The regulations, policy, and labeling of functional foods in Japan
- Weaknesses and strong points of FOSHU/Food for Special Health Usage
- What is the status of Functional Foods in the USA? Expert opinions from NIH, USDA, and FDA
- How the new definition of Functional Foods can help to improve the status of functional foods word wide
Session: Functional Foods and Obesity
- Epidemiology of obesity
- The modern mechanisms of obesity; energy metabolism and obesity; neurobiological mechanisms of obesity; microbiological mechanisms of obesity; pathophysiologic mechanisms of obesity
- Biomarkers of obesity
- The effects of functional food and bioactive compounds on biomarkers of obesity
- Medical foods for obesity
Session: Functional Foods and Diabetes
- Epidemiology of diabetes
- The modern mechanisms of diabetes
- Biomarkers of diabetes
- The effects of functional food and bioactive compounds on biomarkers of diabetes
- Medical foods for diabetes
Session: Functional Foods and Neurological Diseases
- Epidemiology of mental and neurological diseases
- Mechanisms of neurological diseases
- Biomarkers of different mental and neurological diseases
- The effects of functional food and bioactive compounds on biomarkers of neurological diseases
- Functional foods for mental and neurological diseases
- Medical foods for neurological diseases
Session: Functional Foods and Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)
- Epidemiology of CVD
- Biomarkers of different cardiovascular diseases
- The effects of functional food and bioactive compounds on biomarkers of cardiovascular diseases
- Medical foods for CVD
Session: Functional Foods and Cancer
- Epidemiology of Cancer
- Biomarkers of different types of cancer
- The effects of functional food and bioactive compounds on biomarkers of different types of cancer
- Medical Foods for the Cancer
Session: Functional Foods with Bioactive Compound(s): Prevention and Management of Non-communicable Diseases
- Functional foods and other non-communicable diseases
- Bioactive compounds and other non-communicable diseases
- The effects of medical food on biomarkers of non-communicable diseases
Session: Safety of the Bioactive Compounds and Functional Foods
- Food-Drug Interactions
- Safety of bioactive compounds at efficacious levels
- Safety of functional foods at efficacious levels
- Regulatory issues and health claims
Session: Biomarkers and Functional Food
- Biomarkers and functional foods
- Biomarkers available for assessing diet-related changes
- How can biomarkers improve functional food products development process?
- The importance of Monitoring Biomarkers in Functional food Science
- FDA’s Biomarker Qualification Program and creation of new functional foods
Session: MicroRNAs from foods
- DietaryRNAs
- MicroRNAs from foods
- MicroRNAs are bioactive compounds
- Bioavailability of MicroRNAs
Special Session: Nanotechnology for drug and bioactive compounds delivery systems. Session Chair: Rangel-Vázquez, Ph.D., Research Professor at Technological Institute of Aguascalientes (ITA), Mexico
Special Session: Coffee consumption benefits and adverse events: Session Chair: Gabriela Riscuta MD, CNS, Program Director, Nutritional Science Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Coffee composition and nutritional information
- Identification and quantification of bioactive compounds in coffee
- Coffee and its consumption: Benefits and risks, epidemiological and clinical studies
- Coffee consumption and risk of chronic disease: Clinical and epidemiological studies
- Functional properties of coffee and coffee by-products
Special session: Bioavailability of bioactive compounds:
- Food structuring and bioaccessibility/ bioavailability
- Edible delivery systems for bioactive compounds
- Micro- and nano-encapsulation
- Impact of processing technologies/conditions on bioaccessibility/ bioavailability
- Underlying mechanisms of bioaccessibility/ bioavailability
Special session: Dietary Nitrite and Nitrate. Session Chair: Nathan S. Bryan, Ph.D., Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX USA
- Chemistry and biology of nitric oxide
- Oxidative stress and nitric oxide
- Production and consumption of nitric oxide
- The role of inorganic nitrate and nitrite in cardiovascular disease
- Nitric oxide supplements and muscle growth
- Dietary nitrite and nitrate: potential mechanisms of cardiovascular benefits
- Are nitric oxide supplements safe?
Special session: Sports Nutrition and Functional Foods. Session Chair: Debasis Bagchi, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, United States
- Nutrition for Strength Adaptations
- Requirements of Proteins, Fats, and Carbohydrates for Athletes
- Physiological Basis for Creatine Supplementation In Skeletal Muscle and the Central Nervous System
- The Role of Glycine-Arginine-Alpha-Ketoisocaproic Acid (GAKIC) in Sports Nutrition
- Roles of Chromium (III), Vanadium, Iron, and Zinc in Sports Nutrition
- Human Performance and Sports Application of Herbal Supplements
- Carbohydrate and Glycogen Metabolism: Training and Dietary Influences and Their Impact on Performance and Recovery
- Eccentric Exercise: Benefits and Applications to Training
- Strength Assessments: Neuromuscular and Biomechanical Considerations
- Sports Nutrition Beverages: An Overview
- Nutrition in Paralympics
- An Overview of Extreme Sports
Session: Current Research and Development of New Functional Food Products.
- Incentives for functional food research and development
- Consumer acceptance of functional food products
- Functional food composition and dietary intake databases
- Food vehicles for delivery bioactive compounds
- Research, development and marketing of new functional food products
