Main Conference Topics/Sessions
Main Topics/Sessions at the 26th FFC's International Conference will include:
GENERAL SESSIONS:
- Session 1: Functional Foods, Bioactive Compounds and Nutraceuticals: Definition and the Status in Different Countries
- Session 2. Functional Food Ingredients: Sources and Potential Benefits in Public health
- Session 2: The Effects of bioactive molecules on Biomarkers of Chronic Diseases
- Session 3: The Effects of Nutrition and Functional Foods on Aging and Health
- Session 4: Nutraceuticals in Health and Disease
- Session 5: Functional Foods and Chronic Diseases
- Session 6: Functional Foods with Bioactive Compound(s): Prevention and Management of Non-communicable Diseases
- Session 7: Food Bioactive Compounds, Biomarkers, and Functional Foods: Promising Concept for Chronic Disease and Healthy Aging
- Session 8: Safety of the Bioactive Compounds and Functional Foods
- Session 9: Biomarkers and Functional Food
- Session 10: Food Bioactive Compounds, Biomarkers, and Functional Foods: Promising Concept for Chronic Disease and Healthy Aging
- Session 11: Current Research and Development of New Functional Food Products
SPECIAL SESSIONS:
- Special Session 1: Functional Foods for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Special Session 2: Metabolic Syndrome. Session organizer:
- Special Session 3: Immunonutrition. Session organizer: Gabriela Riscuta MD, CNS, Program Director, Nutritional Science Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Special session 4: Sports Nutrition and Functional Foods. Session organizer:
- Special Session 5: Metabolic syndrome and gut microbiome. Session organizer: Session organizer: Kanakaraju Kaliannan, MD.
- Special session 6: Sulfur compounds, B-group vitamins and cardiovascular health. Session organizer: Dragan M. Djuric, MD, PhD, professor
- Special Session: Dietitian's Point of View
Detail Discription of Sessions and Topics
Session: Functional Foods, Bioactive Compounds and Nutraceuticals: Definition and the Status in Different 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
- Please suggest your own topic
Session: Nutrition, Functional, and Medical foods for Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)
- Epidemiology of CVD
- Biomarkers of different cardiovascular diseases
- The effects of functional food and bioactive compounds on biomarkers of cardiovascular diseases
- Nutrition, Functional, and Medical foods for CVD
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: Functional Foods and Chronic Diseases
- Functional Foods and Obesity
- Functional Foods and Diabetes
- Mental and Neurological Diseases
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Functional Foods and Cancer
- Functional Foods and other Chronic Diseases
Session: Current Research and Development of New Functional and Healthy Food Products.
- Incentives for functional and healthy food research and development
- Consumer acceptance of healthy and functional food products
- Functional food composition and dietary intake databases
- Food vehicles for delivery bioactive compounds
- Research, development and marketing of new healthy and functional food products
Session: Functional Foods for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): What causes and what are the symptoms?
- IBD: functional foods, bioactive compounds and biomarkers
- Nutrition and bioactive compounds in the management of IBD
- Dietary management of pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- The role of nutrition in the development and functioning of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
- The Role of Prebiotics in IBD
- The use of glycerolphospholipids to treat systemic pain and gastrointestinal pain
- Probiotics for therapeutic application in pouchitis and to a lesser degree in Ulcerative Colitis
Special session: Sports Nutrition and Functional Foods
- 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
