Conference Program

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9:00 AM	Nutrigenomics: A Promising Future Reality Traversing a Present Database Quagmire Jose M. Ordovas, PhD Senior Scientist and Director, Nutrition and Genomics Laboratory Jean Mayer -USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University
10:30 AM	Opportunities and Challenges for Evaluating the Health Significance of Functional Foods and Their Components John Milner, PhD Chief, Nutrition Science Research Group, NCI, NIH
1:00 – 3:00 PM	International and Special Population Databases Session Moderator: Joanne Holden
	Quality Systems as a Tool in Validation of Nutrient Data: The EuroFIR Approach Isabel Castanheira 1, Susanne Westenbrink2, Marine Oseredczuk3, Paul Hulshof 4, Peter Hollman 4, Jayne Ireland 3, Anders Møller5, Simonetta Salvini6, Hedwig Beernaert7 , Maria Antónia Calhau1, Paul Finglas8 1National Institute for Health Dr Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Portugal; 2TNO Quality of Life/NEVO Foundation, the Netherlands; 3French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA), France; 4Wageningen University (WU), The Netherlands; 5Danish Food Information (DFI), Denmark; 6CSPO-Scientific Institute of Tuscany, Italy; 7Scientific Institute of Public Health,(IPH) Belgium; 8Institute of Food Research (IFR), United Kingdom The EUROFIR Project - Linking European Food Composition Databases Using the Langual Food Description Thesaurus Anders Møller, Danish Food Information, Denmark, Jayne Ireland, AFSSA/DERNS/CIQUAL, France Upgrading Nigeria’s Food Composition Database With Under-Utilised Nigerian Traditional Foods and Recipes Isaac Akinyele (BSc, MSc, PhD), Dean, Faculty of Public Health and Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Using the FNDDS to Analyze the Nutrient Content of School Meals Mary Kay Crepinsek, MS, RD1, Patricia McKinney, MS, RD2, Elizabeth Condon, MS, RD1, Anne Gordon, PhD1 1Mathematica Policy Research,Inc.; 2Office of Analysis, Nutrition, and Evaluation, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA Enhancements of the International Life Sciences Institute Crop Composition Database William P. Ridley, Ph.D.1, Raymond Shillito, Ph.D.2, Marci Levine, Ph.D.3, 1Monsanto Company, 2Bayer CropScience, 3International Life Science Institute (ILSI)
3:15 – 4:45 PM	New Data for Foods and Food Components Session Moderator: Catherine Champagne
	Examining Phytosterols in Nuts and Seeds for the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Robin Thomas, MS, RD and Susan Gebhardt, MS, USDA-ARS. Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Nutrient Data Laboratory; Katherine Phillips, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic and State University Agreement between Dietary and Biological Methods in Assessing Folate Status: Updated Folate Database A. Shuaibi, MS, G. Sevenhuysen, PhD, & J. House, PhD, Human Nutrition Sciences, University Manitoba, Canada Innovative Dietary Sources of Omega-3 Fatty Acids Jay Whelan, PhD, MPH and Cheryl Rust, MS, Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee Guidelines for Voluntary Nutrition Labeling of Raw Fruits, Vegetables, and Fish Mary M. Brandt, Ph.D., Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition