This document provides information about the IX Barcelona International Conference on the Mediterranean Diet that will take place on March 27-28, 2012. The conference will discuss topics like genetics and lifestyle, obesity causes and trends, the Mediterranean diet and obesity, and social/psychological/behavioral aspects of obesity. It will also include a keynote speech on obesity prevention environments and nutrition policy. Attendees can submit poster abstracts and follow news about the conference on social media. The conference chair is Dr. Jose Maria Ordovas from Tufts University.

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Intangible Cultural Heritage
of Humanity
UNESCO Intergovernmental
Committee for the Safeguarding of
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Fifth Session of the
Intergovernmental Committee
November 16th, 2010
Nairobi, Kenya

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A Healthy Lifestyle
for Obesity Prevention

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March 27th and 28th, 2012
International Food and Beverage Exhibition, Alimentaria 2012
Alimentaria Hub
Dr. Jose Maria Ordovas. Conference Chair
Professor of Nutrition. Tufts University, Boston (USA). Pioneer
in the disciplines of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics. Director of
the USDA Laboratory of Nutrition and Genetics Human
Nutrition Research Center of Aging at Tufts University. National
Research Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) in Spain.
Call for Posters
Submit your poster abstracts for review, evaluation and possible presentation
at the IX Barcelona International Conference on the Mediterranean Diet. This
year the posters will be on display throughout the week of Alimentaria.
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Stay up-to-date with all the news about the conference, we will be tweeting
during the conference itself so nobody will miss a thing and have the
opportunity to ask questions to the speakers live!
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5. IX Barcelona International Conference on the
March 27th and 28th, 2012
Tuesday, March 27th
Inaugural conference
Subject matter to be discussed:
GENETICS AND LIFESTYLE. OBESITY. CAUSES AND
TRENDS. MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND OBESITY.
SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL
ASPECTS.
Presentation MEDITERRA 2012
Wednesday, March 28th
Keynote speech
Subject matter to be discussed:
PYRAMID vs. PLATE. OBESITY PREVENTION
ENVIRONMENTS. NUTRITION POLICY
CONCLUSIONS

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