9.30 am to 1.00 pm Tuesday 24th November 2020
Free BNF Virtual Event: Nutrition and COVID-19
Now more than ever attention is focussed on the association between nutrition and health outcomes. We therefore thought EFAD, its members and partners may find our online event Nutrition and COVID-19 of interest.
The full programme is listed below and attached as a flyer. Registration to this free event is easy – you can book places through https://bit.ly/33Ap5bA
Programme
9:30 Welcome Prof Judy Buttriss, British Nutrition Foundation
9:45 The evidence-base underpinning diet-disease relationships - advances and future needs Prof Christine Williams, Academy of Nutrition Sciences
10:00 Obesity as a risk factor for COVID-19 Prof Jason Halford, University of Leeds
10:15 Nutrition, immune function and COVID-19 Prof Philip Calder, University of Southampton
10:30 Vitamin D, COVID-19 and BAME groups: Current Controversies and Future Perspectives Prof Susan Lanham New, University of Surrey
10:45 Comfort break
11:00 BNF in COVID-19 climate: learnings and future plans Sara Stanner, British Nutrition Foundation
11:15 Emerging evidence for the role of the human gut microbiome in COVID-19 infection outcomes Prof Glenn Gibson, University of Reading
11:30 Panel discussion - chaired by Prof Judy Buttriss Speakers, plus Dr Sarah Berry, Kings College London, and Judith Batchelar, Sainsbury’s
12:10 The BNF Awards 2020 – championing nutrition science
12:20 BNF Annual Lecture Riboflavin and friends; remarkably versatile vitamins Prof Hilary Powers, University of Sheffield
13:00 Close