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Current Concepts in Nutrition and Aging

September 28, 2006
Pyle Conference Center, Madison, WI

Program Information

Do you serve the nutrition needs of older adults in a clinical or community setting?  

Join us September 28, 2006 on the UW-Madison campus for the twelfth annual “Current Concepts in Nutrition and Aging” conference.  Hear University of Wisconsin faculty and other experts discuss important issues in the field of nutrition and aging.

Keynotes:

  • Dr. Neil Binkley, associate professor, UW Medical School, on Vitamin D 
  • Dr. D. Lee Alekel, associate professor of nutrition, Iowa State University, on "Soybeans & Bone Health:  Promise or Hype?"

Seminars:

  • Statins and folates
  • Renal issues
  • Psychiatric disorders and nutrition
  • Labeling
  • Dysphagia
  • The Women’s Health Initiative
  • and more.

Sponsors:

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Nutritional Sciences
  • University of Wisconsin Institute on Anging
  • Wisconsin Dietetic Association
  • Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
  • Univeristy of Wisconsin-Extension

Conference Handouts - PDF Files

D. Lee Alekel

Cynthia M. Carlsson

Fran Kittell

Karen R Kritsch

Vicki Gobel

Barbara Rodriguez Graf

Barbara Lazewski

Shirley L. McCallum

Art Walaszek

 

Contact:
Elaine Barrett
432 N. Lake Street
Madison, WI 53706
1-888-391-4255 (toll free)
Elaine.barrett@uwex.edu

Website: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/conference/

For more information or to receive a brochure, call toll free 1-888-391-4255.

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