^{8th International Conference on} Clinical Nutrition December 8-10, 2016 Dubai, UAE

Public health nutrition is a branch of Nutritional sciences that focuses on promotion of good health through nutrition and primary prevention of nutrition related illness in the population.

It deals with healthy lifestyle promotion, energy balance and weight management, nutritional disorders and counselling programs, effects of social and behavioural factors on nutrition, health policies and implementation, epidemiological studies on nutrition, nutritional quality on consumer health and clinical nutrition and study of antinutrients. Expanding product lines in nutrition markets, a steady infant birth rate, an aging population and several other factors are driving sales for clinical nutrition products in most of the regions worldwide.

A healthy diet gives energy, supports mood, maintains weight, and keeps looking best. It can also be a huge support through the different stages in life. Healthy food can help reduce PMS, boost fertility, combat stress, make pregnancy and nursing easier, and ease symptoms of menopause. Whatever the age, committing to a healthy diet will help look & feel best so that staying on top of commitments and enjoying life.

Some menopause symptoms are just bothersome, such as hot flashes and dry skin. Other changes related to menopause can lead to long-term women’s health problems, from bone loss to high cholesterol.

Following the optimal menopause diet can help to reduce or even prevent menopause symptoms and protect you from illnesses, such as osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease.

Nutrition has major impact in the recovery rate of cancer patients. Nutrition and Cancer clinical studies bring in light the importance of nutrition in cancer recovery.  Clinical nutrition plays an important role in keeping healthy energy balance in patients as well as providing other nutrients like proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates in sufficient amount. Importance of nutrition in cancer recovery will be discussed in detail by the clinical nutritionists. It has been estimated that if diet, physical activity and weight management are compounded together, 30% of the cancers could be prevented.

Animal nutrition deals with nutritional benefits on consumption of dairy products genetically modified animal nutrition, meats and fish and also a section view to farm environment.

Billions of people around the world consume milk and dairy products every day. Not only are milk and dairy products a vital source of nutrition for these people, they  also present livelihoods opportunities for farmers, processors, shopkeepers and other stakeholders in the dairy value chain. But to achieve this, consumers, industry and governments need up-to-date information on how milk and dairy products can contribute to human nutrition and how dairying and dairy-industry development can best contribute to increasing food security and alleviating poverty.  The rapid rise in aggregate consumption of meat and milk is propelled by millions of people with rising incomes diversifying from primarily starch-based diets into diets containing growing amounts of dairy and meat industry.

Plants are irreplaceable food resources for humans.  Synthetic chemicals and petroleum derivatives can replace many plant-derived medicines, fibers, and dyes; metal, brick, and concrete can replace wood; but there is no substitute for plant-derived foods. Almost all human foods are plants or organisms that eat plants.  Saprophytic fungi contribute relatively little to the average caloric intake of most people. The first humans gathered wild species. Modern cultures rely on high-yielding cultivars, giving them greater control over food supplies.

With the growing awareness and information regarding preventive measures for combating fatal disease like diabetes, consumers are opting for proper food along with medicines. One can improve the health in a big way by making small changes to the diet, while still enjoying the favourite foods and taking pleasure from the meals. A diabetes diet is simply a healthy eating plan that is high in nutrients, low in fat, and moderate in calories. Manufacturers are now keen towards Diabetes Nutrition on introducing new low calorie food products with sugar substitutes and less oil, in view of the increasing consumer interest toward healthy eating and help prevent diabetes and its concomitant risk factors.

Adopting a healthy lifestyle is the best way to lower your risk of developing CVD. It is never too early or too late to begin! Making lifestyle changes can also help stop existing CVD from getting worse. The key steps to reducing the risk factors for CVD include:

·         Healthy eating or will suffer from eating disorders

·         Regular physical activity (aim for 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity on most days             of the week)

·         Not smoking

·         Maintaining a healthy weight and

·         Limiting alcohol consumption

Nutrition for good cardiovascular health would be enlightened in better details by Clinical nutritionists and Dietary.

We have billions of friendly bacteria living in digestive tract. Each person’s bacterial flora may be as unique as fingerprints. Friendly bacteria help in digesting the food and absorb nutrients effectively. In a sense, many components of our food cannot be digested in common— the bacteria digest it. The probiotic bacteria used in commercial products today are largely members of the genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium.

Enteral nutrition generally refers to any method of feeding that uses the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to deliver part or all of a person's caloric requirements. It can include a normal oral diet, the use of liquid supplements or delivery of part or all of the daily requirements by use of a tube (tube feeding). The discussion would acquaint you with the complications of enteral feeding, home therapy related to enteral feeding etc.

Food biochemistry research is concerned with Metabolism, bioactivity and potential health benefits of flavonoids, properties and analysis of food allergens, consequences of the variable nutritional content of ethnic and regional foods. Whereas, nutrition physiology deals with different type of food and their effects on metabolism. One segment of nutrition physiology is vitamin loss of frozen foods and processing’s. Another topic is the calculation of required calories per day and what sort of food should best be avoided for a healthy lifestyle. Our Sessions would convey a correlation between the two important aspects.

As per World Health Organization (WHO), “Nutritional disorders can be caused by an insufficient intake of food or of certain nutrients or by an inability of the body to absorb and use nutrients, or by overconsumption of certain foods”. Nutritional disorders can be particularly serious in children, since they interfere with growth and development, and may predispose to many health problems, such as infections and chronic diseases. A metabolic disorder occurs when the metabolism process fails and causes the body to have either too much or too little of the essential substances needed to stay healthy. Our bodies are very sensitive to errors in metabolism. The body must have amino acids and many types of proteins to perform all of its functions. For example, the brain needs calcium, potassium and sodium to generate electrical impulses, and lipids (fats and oils) to maintain a healthy nervous system.

Metabolic disorders can take many forms, For instance:

·         A missing enzyme or Vitamin that is necessary for an important chemical reaction

·         Abnormal chemical reactions that hinder metabolic processes

·         Disease in the liver, pancreas, endocrine glands or other organs involved in                        metabolism

·         nutritional deficiencies

The most effective and long-lasting treatment for an eating disorder is some form of psychotherapy or psychological counselling, coupled with careful attention to medical and nutritional needs.  Ideally, this treatment should be tailored to the individual and will vary according to both the severities of the disorder and the patient’s particular problems, needs, and strengths.

Pediatric Nutrition is essential for infants and children’s good health and overall development. Pediatric Nutrition deals with nutritional requirements in infants and children, ways of prevention and treatment of low birth weight cases, treatment strategies for preventing malnutrition in children, high risk nutritional disorders, child nutrition and pregnancy nutrition. In 2009, in Australia, 6.2% (about 18,000) of live born babies had low birth weights, the lowest figure in a decade. Of these, 1.0% (about 3,000) had very low birth weights and half of these (0.5% or about 1,300) were considered extremely low birth weights. On the other end of the scale, there were 12.0% of live born babies with a high birth weight.

According to the recent studies, the global Baby Food & Pediatric Nutrition Market in 2011 is estimated be worth USD 38,180.9 million growing with a CAGR of 7.97% during 2007 – 2011 from USD 28,100.0 million in 2007. The market is estimated to be worth USD 41,521.7 million in 2012 and is forecasted to reach USD 63,681.0 million in 2017.

Genetically modified foods or GM foods are foods produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering. These techniques allow for the introduction of new traits as well as greater control over traits than previous methods such as selective breeding and mutation breeding.

Commercial sale of genetically modified foods began in 1994, when Calgene first marketed its FlavrSavr delayed-ripening tomato. Most food modifications have primarily focused on cash crops in high demand by farmers such as soybean, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil. These have been engineered for resistance to pathogens and herbicides and for better nutrient profiles.

A dietary supplement is intended to provide nutrients that may otherwise not be consumed in sufficient quantities. Supplements as generally understood include vitamins, minerals, fibre, fatty acids, or amino acids, among other substances. U.S. authorities define dietary supplements as foods, while elsewhere they may be classified as drugs or other products. There are more than 50,000 dietary supplements available. More than half of the U.S. adult population (53% - 55%) consume dietary supplements with most common ones being multivitamins.

These products are not intended to prevent or treat any disease and in some circumstances are dangerous, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. For those who fail to consume a balanced diet, the agency says that certain supplements "may have value." Most supplements should be avoided, and usually people should not eat micronutrients except people with clearly shown deficiency.

Current research in nutrition and food sciences of the nutrition meeting focusses on latest researches and related studies in the field of nutrition and food sciences. It deals with nutritional epidemiology and management, nutrition and food insecurity, probiotic nutrition and its safety, novel techniques in food processing, risks and safety regarding consumption of genetically modified foods, nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics,  importance of nutritional sciences in the treatment of cancer patients, nutrition analysis tools and software’s and nootropics.

Sports nutrition is the study and practice of nutrition and diet as it relates to athletic performance. It is concerned with the type and quantity of fluid and food taken by an athlete, and deals with nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, supplements and organic substances such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Creatine may be helpful for well-trained athletes to increase exercise performance and strength in concordance with their dietary regimen. Also, the substance glutamine, found in whey protein supplements, is the most abundant free amino acid found in the human body. For well-trained and well-nourished athletes it is considered that glutamine may have a possible role in stimulated anabolic processes such muscle glycogen and protein synthesis. Other popular supplements studies done include androstenedione, chromium, and ephedra. The findings show that there are no substantial benefits from the extra intake of these supplements, yet higher health risks and costs. 

Nutritional Therapy is the application of nutrition science in the promotion of health, peak performance and individual care. It focusses on the therapeutic approach for dealing with nutritional related disorders and malnutrition.  It deals with Nutrition therapy and benefits, Nutrition and cancer and innovative treatments and Nutrition and Cancer- Clinical Studies. In 2011, the most recent year in which most of the countries reported data, the United States spent 17.7 per cent of its GDP on health care, whereas none of the other countries tracked by the OECD reported spending more than 11.9 per cent. The United States spends $8,508 per person, two and a half times more than the average of $3,322 for OECD countries. America spends about 50 per cent more than Norway, the next largest per capita spender.

A balanced diet is one that gives the body, nutrition it needs to function properly. In order to get truly balanced nutrition, the majority of your daily calories should be obtained from fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins. It's recommended that total daily calorie intake should comprise of:

·         Fat - 30-35%

·         Protein - 15%

·         Carbohydrates - 50-55%

Malnutrition or malnourishment is a condition that results from eating a diet in which nutrients are either not enough or are too much such that the diet causes health problems. It may involve calories, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins or minerals. Not enough nutrients are called under nutrition or undernourishment while too much is called over nutrition. Malnutrition is often used specifically to refer to under nutrition where there are not enough calories, protein, or micronutrients. If under nutrition occurs during pregnancy, or before two years of age, it may result in permanent problems with physical and mental development.

Parenteral nutrition, also known as intravenous feeding, is a method of getting nutrition into the body through the veins. While it is most commonly referred to as total parenteral nutrition (TPN), some patients need to get only certain types of nutrients intravenously.TPN is used for patients who cannot or should not get their nutrition through eating. Your TPN may include a combination of sugar and carbohydrates (for energy), proteins (for muscle strength), lipids (fat), electrolytes, and trace elements. Your solution may contain all or some of these substances, depending on your condition. Even though TPN often includes lipids, it will not make you fat. Everyone needs calories, protein, and fat, in addition to other substances, to stay healthy.

As a result of changes in the way we eat and live, some chronic diseases are increasingly affecting both developed and developing countries. Indeed, diet-related chronic diseases - such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, dental disease, and osteoporosis - are the most common cause of death in the world and present a great burden for society.