Assistant Professor Mary Chong was conferred the 2019 Nutrition Society Silver Medal Award for her research on ‘Influences of the perinatal diet on maternal and child health in an obese world’.
Using data from the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) study, Dr Chong illustrated the importance and urgency of maternal and child nutrition and health in a modern, industrialised setting. At her award lecture, she presented insights from the GUSTO study, evidence of the relationships of critical nutrients in combination with dietary patterns for optimal maternal and child health, as well as her journey, challenges and achievements in translating fundamental nutritional concepts to maternal and child research, and its application to national policies and programmes.
Prof Mary Chong, 2019 Silver Medal winner, discusses findings from Singapore’s first birth cohort. B12 deficiency associated with an ⬆️ risk of preterm birth, and O3 & PUFA intakes positively affecting child height and growth #FENS2019 pic.twitter.com/eqAX6yNOEO
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The Nutrition Society Silver Medal has been assigned annually since 1991 for scientific excellence in the field of nutrition and is awarded to a member of the Nutrition Society who is within 15 years of higher degree graduation. She received her award at the 13th European Nutrition Conference, Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS) 2019 held on 15–18 October in Dublin, Ireland.