Food for Health through the Life Course

Date:

Wednesday, 24 March 2021

Time:

4.00pm – 5.30pm (Singapore Time)

Synopsis:

Tackling non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through prevention and control is recognised as a global health priority to address in the era of COVID-19 and beyond. Suboptimal or unhealthy diet is an important preventable risk factor for NCDs. Our diet is also intricately linked to our immune system, which is vital to optimise during such times.

Dietary behaviour change is challenging, having to reverse entrenched habits and behaviours that have developed from infancy and have been reinforced through a lifetime of exposure. It is increasingly recognised that the developmental phase of early life provides an opportune time for interventions, and which is believed to be more effective in the prevention of long-term chronic diseases. This, combined with increasing evidence demonstrating the tracking of risk factors and habits from childhood to adulthood, have shifted the health paradigm to promoting health and preventing disease through the life course approach.

This webinar will explore topics such as gut health in relation to food and life course nutrition in the frame of the considerations above, and will briefly describe the challenges faced in developing and developed countries in the attempt to improve population health through diet.

Speakers:

Prof Berthold Koletzko
Else Kröner-Seniorprofessor of Paediatrics
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich

Head, Division Metabolic & Nutritional Medicine
Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, University of Munich

Dr Christophe Lay
Senior Scientist Gut Microbiome
Danone Nutricia Research

Honorary Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Paediatrics, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Moderated by:

Asst Prof Mary Chong
Assistant Professor
NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health

Principal Investigator (Human Development)
Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS),
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

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This webinar is part of the Healthcare Executive in Asia Leaders (HEAL) Programme:

Webinar 1 – Precision Public Health: Transforming Health with Data

Webinar 2 – Food for Health through the Life Course

Webinar 3 – Health-Promoting Cities

Webinar 4 – Commercial Determinants of Health