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Conferences involving or organised in conjunction with the McCarrison Society


Open Meeting: THE FATS OF BRAINS AND WAISTLINES
Monday 19th November 2007 6pm - 9.30pm
The Medical Society of London, Lettsom House, 11 Chandos St, London W1G 9EB
Prof David Morley - Cleave Lecture: 'Growth Monitoring over 40 Years'
Prof Michael Crawford - Update on two burning issues:
Dr Tom Brenna  - The fats about feeding mother's and baby's brains 
Dr David Haslam - Obesity: No Laughing Matter 
  Buffet and discussion

  Eepert Research Workshop on Omega 3 and Other Essential Nutrients in Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Disorders

A Meeting of Food and Behaviour Research in collaboration with the McCarrison Society

Mother and Baby Clinic, Science Centre, London Metropolitan University [March 27th, 2007].


The Letten & Mother and Child Foundation Symposium [Oct 22nd - 23rd, 2006]
* Neuroscience and Maternal Nutrition in HIV in Africa *

22nd Oct - "Neuroscience" at the Novartis Foundation
23rd Oct -"Maternal Nutrition in HIV in Africa" at the Royal Society


"Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids from Marine Sources: Effects of Health and Child Development"

Centre National de Formation de Formatuers et D'Ingenerie de Formation, Tunis, Tunisia [May 18th-20th, 2006].


Generating Healthy Brains - Nutrients and Hormones in Development: mental health through coordinated care of life's beginnings.

The Innholders Hall, 30 College Street, Dowgate Hill, London [17th January 2006]

Report on Dr Hibbeln's presentation in this meeting in Economist (19 January Edition)


4th World Congress of Cellular and Molecular Biology Association: Docosahexaenoic Acid - A Molecule with a 600 million year history in Neural Signalling, Cellular and Molecular Biology Association, Poiters, France [7-12th October 2005]


The Letten Symposium on Brain Function and Dysfunction, The Royal Society, London [14th May 2004]


A McCarrison Society Conference: "The Elements of Health and Disease in the Soil", Institute of Physics, London [20th November 2003]


A McCarrison Society Conference: "Nutrition and School Children - Health Implications of the abandonment of Nutrition Education", The Medical Society of London, London [14th November 2002]


Carolin Walker Trust Lecture: by Professor Michael A Crawford, The Royal Society, London [26th October 2002]


The Anne Gibson Memorial Lecture: Infant Nutrition a Peroxisomal Disease, University of North London [6th March 2002]


A McCarrison Society Conference: "Human Genome Project, Nutrition, Health and Food Policy", The Medical Society of London, London [19th September 2001]


A New Light on Human Origins, The Zoological Society Meeting Room - Regents Park, London [22nd September 2000]


Maternal Nutrition as the Key to the Health and Ability of the Child, Royal Society of Medicine, London [2nd December 1999]


Nutrition and Health of Children. A Global Responsibility. Medical Society of London, London [January 1996]


The Health of the Nation Depends on the Mother and Child, Royal Society of Medicine, London [November 1993]


 

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